Use rituals to signal your brain it's time to create from "summary" of The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp,Mark Reiter
When you engage in a ritual, you are essentially telling your brain that it is time to get to work. By establishing a set routine or series of actions that you perform before starting your creative process, you are signaling to your mind that it is time to focus and start generating ideas. This can be anything from making a cup of coffee, lighting a candle, or listening to a specific piece of music. The key is to create a ritual that is meaningful to you and helps you get into the right mindset for creativity. Rituals can serve as a trigger for your brain to shift into a creative mode. Just as Pavlov's dogs salivated at the sound of a bell because they associated it with food, your brain can learn to associate your speci...
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