Ever had those moments where you are ready to create, only to find your mind go completely blank?

Creativity craves freedom, yet mastery demands discipline. For you to develop your creative craft: you must keep showing up… but you aren’t able to perform at the time required. It's a paradox that leaves millions of aspiring artists frustrated and stalled.

You see.

After years of struggle, I've uncovered a game-changing approach [harmonizes the disciplined mind of a warrior with the free spirit of an artist] making it the perfect solution for those moments when:

• You're tired of hitting creative roadblocks that sabotage your progress

• You can't seem to make consistent, tangible progress in your artistic pursuits

• You're struggling to balance the discipline needed for mastery with the freedom required for creativity

What I'm about to share will revolutionize how you approach your creative work, allowing you tap into your creative freedom and ruthless discipline.

WHEN DISCIPLINE STIFLES CREATIVITY

The clock is ticking. You were planning for this very moment to express your creative soul and yet…

Your mind goes blank.
You experience tremendous internal resistance.
You do something else to distract yourself with hopes for the creative spark.

Nothing.

This is the cruel irony of the creative process. The very structure you’ve built to get your creative juices flowing becomes none of than a dam blocking the water from flowing.

What about those times when you are running errands, or even in the shower getting ready to start your day, not thinking about your creative work and suddenly you get a flood of new ideas out of nowhere.

And yet - when it is time to become creative they are nowhere to be seen… again.

It’s maddening isn’t it?

You know that to improve, to truly master your craft, you need to be consistent.

Practice makes perfect, they say. But how can you practice something as creativity when it is so fleeting and quite literally has a mind of it’s own?

This paradox runs deep. Too much freedom, and you risk never improving, never finishing what you started. Too much discipline, and you strange the life out of what is meant to be fun.

You’ve tried every “productivity hacks” and still you are left feeling frustrated and closer than ever to call it quits.

But I’ve found a way [after years of testing and experimenting] that has brilliantly worked for me and others.

In fact: I’m using it now while writing this entry after “not feeling motivated” to write.

Yes, finally there is a way to harness into both powers of the warrior’s discipline and the artist’s freedom.

A simple to apply method that doesn’t force you to choose between structure and spontaneity, but rather it was designed to allow the warrior and artist to work as a single entity.

THE DISCIPLINED CREATIVE

This revolutionary approach isn’t about forcing creativity to a rigid schedule.

Instead, it’s about changing your perceptions of what has already been proven to work.

Why do you think productivity content keeps repeating the same thing?

There is absolutely no need to reinvest the wheel [changing something that is already working] by making it more complicated than it needs to be.

The secret?

You just keep showing up day in and day out as if your life depends on it.

Sounds simple, but putting it into practice is where millions constantly fail so let’s go into further detail:

1. Consistent Time Blocking:
   Set aside time and do absolutely nothing else related. Lower the bar of what success is [whatever that is in your mind] to 10/10 is show up. Make a commitment to create a streak and always try to break your personal best record.

2. Structured Freedom:
   Enough with judgement. Stop criticizing every little thing you do trying to be perfect. Your goal here is lower the bar of success so low that you can consistently stick to the process to build momentum and have access to your creative juices.

3. Observing YourSelf:
   Eliminate all distractions so you can focus on observing yourself work. Take mental notes so you can provide feedback to improve your behavior to increase the odds of becoming a creative person that always shows up and produces pure gold.

By implementing these principles, you automatically put your self ahead of the crowd to set yourself up to excel.

You’re no longer viewing time blocks and schedules as a rigid environment prevents creativity, but instead you see it as a chunk of time where you can relax and freely explore your minds depths without judgement.

Remember when I mentioned how I use this method now?

All I do is show up, reduce the bar of success so I can build some type of momentum then suddenly the creative juices come pouring out like water from a fire hydrant.

In fact: right now I am suppose to stop working to take a break and walk, but I do not want to stop until I finished this section before moving onto the next.

You see.

This method isn’t about forcing yourself to be creative or adhering to strict productivity rules.

It’s really simple:

Harmonize the internal warrior to ruthlessly always show up so the creative artists can freely express itself without fear.

7 PRACTICAL METHODICAL STEPS TO CREATIVITY ON DEMAND

Now that you have a general understanding of the overall picture - let’s break it down into seven components and it’s nuances so it becomes crystal clear what you need to do:

1. Identify Where Exactly is Your Creative Sanctuary

• Chose a very specific time and place for your creative work.

• Increase the friction between getting the work done vs every potential distraction.

• Create a ritual that signals to your brain it’s about time to be creative.

2. Lower the Bar, Raise the Consistency

• Define your minimum viable creative output [15 mins - this is meant for you to enter a judgement free zone]

• Track your streaks of showing up, does not matter the quality, only matters that you showed up and did the bare minimum creative output.

• Reward yourself a treat: celebrate the consistency over perfection.

3. Embrace the Power of Time Blocking

• Put every single distraction away and set a timer [when it finishes you are free to do anything non-related to work].

• Review your past behavior to identify patterns and areas to improve your next performance.

• Consciously craft the environment [to spike your into new behaviors aligned to your Ideal].

4. Create a “No Judgement” Zone

• Silence your inner critic: something is better than doing nothing.

• Keep a “creative playground” notebook where you can jolt down anything - brain dump.

• Practice small baby steps to go from micro-flow to enter creative flow.

5. Observe & Iterate

• Keep a brief log after each session to note your energy levels, distractions and any insights.

• Review your log weekly to bring the unconscious to the conscious.

• Continue to keep adjusting your environment or routine based on these observations until you are consistently being creative.

6. Build in Breaks & Recovery

• Force yourself to take a break: your mind has a chance to relax and not engage in the same recurring thought loops.

• Your mind operates like a machine, it needs breaks and gas to continue.

• Use breaks to enter a new headspace to improve creative process.

7. Harness the Power of Momentum

• Start with a small, achievable goal and gradually increase the duration and/or complexity.

• Use the “don’t break your streak” framework to avoid falling off.

• Stay accountable [check in with someone you trust that will keep you on track].

IMPORTANT: the key is to make showing a non-negotiable while giving yourself the freedom to explore within this framework. Some days will be better than others, but all that matters is you showed up.

By consistently applying these practical steps, your training your inner warrior and inner artist to collaborate together [instead of a constantly never ending battle].

Over time, you will discover that accessing your creative mastery takes over coming The Resistance.

THE PRODUCTIVE WARRIOR-ARTIST

Let’s take a moment to reflect back on what today's entry lesson.

We identified the paradox between discipline and freedom.

You simply change how you perceived this never-ending list of productivity was the solution to your creative blocks.

By tapping into each individual strength we can have them working together synergistically instead of mistakenly allowing them to resist each other.

This is where you apply the method system to enter a creative state on demand.

Remember:

1. Consistency trumps perfection every single time. Do not allow your inner perfectionist self-sabotage your desired life expereinces.

2. Time blocking creates a space of sanctuary to leer out your inner creative free spirited expression.

3. Lower the bar for “success” actually increases the your creative output over time.

4. Self-observation is a must to further optimize your creative performance.

5. Rest and recovery is essential to recharge your creative battery.

Harmonize your inner warrior’s discipline with your inner artist’s freedom.

You’re not just improving your creative output - you’re transforming your entire relationship with creativity.

You’re building a sustainable system to practice without any fear of judgement - master your craft by consistently showing up despite inner your critic.

You’re creating a new behavior that has a proven formula to overcome self-doubt, external pressures and life’s inevitable disruptions trying to distract you from what you were born to do.

Of course, if it were easy everybody would do it, but now you clearly see how The Resistance is the only thing attempting stop you i.e. your inner critic.

Silence the critic through your actions in order to convert it to a cheerleader.

Every masterpiece, every break through, every moment of creative genius starts with the same stupidly simple act: showing up.

See ya on the mats,

POJ