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9 Mantras That Changed My Life Forever
Almost a year ago, all of this started by accident. I found myself muttering the same phrase every morning as I walked my dog. 2 words: “Thank you.” I would say those two words over and over again. A kind of chant. I probably looked a little …
6 Immediate Benefits I Saw When I Switched from Mailchimp to Convert Kit
First, the elephant in the room: Mailchimp is the most common selection because it is free. When I started this whole writing thing, I wanted to spend as few dollars as possible. The chimp was the choice. As my subscriber count grew, …
7 Questions Aspiring Writers Ask That Don’t Even Matter a Little Bit
The truth is, when it comes to creating a habit, our brains try and get in the way. Ironically, you will be thwarted by your mind. All these questions are simple, but ultimately meaningless. Writer's Guide: Download the list of 6 tools not …
How to Create a Bulletproof Mindset
“Hmm, maybe my self-worth will be in this book,” I thought. It wasn’t. “Oh, this podcast will probably give me all the answers I need to start a business” It didn’t. “Maybe a membership with this prestigious organization can validate …
A Dirty Secret About Creative People
This is something it took me a long time to admit, even to myself. Are you ready? Here it is: All creative people are self-absorbed. We care about what goes on in our heads more than what goes on in “real life.” We would rather look at what …
4 Ways I Improved My Life as the World’s Most Average Person
Ready for some honesty you don’t see much on the Internet? Here we go: I am 26 years old, have started exactly zero companies to date, and currently have a net worth of approximately not very much. I have 3 very close friends and a pretty close …
The Reason You Feel Motivated at Night But Lose It By Morning
It was May in 1930. A man with a fabulous mustache sat upright in his favorite chair, seconds away from dozing off. Just as his head dipped into dream world, the ball bearings plummeted from his hand and onto a metal plate, where the clatter shook …
One Exercise Which Will Change the Way You Write Forever
Okay, first I’ll give you the very simple goal of this tip: REMOVE THE BRAIN FROM THE WRITING PROCESS. Let me explain. At a job — you think about stuff. A specific problem is presented and an objective decision is made based on cost and time and …
This is The Most Overrated Pleasure
No, it’s not the cell phone specifically. The most overrated pleasure is the notification (in all forms). You see how it happened, don’t you? First: The notification told us about human interaction: Ring! — “Oh, someone is calling. …
These 6 Words Helped Me Overcome My Fear of Failure
Blink-blink-blink. My cursor pulsed on the blank page. I wrote sentence and then deleted every word. I stood up 6 times for coffee in 2 hours. Surprisingly, my page would still be blank when I returned. I wanted to start a blog. I wanted to start …
Here’s One Thing You Can Do If You Have a Boring Job
My first week of corporate work, I was assigned 18 company policies to read. My second week of work, I was given 40 hours to complete a draft of ONE document. My third week of work, I was in a meeting about a project I might join one day. My forth …
Shift Your Mindset By Saying Less of These 4 Things
The ball rocketed into the air, took a definite left turn, and crashed down into the water with a sickening: *Splash* My dad and I were on the 11th hole, and I was practicing for an upcoming golf tournament. The day’s work wasn’t exactly going …
2 Words I Use to Get Smarter Every Day
“Hedge fund manager?” I affirm, nodding and thinking of lawn care. “That makes sense. The world needs those.” Probably 16 times a day I say things which are wrong or dumb or misinformed. More often than not everyone goes along with it because I’m …
Die Every Day
In 2008, he was at the height of his life. Great wife? Check Happy? Check Hit musical on Broadway? Check. Yet when President Obama called asking him to perform his choice of songs from the show, Lin Manuel Miranda suggested something …
How to Ignore Absolutely Everything
And that’s how I got banned from Amazon preorders for a year. Oh wait. I have to write the post first, don’t I? Let me go back. Here is what I’ve noticed about being an adult so far: Everyone wants my attention. Everyone …
NANOWRIMO INSPIRATION | WRITING IS WORK
Yeah, I know. It was news to me too. I got started on NaNoWrimo with big dreams. I could write a little, so writing a lot would be no problem, right? Wrong. Just like going to the gym though, you need to put in the work every day. For me, …
NANOWRIMO INSPIRATION | GO ALL IN
I was exactly where you are today. I didn’t know if I wanted to take this big of a bite. I didn’t know if I couldn’t handle it. I didn’t even know if I was a good writer. But I had a friend tell me something which changed my mind about …