Welcome to this week's episode of the Modern Mentor podcast, formerly known as the Get It Done Guy.

I'm Rachel Cook, your modern mentor host. Today I'll be sharing some of my favorite

tips for boosting creativity

to drive productivity. We all want to be productive. Checking boxes, crossing items off our lists,

is there anything more satisfying? We tend to think of productivity as a measure of quantity.

The more stuff we get done, the more productive we feel.

But sometimes being productive is more about substance than volume. In other words, the

struggle isn't getting more things done, but bringing a single big, hairy, messy problem or

question to resolution. Sometimes the brand of productivity we're seeking

isn't about efficiency, but about finding creative ways to reach a finish line. If you're

struggling right now to produce something that's been hanging over your head, then allow me to

offer some of my favorite strategies for busting through this type of productivity barrier.

First, try slow motion multitasking.

We live in an era of distraction.

We're over-scheduled, over-alerted by apps, and overwhelmed with to-dos.

And the common wisdom of the day is to stop multitasking.

Multitasking, they tell us, is detrimental to our attention and focus. It makes us less productive, the opposite of what we're after.

We're told to focus on one thing at a time and to do it well. And in the context of most of what's

on your to-do list, that advice remains sound.

Don't, for example, try to compose an email while you're also on that conference call,

and possibly cooking dinner.

One exception to this rule is when you need a boost of creativity to bring something to completion.

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