7:00am

morning meditation

• wake up

• slip on your headphones

• cue the morning meditation on your phone

• close your eyes

• press play

8:00am

breakfast

Acai bowl with fresh topings. 

9:00am

yoga nidra

After a few days of mental focus and physical activity, yoga and yoga nidra provides for a great way to recharge and helps incubate your ideas further.

1:00pm

lunch

Moroccan navy bean stew.

2:00pm

work session

Objective: ideate solutions

Advice: avoid emails, calls, or other work unrelated to your project/idea.

Use the Work Optimization audio to help you get focused. 

• slip on your headphones

• cue the work optimization audio on your phone

• press play

• get to work

6:30pm

Dinner

Zucchini pappardelle with beet hummus and quinoa. Dessert is sorbet trio with mango, berry, and lime.

8:00pm

brainstorm

Objective: build upon your envisioned solutions.

Advice:

• don't judge other's ideas

• the wilder the ideas the better

• build on the ideas of others

• stay on the topic

• one conversation at a time

• go for quantity

"Yes and..." Framework for brainstorming:

For this brainstorming session, we'll be using the popular improv acting technique of "Yes and". In improv acting, whatever idea an actor comes up with, no matter how crazy and ridiculous that idea is, the other actors "Yes, and" it. That means they build on that idea and they just keep on going.

When you brainstorm with your group, do the same thing – build on their ideas, morph them,  add them to yours, steal them – you are going to arrive at much more interesting concepts and you're going to leverage the wisdom and creativity in the room.

Ready to brainstorm? Sit in a group and have each person take out your envisioned solutions. Set a timer for 15 minutes to share your envision solutions with your group using "Yes, and...". Write down the best ideas then move on to the next person.

Key questions for discussion:

• how did your ideation prompts change as you worked through the three tips to create good prompts?

• what one brainstormed idea excited you the most?

• what one challenge became evident today?

• what one revelation or breakthrough did you have today?

10:00 pm 

sleep meditation

• ready for bed

• slip on your headphones

• cue the sleep meditation on your phone

• close your eyes

• turn out the lights

• press play