The critical flow mindset
Is where you edit and tear down the ideas you’ve made. You spot flaws and you edit ruthlessly. This mindset is closed, focused, critical and precise.
The advantage of this flow is that you can make your work a lot better.
The downside is that it can often block you from thinking of new ideas because they get rejected too quickly.
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