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Mindspace

The ability to multi-lane efforts suffers the most under a scarcity mindset and is necessarily reduced to a reactive, last-in-first-out approach.

Hand-colored photograph of a winding mountain road down a green valley
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Making (and protecting) mindspace is the best strategy to balance future growth with present commitments. The ability to multi-lane efforts suffers the most under a scarcity mindset and is necessarily reduced to a reactive, last-in-first-out approach.

To not only self-author but also be creative and expansive with information and attention economies, we must be able to operate at different speeds and have a baseline of steadiness and consistency.

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