So the key to creating remarkable things is to prioritize your big creative challenges over the seemingly urgent but actually ephemeral demands of the day. But it’s easier said than done, right?In the split-second when you have to decide whether to plough on with the next stage of a difficult project, or to answer a ringing phone or pinging email, it can be hard to resist the pressure to respond. After all, the other person is waiting now - and your project may not be done for weeks. What difference will one more phone call or email make? And of course ‘just one more’ doesn’t feel like it makes a big difference. But if it’s a habitual practice, that amounts to thousands of emails, phone calls, and errands a year - and whole weeks of creative worktime lost.
— Productivity Tie-Breaker: How Will You Feel Afterwards? :: Tips :: The 99 Percent
