Mentoring in creative work
Develop the mindset and systems you need to master and enjoy creative work — without turning into a soulless productivity machine or drowning in the chaos of your own ideas.
Creative work doesn’t play by conventional rules
It has its own rhythms, rules, and needs. While conventional work focuses on applying what’s already known efficiently, creative work is about leaping into the unknown hoping to return with something valuable in your hands.
That difference changes everything: your way of thinking, your expectations, your methods, how you organize your time, and even how you measure progress.
A common mistake is approaching creative work with the mindset and systems of conventional work. This often happens to PhD students, researchers, knowledge workers, or people developing personal projects.
The result? Frustration.
- You can’t create, and end up quitting.
- You can create, but only at the cost of your motivation, sustainability, or enjoyment of the process.
The solution isn’t to work harder or longer, but to learn how creative work actually works: to understand its needs and adapt your mindset and systems to honor them.
The mentorship program
In this mentorship program, I will help you overcome the complexity and challenges of creative work.
The program structure is as follows:
🖥️ Online mentorship sessions (60 minutes) to teach the module content, answer your questions, and guide your progress.
✉️ Email support to help you put everything into practice.
During the sessions, I will address your specific questions and challenges related to creative work. We can work through the program modules or simply adapt to whatever you need most at any given time.
📚 Module 1 — The mindset for creating
The biggest problems in creative work usually come from misunderstandings or unrealistic expectations about how the creative process should work. If your mindset is off, sooner or later you’ll encounter blocks that you won’t be able to solve just by changing tools, systems, or workflows.
Objective:
- Develop the right mindset for doing creative work.
What we’ll do together:
- Understand how the creative process really works.
- Identify and transform limiting or self-sabotaging beliefs.
- Discover and enhance your natural way of creating and working.
🛠️ Module 2 — Your personal productivity system
Even if you haven’t consciously designed it, you already have a personal productivity system: it consists of everything you use to get your creative work done. Even if most of it happens “in your head,” that is still part of your system.
Your system reflects your mindset and your understanding of creative work. That’s why it’s crucial that it truly aligns with you, so it empowers you instead of holding you back.
Objective:
- Design a personal productivity system that fits you and enhances your creative work.
What we’ll do together:
- Analyze your current productivity system.
- Identify problems and friction points.
- Redesign and improve your productivity system.
🚀 Module 3 — Support in a creative project
Implementing changes in practice is a challenge in itself. On top of that, creative projects often carry an emotional component that makes it difficult to maintain perspective and see things clearly. In those moments, external support can make a huge difference.
In this module, I’ll guide you through the development of one of your creative projects. I can help you define it, plan it, manage it, choose the right tools, overcome blocks, and, in general, do everything I can to help you move forward.
Objective:
- Support you in developing a creative project.
What we’ll do together:
- Manage the project realistically and sustainably.
- Find the most suitable workflow and tools.
- Detect and solve blocks, problems, or friction points.
The benefits
📝 Be prepared for creative work.
You will be prepared, both internally and externally, to face the challenges of creative work. You’ll develop the mindset, tools, and habits necessary to do your creative work consistently, flexibly, and sustainably.
📝 Complete more projects, with better quality.
You will reduce doubts and blocks in your creative projects. You’ll gain clarity, structure, and motivation, enabling you to finish more projects and improve the quality of your work.
📝 Enjoy the creative process.
You will learn to enjoy the process of creating, regardless of the outcome. This will help you maintain long-term motivation and allow you to find deeper meaning in what you do.
📝 Personalized guidance.
You will have my direct support throughout the process. I will provide my experience in creative work to help you identify what you need, find the most suitable solution for your situation, and implement it realistically and sustainably.
📝 Progress toward mastery.
Creative work is a path of continuous learning and improvement. I will help you adopt this perspective so you can develop mastery in your work and find a constant source of satisfaction and personal growth.
What my clients say
Quotes have been translated from Spanish to English.
“The mentoring sessions with Fernando were very enlightening, not just because of the knowledge he shared, but also because of what I discovered about my own way of organizing the process. They were very instructive, and I think the key was his personalization, patience, and generosity. I’m very grateful for everything he shared.”
—Romi
“Fernando’s mindset is ‘adapt what you already use.’ A perfect system is useless if it’s not used, so there’s no point in starting from scratch if it will end up being too complex and forgotten. Fernando helped me appreciate the system I already had, identify its weak points, and adapt it to be more efficient while still realistic. Instead of proposing a single rigid model, Fernando has a vast toolbox of varied solutions for specific problems, and he adapts them to your particular situation with ingenuity and ease.”
—Xavier
What’s included and how much it costs
Mentoring in
creative work
🖥️ One-hour online mentoring sessions
✉️ Email support
📚 1. The mindset for creating
🛠️ 2. Your personal productivity system
🚀 3. Support in a creative project
🛡️ 100% no-obligation guarantee
Price per session:
€30
If you’re interested in this mentoring program, fill out the following form to book a free 20-minute introductory session online. This will be an opportunity for us to get to know each other, understand your situation, and answer all your questions about the program.
Book your free session
After that session, you’ll be able to decide clearly if the program is right for you. And if it is, we’ll start working together :-)
The guarantee
🛡️ 100% no-obligation guarantee. If you’re not satisfied after the first paid session, I will refund your payment with no questions asked.
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