The book “Manage Your Day-to-Day” offers proven practices from creative minds. One important piece of advice is to block time in your calendar for your “big stones” projects. These are the ones you are passionate or care especially about. The “big stones” refer to the “Jar of Life” story which has been very well visualized by my fellow countryman Philipp Schneider. “Curiosity with Gusto” will be one of my “big stone” projects for 2017.
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