Episode 144: Idea Capturing
How are you capturing all of your amazing ideas?
Capturing your ideas is a crucial part of mindful productivity, it allows you to honor your idea and free up brain space in that noggin of yours that is always going to have a lot of thoughts, observations, and emotions to work through.
One of the biggest sources of overwhelm comes from a lack of capturing - be it brain dumps, journaling, or organized note-taking.
In this episode, we’ll be diving into:
Our brains true capacity & how to optimize our mental energy
How to effectively capture your thoughts & ideas
The power of surfacing your ideas
Strategies to effectively organize & vet your ideas
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Links Mentioned:
(Scientific American) What is the memory capacity of the human brain?
Episode 57: The 4-Step Process to Map Out Your Day for Optimum Productivity
Episode 53: Strategies to Supercharge Brain Dumps, Reduce Overwhelm, & Declutter Your Brain
Notable Quotes:
“Ideas encompass the process of how you take action and the objective or outcome that you will end up with.”
“It’s not so much that we cant hold so much information but that we need an effective way to surface things.”
“Not only capturing your ideas but coming back to them. Resurfacing them, prioritizing them, thinking about how many of them are realistic or actual ideas you want to move forward with.”
“What are some of the places that you’ve captured incredible ideas and how can you go revisit those places?”
“The fewer places you can store information, the better equipped you’ll be to retain and surface that information.”
“Data is incredible because it gives us insights into patterns and trends in our everyday actions.”
“Looking at your time is a prime example of data capture that encompasses what you accomplished, what your capacity is, and how your time is being spent.”
