motivation

You Are Your Own Worst Enemy, But That’s a Good Thing

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In 95% of cases, the only person stopping you from creating something amazing is you. That’s cool, though, because the Resistance is a sign you’re on the right track. This post is a roundup of three vital articles on how to manage your fear of failure, inner critic, and stage fright. Read more…

What’s Stopping You From Creating Something Amazing?

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Fair warning: this post is full of rhetorical questions that will probably piss you off. Read more…

6 Reasons Why Behavior Change is Hard…And How to Make it Easier

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Why is behavior change so hard? In this post, I’ll attempt to answer this question and more. Read more…

One Trick for Increasing Your Happiness

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One trick for increasing your happiness is this: Take action, even if you don’t see immediate results. Click here to read more

The Myth of the Perfect Circumstances

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“A year from now you may wish you had started today.” -Karen Lamb Maybe you want to start a side business or even develop a full-on business plan. Maybe you’ve been thinking about starting a novel or a blog. Perhaps you want to go back to school. Or you talk a lot about learning to [...]

Are You Using Your Spare Time…Or Just Filling It?

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are you using your time or just filling it?

Do you ever wonder where your time goes? Do you find your leisure time slipping away? This article will help you begin to use your time wisely. Click here to learn more…

Why I Stopped Being Lazy

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The Ship that Never Comes In

I’m sad to admit that I used to be lazy, though not lazy in the ‘unemployed and living in mother’s basement and playing warcraft’ sense of the word. I just didn’t try very hard. In this post, the first of two on ‘How to Stop Being Lazy,’ I discuss why I was lazy and what compelled me to change. Read more…

The Myth of Laser Focus

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During the month of September, I wanted to test the hypothesis that I would have greater focus and productivity if I only focused on one thing. Well, the results are in, and they’re not pretty. Click here to read more…

Developing the Completion Habit

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Generating ideas is great, but an idea never fully developed is like owning a car without wheels; it ain’t going anywhere, it’s just taking up space, and it’ll probably piss you off every time you think of it. I’ve written quite a bit about generating ideas for creative projects. The more ideas you have to [...]

Get Unstuck with an Evil Deadline

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Use evil deadlines to get unstuck

Evil deadlines take the choice out of finishing a project. Set a deadline three days out and finish the project…or zombies will eat your brains. Read more…

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