How I’ve used “morning pages” to grow and define my business
Will I consume or create?
This is one of the most important questions you can answer each day.
Thanks to social media, chat apps, and streaming content, it’s so easy to consume — and it gets easier all the time.
But if you want to build a business or write a book, if you want to launch a product, disrupt an industry, or do anything that matters, you have to create.
You have to tune out the distractions and channel your own voice.
Unfortunately, that’s difficult — and it gets harder all the time.
We all face this challenge, but there’s one tool that consistently helps me to create:
Morning pages
Julia Cameron first coined the term in her classic book, The Artist’s Way. You might also call it brain dumping, free writing or expressive writing.
Here’s how it works. Before the day overloads your brain, sit down and write three, stream-of-consciousness pages.
