by Yann Girard

Checking your mail is fake progress.

Simply deleting 95% of your mails is real progress.

Updating your LinkedIn account is fake progress.

by Yann Girard

I’ve basically lived out of a backpack for the past 7 years.

It all started in 2009. I moved to Shanghai as an exchange student. I planned staying…

by Yann Girard

Chances are you’ll never “make it” on Medium. It’s just gotten way too crowded. The competition is too big. Too many people writing amazing stuff.

by Yann Girard

Yes…

Not having an idea can be a major barrier if you’d want to change your life, explore the world and start living life on your own terms.

by Yann Girard

I never feel inspired to write anything. And sometimes I really hate myself for that.

I would rather get up in the morning and feel super inspired.

by Yann Girard

When I first started blogging I had no clue about anything.

I was so desperate and clueless that I simply started posting my blog posts on Facebook. I didn’t know how to setup my own proper blog.

by Yann Girard

Whenever I finish my day and I used a to do list that day and take a look at it I get depressed.

Simply because I never achieve more than half of the things on these lists. Sometimes even less. Well, most of the time.

by Yann Girard

When you think big, too big, you risk missing some of the most important steps.

You might miss the first, second and third step. The steps you need to take before you’re able to sell that company to Google. Before…

by Yann Girard

I’ve been writing online for the past three years now. So I basically don’t know anything about writing.

The only thing I know is that the only way you’ll become a better writer is to write.