 I ran across Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategies today. Very interesting. This printed set of cards had words of guidance that were to provide clarity during moments of pressure.
"Both Schmidt and Eno realized that the pressures of time tended to steer them away from the ways of thinking they found most productive when the pressure was off. The Strategies were, then, a way to remind themselves of those habits of thinking - to jog the mind."
Gregory Taylor has provided quite a write up on the history of the Oblique Strategies. Take time to peruse his wonderful resource.
The originally printed cards are very hard to come by. But there are many versions available electronically:
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