1/ It's almost January first. Read this tweet, kings, and plan what forests you will start planting next year (metaphorical ... or literal!). Around this time in 2010 I thought "next year, on January first, I will start writing the novel I have planned for decades". >>>https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1209129057259905027 …
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3/ Pick a goal - not too hard ...but not too easy either! Envision it. RESEARCH THE FIRST STEPS. <--- this is key Make a plan, with intermediate steps and a deadline. Tell your friends and commit your reputation to it <--- future self paternalism We'll all cheer you on!
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4/ The exact deadline doesn't matter. Partial success counts tons! On 1 Jan 2011 I started writing. "I'll finish it this year!" Well, I finished draft 1. Actually FINISHING finishing took 6 years. An important thing to remember: >>>
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5/ People always overestimate how much they can get done in the short term...and UNDER estimate how much they can get done in the long term. Writing 500 words a day will build a novel...or a trilogy. Cutting 500 calories per day will cut your weight 50 lbs in a year.
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6/ Baby steps, kings, but CONSISTENT baby steps. You can do it. Why not start today-ish ?pic.twitter.com/RjO1tnbbvC
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7/ Sometimes people have the motivation, but they are stymied by the FIRST, ACTUAL, CONCRETE, STEPS. 1) go buy and read the book "Getting Things Done" https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity/dp/0143126563 … 2) feel free to hit me up in the DMs to help brainstorm the FIRST ACTUAL STEP.
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8/ Remember: January first. It's not as hard as you think. In fact, it's kind of easy. Just consistent medium effort. 2020 is going to be your year, guys.
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9/ Good variant / corollaryhttps://twitter.com/thepiclord/status/1209158748998123524 …
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