Reading Time: 6 minutesIn his book, Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon says “Your job is to collect good ideas. The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.” Although his advice is directed primarily toward those who are “creatives” (writers, artists, and such), it’s good advice for all humans who …
Reading Time: 5 minutesFor the past two years, I’ve been using a life intentionality system based on my life roles. It defines what’s important to me, and helps me evaluate how I’m doing each week and make needed adjustments. David Sparks describes the system in his Personal Retreat Video and Planning Pdf. He suggests that to set up …
Reading Time: 4 minutesTodd Henry wrote, “You should celebrate wins. In fact, I’m a firm believer in celebrating often.” Daily Creative: Find Your Inspiration to Spark Creative Energy and Fight Burnout. I’ve heard this productivity advice before, but never really thought about it or implemented it. Confession Time — I Don’t Often Celebrate My Wins I’m not good …
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn The Practice: Shipping Creative Work, Seth Godin writes, “It’s time to start training the boss that is you. Time to start trusting your self, trusting the process, and trusting that you are actually as capable as you are.” Godin encourages us to trust ourselves and our capabilities. Trusting in our capabilities means we don’t …
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn today’s quote, Adam Grant writes, “As consumers of information, we have a role to play in embracing a more nuanced point of view. When we’re reading, listening, or watching, we can learn to recognize complexity as a signal of credibility. We can favor content and sources that present many sides.” In our fast-paced world, …
Reading Time: 5 minutesI’ve been using an app-based morning routine for over a year now. I start out every day sitting comfortably on my living room sofa with my iPad Pro and a cup of coffee. Everything that I do in my morning routine is waiting for me in one place — the apps on my iPad. I’ve …
Reading Time: 2 minutesHookmark is an app that enables you to link together all kinds of documents with easily applied unidirectional and bidirectional links. Its real value is that it works with almost any app, even many without a linking feature. I frequently use it to link research material to a blog post idea template on a topic …
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen I was a child, there was a period of time when my father would stop at the store every Friday on his way home from work and buy me a new toy. I was always excited and full of anticipation as Friday approached. Even though I had many toys at home, I wasn’t satisfied …
Reading Time: 4 minutesArtificial Intelligence has taken the tech world by storm. Almost daily, more and more developers announce the implementation of AI as a part of their apps. The sudden availability and popularity of AI have raised important questions for writers. Am I free to use AI in any way I can, or are there ethical limits …
Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite evidence to the contrary, we have a tendency to assume our levels of productivity, motivation, and focus will remain the same all day. As a result, we set ourselves up for frustration and failure by planning our work without considering our typical patterns of energy, focus, and productivity. We underestimate “how much our emotional …