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Make it a routine
Generate ideas and work on your draft every day.
If you want to make a living doing something that involves generating ideas, act like you’re already making a living from it.
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Don't try to be original...
People steal stuff and ideas from other people all the time.
Most people try way too hard to be original but they never get anything done.
Learn how to stand on the shoulders of giants, borrow from timeless wisdom, and draw from a variety of sources to come up w...
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Instead, be authentic
Learn a structure, a method and be a bit formulaic. Then, one day, you'll have a unique writing voice that'll help you stand out from the crowd.
We all write and think about the same stuff but it's the way we do it that is unique.
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Pay attention
Most people live life with blinders on, unaware of their surroundings.
Everything in your life can be a source of material that you can use to create something.
Pay attention to the little things. Be grateful for the usefulness of everything that happens to you. Don...
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Life is Art
Don't write more, live more.
When you live your life and have amazing experiences, you can use it as material.
This is why it’s always important to keep a pen and paper handy. You never know when an idea will strike. Or where.
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Be aware and observant
If you're aware and observant, you can see so much in daily life:
Conversations between strangers at a coffee shop, a child’s laugh, a woodpecker annoying you at 5 a.m., the faces of people as they commute to work on a Monday morning, how people walk.
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Consume and Create
You need to feed your mind. Along with life as source material, you should hunt for source material.
Read a book, watch videos, visit a museum. Do something that enriches you.
Knowledge has a million of benefits. One of them is that it makes you more creative.
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The Ideas Machine Technique - James Altucher
Write down ten ideas every day. They can be for yourself of for someone else.
Most of the ideas will suck, but a few will be gold. Take the good ones, save them, implement them, then double down on what works.
Get in the practice of generating ideas so you’l...
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Make small, meaningful changes
Once you’ve identified the changes you want to make, pick just one thing that you want to work on.
If you’re disorganized or constantly getting off track from what you should be doing, take five minutes every morning to tidy your desk and write a to-do list.
To make better decisions...
- Avoid unintentionally doing something stupid. Never make important decisions when you’re tired, emotional, distracted, or in a rush.
- Make sure you're solving the right problem. Never let anyone else define the biggest problem to be solved.
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Clean Something
Clean something every time you don't want to get started on a work project. Don't listen to a podcast or turn on the radio. Just clean. Make it as boring as possible, so that your mind wanders.
This does two things: it delays actually working on your project and it gives you time to ...
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