Often, we think the way to stand out from the pack is to be better. A better way to become world-class at what you do is to change the game completely.

A tried and tested process to produce great content in a timely manner.

Hi Rachelle, I’m 62 and about to retire; I’m preparing to dedicate my retirement years to writing full-time. I wonder whether “age discrimination” would enter into my efforts to get published.

This truth becomes even more true when you become an expert in a field.

Do them today.

I’m not highly motivated. I don’t have amazing willpower or self-control.

Having a dream is a great place to start.

Have you ever thought you might have missed the boat on getting your work published? Here are 5 stories that prove you are never too old to get published.

Take it one day at a time.

There are two states of being: surviving and thriving. To survive is to limit downside, to eliminate the risk of ruin — it means fulfilling our basic need for food and shelter and companionship. Thriving is different: It’s an attempt to transcend a state of existence not out of fear but out of desire and yearning.

Less congestion is always a huge plus.

Writer Ryan O’Connell on how his life became a blog that became a book and then a TV show, the complicated nature of television writing, and why ultimately you always have to carve out a space for yourself and your work.

No one is born a master. (That means you.)

The future can be scary, but there are ways to deal with that fear

Set your own deadline based on what you could realistically accomplish if you parked your keister in the chair each day and did your work!

Sometimes, the most productive thing you can do is walk away

Because “done” is always better than perfect.

Consider this your heads up.

Begin paying very close attention to your physical and emotional reactions during your workday or any time you’re doing something for your career. Rethink the phrase, “Go big or go home.” Reflect on the phrase, “Success is a series of small victories.”