Writing my own poetry and books, and coaching hundreds of creative professionals over the years has taught me a lot about what it takes to get original work done in the midst of the demands and distractions of the 21st century workplace.
I’ve boiled down what I’ve learned into a free ebook, Time Management for Creative People, which you are welcome to download and share with your friends and contacts.
The ebook has been downloaded over 100,000 times, and I’ve received enthusiastic feedback from people all over the world who tell me it’s transformed their working habits and helped them achieve their artistic and professional goals.
It’s full of practical advice for creatives, including:
- Finding the method in your creative madness
- Identifying and prioritising your most important work
- Getting in the right state of mind for focused work
- How to minimise interruptions and distractions
- Managing e-mail effectively
- How to remember — and fulfil — all your important commitments
“A really well done 29-page download that provides practical time management and productivity tips tailored specifically for those performing creative work.'”
Brian Clark, Copyblogger“Even if you don’t consider yourself a creative person, the ebook is chocked full of useful tips.”
Kyle Potts, Lifehacker
Click here to download your copy of the ebook.
(Ebook licence details here. N.B. the images are licensed from istockphoto, so you should obtain a licence from them if you want to use them in other contexts)
A big thank you to Cat Wentworth and Neil Tortorella for prompting me to write the material and hosting it as a series on Business of Design Online.
Mark McGuinness
Hi Mark,
thank you very much for this ebook.
Even as a non-creative non-freelance worker time management can be a very demanding task. It is great to see that some of my self-developed habits are what you have experienced to be ‘good pratices’ and it is even better to get ideas on how to improve my daily business (I definately like the buckets idea and “Do it tomorrow”; I will see how they work out for me).
Just in case you are interested: I found your site when flipping through some articles on deskmag.com. They had some recommendations on ebooks lately and your book was one of them.
Again, thank you very much for sharing your experiences!
Thanks for offering it here. I’m sure it’s helped many people lead more creative lives!
Thanks for the book. Hopefully will help me with the creative types I work with!
My pleasure, I hope it does!
Please What font did you use in the e-book. I like it.