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Habit hacking & productivity tips for keeping a daily writing habit

My most-read articles in 2021 — How to motivate yourself to write everyday 14 intrinsic motivation hacks that you can do before, during, and after writing, to keep you writing daily.medium.com Writing teaches me My words are my teachers. And I write for my writings to teach me back.medium.com The sea, a womb for a tired, creative soul When my creativity tank is low, I head to the sea.medium.com The push AND pull of writing When it comes to writing every day, some days you need a push. Other days, a pull.medium.com

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Writing is making a comeback

We’re all writing a lot more now, on email, text, social media. Good, clear writing & communication will be a career competitive advantage. — In his book Rework, Jason Fried mentioned how writing is making a comeback. People prefer to email and text instead of calling, not just for work but even in our personal lives. We engage on social issues on Twitter, Facebook and other forums, using text. Even on photo-centric platforms like…

Writing

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How to find time to write everyday

7 time manipulation tricks to keep your writing habit going — Try as we might, sometimes life happens. We hunger to write more, but our job or family commitments make it near impossible. Setting aside 1–2 hours a day for an uninterrupted block of time to write feels like a guilty luxury you don’t deserve. How might we get creative about…

Writing

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Writing

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Dec 9, 2021

Every benefit you get from writing

Just 1h/day, and you get all these benefits. Sorry, no more excuses to not write. — The almost exhaustive list of all the benefits you get from writing: Writing Improved writing skills like grammar, vocabulary Uncover your own writing style and tone of voice Ease of writing out longer pieces of content Produce more engaging writing Faster writing Self Stronger habit muscles for pretty much anything else Ability to…

Writing

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Writing

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Dec 7, 2021

Cognitive biases that creators & writers should look out for

Biases that affect the quality of our writing, the performance of our copy. — We like to think we make rational decisions about our writing and creating every day, but more often than not, cognitive biases bleed into our decisions and every day actions more often than we are aware. Writing a headline? You’re more likely to reach for the last headline structure you…

Writer

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Writer

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Dec 7, 2021

A question-&-answer approach to writing

Stop trying to find ideas to write about. Start answering questions instead. — Truth be told, I’d always struggled with using an ideas pipeline for my writing. I know many writers do that and it works well for them. …

Writing

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Writing

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Dec 6, 2021

Never set another goal without first appreciating Pearson’s Law

What gets measure and reported gets improved, by up to 1200%. — Most people know the first half of Pearson’s Law: “What is measured, improves.” Basically, setting metrics to track performance ensures said performance improves. We all know this. We know we set goals by having a target, a metric. For example, write 100 words a day. …

Goals

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Never set another goal without first appreciating Pearson’s Law

Goals

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Dec 5, 2021

Emotion-first writing

Emotions are powerful levers for writers to leverage on — As writers we often forget that humans are not as rational as we like them to be. So much writing tips out there talk about lining up your points and structuring your writing in such a way as to make a cohesive, persuasive argument. But we’re react emotionally more often…

Writing

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Writing

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Dec 4, 2021

Write your worries away

Worry’s secret weakness is the light of awareness — “I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” Mark Twain hits the nail on the head with that line. When it comes to worrying, we over-index on it in our modern lives. …

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Write

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Dec 3, 2021

Your writings are a better resume than your resume

Your writings are now a better indicator of your capabilities, a brighter beacon to attract opportunities. — Resumes are dead. In the age of the internet, employers are looking to other means to gauge your competencies and thinking. …

Writing

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Writing

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