My Favourite Tip: Brian Koppelman - Morning pages and other ways to kickstart your workday

<p>You’ve heard it a million times by now: you need to start meditating. Maybe you’ve tried, like I have, but it just won’t stick. Maybe you can’t sit still for longer than five minutes, or maybe the whole thing feels a bit too woo-woo. If the latter is true, “Morning Pages” might sound like more of the same. </p><p>But listening to Brian Koppelman break down his morning rituals, “woo-woo” definitely doesn’t come to mind. After beginning his career in the music industry before becoming an enormously successful screenwriter, director, producer and now show-runner, Brian’s nailed the delicate art of balancing hard-nosed professionalism and open-minded artistic creation. </p><p>How? Well, like anything, it starts with his mornings. Brian’s an absolute devotee of Julia Cameron’s “Morning Pages,” which he believes clears the “detritus” of the mind that can hold an artist back. And I say he’s a devotee, because he follows Cameron’s rules to the T. </p><p>Except for one thing: meditation comes first. </p><p>Connect with Brian on <a href="https://twitter.com/briankoppelman?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a></p><p>You can find the full interview here: <a href="https://www.amantha.com/podcasts/learning-on-the-job-how-brian-koppelman-turned-his-first-movie-into-a-diy-film-school/">Learning on the job - how Brian Koppelman turned his first movie into a DIY film school</a></p><p>***</p><p>My new book Time Wise is out now. You can <a href="https://www.amantha.com/time-wise-book/">grab a copy here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Connect with me on the socials:</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanthaimber/?originalSubdomain=au">Linkedin</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/amantha?lang=en">Twitter</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/amanthai/?hl=en">Instagram</a> </p><p> </p><p>If you’re looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a fortnightly newsletter that contains three cool things I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research fi