Values and core concepts

You have to backtrack to escape dead ends If the path you're on goes nowhere, get off it. This is the biggest and often hardest part of Creativity Simple to say, hard to do. It's a performance art.	Engage and connect We are not just blundering automations: Find out what connects you to the Universe, and hang on to it. If you're not engaged with what you're doing you're not being all you can be Find a way to connect...or do something else!
Look for the good intention in others The reality of a diverse world is that you don't immediately see what others do. Hostile intent does exist, but misunderstood intentions are much, much more common - so:	Do what you can, accept what you can't (and try to influence the things in between). See the Desiderata, which puts it rather better.
Seek first to understand Only if you start by understanding will your actions succeed. (in Steven Covey's book - but not critical reading!)	Let resistance be your guide See Mark Forster's guides to time management (external link). What are you putting off? Whatever it is, that's what you should get to grips with. Go for the jugular - do it now. That may be all the time there is.
	*(Perry, not OU / B822!)