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Meaning and Motivation

Batching Your Work

By Jared Dees

I suffer from a problem that a lot of other artists and entrepreneurs deal with on a day to day basis. We have so many ideas and projects that we want to work on that we end up starting but not finishing many different projects at the same time. As a results, we tend to…

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June 6, 2018 Filed Under: Author Tips, Creativity, Meaning and Motivation, On Writing, Productivity

Lessons from the First 5k Run of the Year

By Jared Dees

I set a goal this year to run a 5k under 23:00. My first 5k time this year was 24:57. I have a long way to go! Here are a few lessons I learned from this year’s first race: Don’t each anything for breakfast that will get stuck in your teeth (berries). Map out your…

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June 4, 2018 Filed Under: Meaning and Motivation

Interval Training: How to Get Faster at Anything

By Jared Dees

When I was a track coach, I designed most of my practices to focus on interval training. Instead of running the entire distance of the races my runners participated in, they would run only a fraction of those distances at speeds that would total a personal record. The idea is that you train your body…

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June 2, 2018 Filed Under: Meaning and Motivation, Productivity

Deliberate Practice for Writers

By Jared Dees

Angela Duckworth summarizes the basic requirements for deliberate practice (K. Anders Ericsson) as: A clearly defined stretch goal Full concentration and effort Immediate and informative feedback Repetition with reflection and refinement Angela Duckworth, Gritย  As a writer, I try to write every day. How can I make these writing sessions deliberate practice? A clearly defined…

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May 30, 2018 Filed Under: Author Tips, Meaning and Motivation, Meaningful Work, On Writing

How to Help Kids Develop Lifelong Passions

By Jared Dees

Read or listen to artists talk about what inspired them as children to love their work and most of the time they will talk about an experience of something or someone that sparked that inspiration. They were interested in something like writing or drawing, but then they encountered a work of art that made something…

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May 27, 2018 Filed Under: Meaning and Motivation, Meaningful Work

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๐Ÿ“ฌ Tools to Teach Faith ๐Ÿ“ฌ

I send many weekly email newsletters every week with tools to pass on faith:

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ The Religion Teacher’s Sunday Planner ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ

Lessons, activities, videos, and worksheets for religious educators.

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๐Ÿ“– God’s Word Wednesday ๐Ÿ“–

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๐Ÿฐ Formative Fiction Friday ๐Ÿฐ

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Jared Dees is passionate about sharing practical resources to teach faith. He is best known for his website The Religion Teacher and is the author of many books including 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator, To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach, Praying the Angelus, Christ in the Classroom, and Beatitales: 80 Fables about the Beatitudes for Children. See all of Jared's Books โ†’

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