Giving yourself permission to fantasize in both positive and negative directions

Saving some creativity for yourself to optimize the very process for which you are renowned

Deconstructing instincts into hard concepts that can be understood more technically

Deliberately creating a situation or framed experience in order to have an arena in which to work out an unresolved issue

Finding opportunities to build your emotional and physical calluses

Engaging in guilt free creative projects that are uniquely appealing to you

The practice of shipping ideas for your own business that are up to the same scale as you would deliver for your customers

The ability to tolerate boring, repetitive, isolating tasks that don’t have an immediate payoff

Actively doing great work for no reason other than to feel the positive internal experience it provides

Channeling the dark, unconscious aspects of your personality in the service of your creative works