You come up with too many ideas. Way too many. It’s a curse. It’s a gift. Sound like something you’d say to yourself every now and then? Yeah, me too. It’s ok though because it’s not always a bad thing. There are drawbacks to being a multi-tasker in your mind, but for the majority of the time it brings out nothing but benefits. So today we’re going to look at a few different ways we can tame our over-active minds and find ways to get more done with our creativity.
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Below you’ll find some tips on how you can harness your creativity and get the most out of your million track mind. If you’ve got other tips that aren’t listed here, please leave a comment and let us know because we can never have enough ways to control our creativity 
Write it down and let it go
This is the #1 tip I could give other freelancers and creative people because it is what works the best (for me). You know the feeling you get when you’ve come up with a killer idea in the shower or in the car ride home, but then you forget about it the next day? This is one way you can ensure that you never have that happen to you again. By writing things down, you’re able to free up your mind and clear it of all of the ideas you have, so you can essentially make room for more ideas
Give your ideas away – for free
Become a leader in your field by giving all of your ideas away for free – or at least the ones you’re not going to use. They might be great ideas and other people with the time to do them might benefit greatly from them. Karma points go a long way, and if you’ve been the person giving all of the great ideas away, you will be the first person on peoples minds when it comes time to hire an expert from this field. So, get yourself a little piece of the web and get your ideas out there for people. Chris Brogan gave away 100 blog topic ideas, and guess what, people used them and praised him for it.
Get yourself a partner
If you’ve got a lot of ideas and you also like working with other people, this one seems like a no-brainer. Talk to some of your friends who may enjoy working on a project or two with you and see if you can cut down some of the time you have to spend on it, so you can put your ideas to good use in other areas as well.
Outsource the things you don’t have time for
Sticking with the above tip, why not just outsource the things you want to have done to someone who enjoys doing them? For instance, if you’re needing a website built for an idea you’ve had, but don’t have the time to design the site and code the site yourself, you can outsource these items to others who are freelance designers and coders – people who are ready, willing and able to knock out your projects for you.
Work hard on one thing at a time
Yes, people say that multi-tasking is the only way to be a successful person, but what if multi-tasking doesn’t work well for you because you become extremely distracted and cannot focus enough to get one project done? You put your head down, focus on the task at hand and knock the living shit out of it, that’s what you do! If you can tackle one project in a day, imagine how many projects you can get done in a week, a month or a year. Now, imagine trying to cram the month’s worth of projects into a week and see how far you get, you won’t get very far.
What tips do you have?
With all of the creative people who come to this site, I know there’s some creativity tamers here who can give us some more tips on what to do when the creativity just seems to overflow and we cannot control it Drop a comment and let the world know, we’re waiting 
Good one Mike! You are right, it is a curse alright .. sometimes
:). I ALWAYS write mine down, no matter how trivial or what the time. I staunchly believe in the notepad by your bedside theory 
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Great post! I also write mine down but my notes are unfortunately everywhere. I do try to focus them in the same notebook but it is hard when it isn’t near by.
One rule I have is to never have more than two things in progress at the same time. This helps me to finish stuff before I start something new.
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Nice post. Just want to say my tip for people who can’t keep focusing on one task. It’s time tracking. My laptop shows all the time what tasks I should do (grouped by clients, priority etc) and whenever I work, it shows how much I’ve used time for that and how much I should charge. It helps a lot you to make offers in future, too. Don’t know if it works for you, but it has made my days so much easier and more efficient.
Mike, its always lovely to read your articles. your writing and presenting style is really awesome and i cant afford to miss any of your article.
cheers
This article is spot on. Appreciate your efforts in putting this together.
This article is right up my alley. Thanks for the great tips!
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I’m writing this one down!
Thanks for these tips. Last night, I couldn’t sleep, because I had too many great ideas for numerous projects. The inspiration flow just went beyond that what’s possible. Thanks for these insightful help, I will put them to use!
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Wow. Thanks so much for the awesome responses everyone. I am glad that the articles I write actually help out and I’m not just talking for the sake of hearing myself speak
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the last one is the hardest thing for me, sometimes i can’t focus because a simple thing. btw great tips thanks
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All great tips covered here. Ones that I’ve used for awhile now, but the hard thing is remembering to use these methods, haha. It’s easy to get out of habit of one or more of these, so staying focused is more important than ever.
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Yes! Always gotta ink it when you think it!
I have been in the design industry for 21 years and freelancing for 12. Now I work a full time job and freelance at night. lately I have been all over the shop mentally and it only takes a 5 minute read like this to help me pull things back together. This is the great part of the online community – having somewhere to turn to when previously we were alone. thanks.
Thanks for that Cameron! Much appreciated when you enjoy reading the content here!
Good ideas all. I use Mind Maps all the time to help make order of the chaos of ideas that flow through my head. They show me patterns in my thoughts and help me prioritize.
This post was written for me. The hard part is that I working a job to pay the bills doesn’t leave a lot of time for pursuing creative interests, especially if you have a family. I have never used a mind map before so I’m looking into that.
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This is true! you can’t do it all alone! you have to ask for some help and get a partner.. I also agree with the rest of the suggestions.
There is proof and personally experience that running will boost your creativity, really~
Good post, thanks.
Unfortunately no tips to write, I’m just the most not focused and confused guy about his creativity.