{"id":1016,"date":"2018-10-22T13:46:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T17:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/?p=1016"},"modified":"2018-10-23T13:18:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T17:18:14","slug":"video-the-importance-of-both-focus-and-unfocus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/video-the-importance-of-both-focus-and-unfocus\/1016","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: the importance of both focus and unfocus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Focus for productivity: unfocus for creativity\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pX_ekaRdkTo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my workshop for content writers, I talk about the importance of being both focused and unfocused. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We need to be focused to be productive. And that&#8217;s why we do things like set deadlines and write outlines. So that we can be productive and stay focused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I also talk about the importance of being unfocused, so that we can be creative. And one of the ways that I like to stay unfocused while I&#8217;m writing is to go out and take a walk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I do try to balance the being focused and being unfocused. Focused for productivity, and unfocused for creativity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How do you strike that balance between focused and unfocused and productive and creative throughout your writing day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let me know your techniques. Pop me a line at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pX_ekaRdkTo\">YouTube <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maniactive\">Twitter<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my workshop for content writers, I talk about the importance of being both focused and unfocused. We need to be focused to be productive. And that&#8217;s why we do things like set deadlines and write outlines. So that we can be productive and stay focused. But I also talk about the importance of being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[48,50,49,33],"class_list":["post-1016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-presentation","tag-creativity","tag-focus","tag-productivity","tag-video","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1016"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1019,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016\/revisions\/1019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}