I don’t know how to become a better writer.
And these quotes will probably not help you to become a better writer.
Because the only thing that will ever help you to become a better writer is to write.
Did you really just run out of ideas or did you just run out of things to do that you already know how to do?
Originally published at https://yanngirard.typepad.com.
Maybe you don’t need more time.
Maybe you just need to decide.
Maybe you don’t need more advice.
Maybe you just need to get going.
It’s possible that your boss puts too much pressure on you.
Or your family.
Or your friends.
Or the economy.
But it’s also very likely that you’re actually the one.
… is doing it wrong.
Of course…
The good (or the bad) news is that for somebody else somewhere else, you’re also everybody else…
You can spend your whole life chasing the things you want, only to then realize at one point that the things you really need are already all gone…
The problem about decisions is that they need a lot of your energy and attention.
Especially when it’s a decision about something unknown.
Something you’ve never done before.
It’s easy to get lost in the things that don’t really matter.
The likes.
The shares.
The comments.
The retweets.
… involves mostly these five things:
Decision making day in and day out.
Giving credit for the things that go right.
Taking over responsibility for the things that go wrong.
The more choices you have, the more distracted you’ll end up being.
And the more distracted you are, the less you’ll be able to focus on the things that really matter.
It’s as simple as that.