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11 tiny daily habits that are wasting your time — even if you don't notice you're doing them
You need to drop these bad, productivity-killing time management habits immediately.
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Do You Have These Bad Habits?
Do you really think you’ll be successful if you simply copy other people’s habits? If that was the case, success was easy.
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You don’t need to be organised to be the best at what you do
I’m one of the least organised people you’ll meet. I have very little structure in my day. I don’t have a morning routine, beyond brushing my teeth and checking emails.
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What's Actually Stunting Your Productivity (It's Not Multitasking)
The act of multitasking -- as you currently think of it -- might not be your daily productivity's biggest enemy.
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5 Stupid Freelancing Mistakes I Made in 2017
This was a year where I took a lot of lumps and learned a lot of difficult lessons. They were necessary to learn and I think I’m a better freelancer for it, but some of these problems could have been avoided in the first place.
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Six Rules for Writing Good Articles
Writing a good article requires two things: good content and good technique.
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A Look Inside My Writing Process
Spoiler alert: there isn’t one
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If You Want to Change the World, Start Off by Making Your Bed
Powerful motivational speech by William McRaven, US Navy Admiral.
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I’m a writer, but I never write…
By day, I’m a writer. It’s how I earn a living, it’s what I love to do. In fact, it was always a dream of mine to become a writer for as long as I can remember. So by nature of my job, and given that it’s what I love to do, you’d assume i spent a majority of my time writing? Wrong.
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J.K. Rowling: How to Deal with Failure
Before the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling was clinically depressed.
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How Not to Feel Lonely in a Crowd (or From Loneliness to Lioness)
Being lonely (in a crowd) is not a life sentence. Read our 5 magical steps - from being a slave to feeling lonely to free choice of living your Lioness. Alone yet not lonely. With others yet not lonely. Living from your inherent truth of who you are.
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50 Things I Know About Making Stuff
Eric Maierson lists his list of 50 important mini-reminders about making stuff (blogging, writing, vlogging, podcasting, art, etc)
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Motivation Is for Suckers
As ultra-endurance athlete and self-improvement guru Rich Roll says, "Mood follows action." In other words: Don't think. Do.
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How to Turn Journal Ramblings into Viral Articles
People often ask me how I journal, wanting my specific methodology. The problem is, I don’t have much of a methodology. I just write stuff down in a very disorganized fashion. I carry one journal at a time, fill it out, then grab another. I don’t use separate journals for goals, school notes, writing ideas, and recording my history. It all goes in the same notebook, only organized by the date I was writing.
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Make Quality The Only Thing That Matters…
I would rather do one single thing every day, and do it well, than be the most productive person in the world. Because quality is my north fucking star. I publish a lot, and I write a lot. That sometimes blows people away, and they ask me if they should try and push out a blog post every single day. …the answer is, no.
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13 Reasons You Are Failing At Life And Becoming A Bum
If your life is not where you expected it to be then there are plenty of reasons why. Today I’m going to explore a few of them with you so that you can get clear on what’s holding you back.
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I sucked at writing so I spent a month writing for 4 hours a day
I’m a great verbal communicator, give me a podium and I can deliver an enthralling speech but give me a pen and I’m useless. Writing was always my weak point and after 24 years of feeling like I’m awful at writing, I decided it was time for a change.
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Read This If You Feel Like Quitting
I know what you feel like now. You feel like throwing in the towel, giving up, and falling on your face. You feel like quitting.
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Why being a perfectionist is an obstacle (and how to beat it)
As creators, we are never be content with what we produce. That's okay, we need to be our most severe critics. This is how we can improve our craft.
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Why Your Writing Isn’t Where You Want It To Be
Because you focus on “Writing” like it’s the actual thing
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