At the very beginning of this year I heard Ryan Holiday tell James Altucher on a podcast interview that he keeps a one-sentence journal. Since it was the beginning of the year, I thought I would give it a try. I added it to my Morning Preview checklist and starting writing one sentence in an…
Productivity
Author Ken Liu on Goal Setting
While I am reading a book, I like to listen to and read interviews with the authors to find their advice on writing and the lessons they have learned about being authors. So, after I read the short story, “Paper Menagerie,” I went looking for interviews with the author Ken Liu. I found his writing…
How To Become an Olympic Athlete
The Olympics were on in the TV in the background. My daughter was working on a painting project in the adjacent room. “Can I play in the Olympics when I get older?” she asked. The answer came pretty easy. Just moments before, one of the winners shared the secret to his success in an interview….
Vision Setting Exercise: See, Say, and Feel
We all want our projects to succeed, but two problems almost always occur while we are working on them: We don’t actually know what success looks like. While working on a project, we get stuck without a clear idea how to move forward. Whether it is a book, a screenplay, a song, a speech, an…
Failed Experiment: A Weekly Pre-set Schedule
A couple of months ago I wrote about creating a schedule for myself like a student’s schedule at college. The idea was to dedicate 30 minutes of time each week to one of my important but not urgent priorities and strategies for the year. This did not work. Here is what my pre-set schedule looked…
