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a very simple list of six arguments in defense of lists
There is a certain magic in a number of items consecutively written one below the other. A secret that only a few people know. And if you dig deeper, you’ll find lists in every great thinker’s works and habits.
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how to be mindful in small chunks
Life can be crazy sometimes. Always too much going on at the same time. We’re always caught up in big projects, with no time for anything. But I think there’s a way to change that.
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deadlines and the art of writing
I doubt you can even create something good while your whole system believes you’re in danger. I don’t know about you, but I need peace and quiet to write. Outside and inside. No noise. The only sounds I wanna hear when I’m writing are the whisper of a muse, the dialogues of my characters, and the voice of my mind echoing the words that I type.
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SMART Goals and SWOT analysis for writers
To avoid that or to cope with the overdose of business self-help literature I’ve consumed, I repurposed or reimagined a lot of ideas I’ve read in those books. And today I wanna do the same about SMART goals and SWOT analysis… for writing.
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how to organize your writing life today
How do you organize your writing life? I'm gonna talk about the things that work for me, which means you don't have to follow everything like a rule or something, but I’m sure I’m gonna help you with this post.
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what are the rules for focused success in a distracted world?
Do you follow any productivity strategy? For work, study, writing? If you do, tell me about it. How does it work?
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let’s take a walk
→ Let’s take a walk. So, before Quarantine-21, I was walking every day after dropping my kids at school. I realized that walking is my favorite exercise. The best 30 minutes I could give myself in the morning. I’m trying to do that in the country now, where we are hiding from the city. I’m still working things out to build that habit. I had a strong motivation before: going home. Right? But I believe that if you build the right mindset, you can do anything. That’s what I’m focusing on. Now, when I say that walking was the best 30 minutes I could give myself in the morning, I…
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The Morning Miracle for Writers
Last week we talked about the miracle morning, and I received many messages about applying that to writing. Well, there’s a book by Hal Elrod and Steve Scott, with Honorée Corder, called “The Miracle Morning For Writers”. I highly recommend you to read it because it’s exactly about that subject and a little more. I found interesting tips there that have nothign to do with waking up at 5 AM. James Altucher wrote the foreword. He’s currently one of my favorite entrepreneurs and nonfiction writers, and he wrote: “I follow a morning routine for my writing. If I didn’t, I would never write. (…) I wake up, I exercise, I…
