Getting Art Done Trilogy (Ebook)

I started this series in 2017 with a 30-day challenge: send an email a day, and draft a book I’d call Getting Art Done. That draft kept me busy for the next ten years and became three books. Each one takes on a different place where creative work stalls.

1. The Heart to Start: Stop Procrastinating & Start Creating
For when you know there’s something you’re meant to make, but fear and perfectionism keep you from beginning. Find “The Art Inside You,” catch yourself “Inflating the Investment,” and find time to follow your art even when it feels like you have none.

“Solid advice from David Kadavy. It’s not too late.” —Seth Godin

2. Mind Management, Not Time Management: Productivity When Creativity Matters
For when you’re doing the work, but to-do lists and rigid schedules keep failing you. Ideas don’t show up on a timetable. Learn the Seven Mental States of Creative Work (Prioritize, Explore, Research, Generate, Polish, Administrate, and Recharge) and build Creative Cycles and Creative Systems that put the right mind on the right task at the right time.

3. Finish What Matters: Make Your Creativity Count
For when the half-finished projects pile up. Many of us are Leonardos, starting project after project and finishing few. This book shows you how to balance your inner Leonardo, the source of your purest motivation and best ideas, with your inner Raphael, who prepares your work for the world so you can earn the chance to do it again. Decide which ideas deserve your time when outcomes are uncertain, define a finish line that stops moving, and push through that toughest last 10%.

Whether you’re writing a novel, building a business, making a film, or chasing an idea nobody else could bring into the world, these three books will take you from first spark to finished work.

Includes: Ebook editions of The Heart to Start, Mind Management, Not Time Management, and Finish What Matters.

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