How Intention can Lower your Error Rate

Greater intention leads to fewer errors in the creative process. The evolutionary process has been driven by creativity which is based on trial and error.

If you find yourself in the creative space and you want to reduce your error rate (and let's face it, who doesn't want less errors) you'll need to work on building intention. You can do this through training. And the training would require you to develop heightened powers of attention, belief, motivation and compassion.

Attention: where you place your attention, energy flows. This is critical to developing greater intention. Your can train your attention by bringing your focus to the present moment and by observing your thoughts and feelings. This will give you greater insight into what drives your behavior. Accordingly, it becomes easier to mitigate errors from the creative process because you immediately notice and override any thoughts that aren't aligned with your vision.

Belief: uncovering your beliefs is a key aspect of mindset training. How do your beliefs shape your motives for action? And are they aligned with the direction you need to move in? If for example, you have a limiting belief that prevents you from achieving your goals, you would need to deconstruct its narrative by either questioning or contradicting the base upon which that narrative was built. Then you can go about replacing that old narrative with a new, more connected and relevant belief.

Motivation: closely aligned with belief is motivation. If you're connected with your purpose then entering a 'flow' state can become relatively easy - depending on if you've got the skills to match the challenge. But as soon as you notice any form of resistance or negative, fear-based thinking or feelings, this will automatically influence your ability to stay in flow. Unless of course you've very intentionally learnt to relaxed into the resistance to reconnect with your purpose. A good way to establish motive is to become familiar with the thoughts and feelings that drive your behavior. These will determine if your motive is reluctant or whole-hearted.

Compassion: Compassion, I think, is linked to perception and perspective. If you have the ability to take on multiple perspectives, without the need to judge or blame, you're on the path to building compassion. The goal should be to integrate different perspectives, while still being aligned with your vision. Building compassion and empathy for other sentient beings builds authentic communication skills and more connected relationships.

All 4 of these aspects - attention, belief, motivation and compassion - can be used to enhance intention. And enhanced intention means fewer errors in the creative process. Which means you can work faster and more accurately towards your goals!