How to be creative - with a "Fedex" day

Are you having trouble finding time for your writing or other creative project? Would you like to gain some momentum? Try a method inspired by Australian software company Atlassian.

Four times a year they give their employees 24 hours to go and work on anything they want and report on what they did the next day. The “FedEx” label comes because they have to deliver something overnight. Pink says, “It turns out that those one-day bursts of intense, undiluted autonomy have produced more innovation and creativity than just about anything else the company has done.”

You can do this on your own, of course. Set aside a day and it may be useful to go to a different site or at the very least to cut off all outside communication so you can really focus. Make a commitment to report your results to a colleague (ideally, find someone who will do the same thing and report to each other). What will your FedEx breakthrough be?

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