How I Overcome Inertia
Nearly everybody deals with inertia at some point. The law of inertia says this: things at rest tend to stay at rest; things in motion tend to stay in motion. Nobody is immune to this law. Maybe this...
View ArticleHow Timed Essays Helped Me Become a Stronger Writer
In high school, I joined the newspaper staff as soon as they would let me, and I took all the honors English classes I could. I was in love with reading and writing — I couldn’t get enough of it. In...
View ArticleForcing Efficiency
Time is strange. When we’ve got too much of it, we tend to squander it. When we don’t have enough of it, we tend to use it more wisely. To put it another way… The less we have to do, the less efficient...
View ArticleTry Your Hardest, Then Let It Go
I’m reading Bossypants by Tina Fey. It’s hilarious, but also includes some useful lessons and anecdotes about life as a writer. On page 123, Fey writes about “Things I Learned from Lorne Michaels.” (In...
View ArticleA New Way to View Your Work Time
If you’re like me, you’re in business to make a profit. You get paid, you do the work you agreed to do, or ship the product you agreed to send. But how you use your time isn’t anybody’s business but...
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