One of the things I have found while doing some writing is that it’s hard to go from just sitting there on your laptop into a flow state. The reason it’s difficult to make that transition is because it’s difficult to actually start. This is the same with anything. I talk about warming up being […]
Do One Thing Today
Back in September 2014 I wrote about doing “Just Two Hours” of work a day. This was meant as a way for someone who can’t muster the will to do any work to get started. My rationale was that if you can trick the brain into thinking your work isn’t a big deal by doing […]
Flexing Your Writing Muscles
I wrote an article about how weight lifting is a great metaphor for accomplishing any task. It’s should be obvious to anyone who has ever succeeded in getting muscular that there’s a process involved you can apply to anything. The problem is that often times people who are in the gym don’t realize they can […]
How To Get Into A Flow State
The pinnacle of productivity is getting into a flow state. The flow state is a state of mind that is less thinking, and more doing. It’s a matter of using muscle memory to act without your limiting thoughts stopping you. When in flow state, you can just let go and get lost in doing work. […]
Use a Calendar
When it comes to being more productive, sometimes the simple stuff is what works best. One of the simplest steps you can take to become extremely productive is to just fill out a calendar. What this does is it takes any guesswork out of your day so that you can use all your decision-making on […]
Using Sexual Energy For Productivity
When people think about using “sexual energy” they usually think of some kind of woo woo esoteric tantric sexual practices. That’s not exactly what I’m referring to when I mean sexual energy. All I mean by sexual energy is the driving force of creation inside you. The trick is to control your sexual urges and […]
Create a Working Space
If you go back and look at the archives of this site, you will see sporadic posting from 2 years ago up until September of 2014. There are two reasons for this. First, September was when I started 30 Days of Discipline. Second, this was when I finally sat down and created a working space […]
The Power of Momentum
In the last year I’ve learned a lot about productivity. I had to develop a whole system for myself on how to become productive when no one is looking over my shoulder. I went from being completely unproductive to cranking out work every day. One of the best little tricks I figured out along the way […]
Implement Immediately
Recently I was reading an article on Real Christian McQueen that was pretty incredible. The article was about how fast you implement something has a direct correlation on whether or not it gets done. While this is easy to understand when it comes to something like doing laundry, it also applies to big ideas as […]
Show up to Work
Back when I was working in my 9-5 gig, I had a hell of a morning routine. It started with my alarm going off in my ear after inadequate sleep. I developed a little of insomnia around the fact that I knew if I went to sleep, I was going to wake up to that […]
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