Category Archives: Productivity Tips
Guest Post: What’s the Best Way to Be More Productive?
We often think that the best way to become more productive is to actually spend more time doing something. So instead of working 20 hours on a project, we increase that amount and spend 40 hours on a project. Almost … Continue reading
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WB Weekly Update: 5 Quick & Easy Ways to Beat Writer’s Block
“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.” – Neil Gaiman In This Issue: 5 Quick an
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Guest Post: 5 Quick and Easy Ways to Beat Writer’s Block
We all suffer from a lack of inspiration or motivation from time to time. Any writer worth their salt has had to battle through writer’s block at some point to fill that blank page staring back at them. If you’re suffering from … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Master Your Workday Now!
by Steve Pavlina I recently had the privilege of reading the book Master Your Workday Now! by Michael Linenberger. I daresay this is the best book on workflow management I’ve ever read — and I’ve read a LOT of books … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Conscious Procrastination
By Steve Pavlina No time management system is worth much if it doesn’t tell you what to do at 9am on Monday morning. Suppose you have a list of all your tasks and projects. Which one should you work on … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Triple Your Personal Productivity
By Steve Pavlina Have you ever had the experience of looking back on your week with the sinking feeling that you didn’t get as much done as you’d hoped? When building a successful career or a business of your
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Guest Post: 33 Rules to Boost Your Productivity (Volume 1)
By Steve Pavlina Heuristics are rules intended to help you solve problems. When a problem is large or complex, and the optimal solution is unclear, applying a heuristic allows you to begin making progress towards a solution even though you
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How to Kill Writer’s Block & Become a Master Copywriter In Only 3 Hours a Day
by Jennifer Minar-Jaynes I love egg timers. Without my trusty egg timer, my bathroom wouldn’t be as clean. My house… not as organized. I’d also procrastinate a whole lot more. Most importantly, I wouldn’t be as far along in my
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Guest Blog Post: 5 Tips for Maintaining Your Blogging Momentum
By Susan Johnston We’ve all seen it happen: a writer gets all fired up about a new blog, posts every day for a few weeks, and then… just stops. Bloggers gets busy, lose interest, burn out, or just run out … Continue reading
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33 Rules to Boost Your Productivity – Volume 2
By Steve Pavlina My last article on 33 Rules to Boost Your Productivity got a positive reception, so I decided to come up with 33 more. A few of these are similar to the ones already posted, but most are … Continue reading
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5 Ways to Write High-Quality Content — Fast
Want to consistently produce quality posts WITHOUT spending an incredible amount of time doing so? Carol Tice gives 5 tips on how to do so at CopyBlogger, which include: Identifying and eliminating one common time vampire, Batching basic
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When You’re Not in the Mood to Write
If you believe you must wait to write until the right mood strikes, you’ll never get much done. Many writers nevertheless persist in this myth and support it with impressive rationales. Some blame external circumstances: “I can only wri
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How to Write a Children’s Book in 30 Days or Less
The first time I attempted to write a children’s book it took me three months and several years of promising myself I would do it “one day.” In that time I managed to wash the dog a million times, rearrange … Continue reading
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7 Techniques to Maximize Your Writing Minutes
At any given point, I’m working on a half-dozen article assignments, at least one nonfiction book, and often a novel as well. How do I juggle it all? I’ve become a master of time management when it comes to my … Continue reading
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