Steal like an artist. Find a website with a great homepage and copy it. I don’t mean copy it exactly and I’m not even talking about the design. Find a headline and a call-to-action and then turn it into a template for your own work. For example, Bryan Harris’s homepage for Videofruit gets a 10%…
Templates
School Lunch Planner (Template)
Are you a parent who can’t stand packing lunches? Are you having trouble remembering which kid will eat which foods? The School Lunch Planner template will help you plan ahead so you know exactly what to pack in your children’s lunch boxes. Add each child’s favorite, healthy foods to the template and increase the chances that their lunch boxes…
A Word Count Chart for NaNoWriMo
For the second year in a row, I am going to participate in National Novel Writing Month (a.k.a. NaNoWriMo). I’m actually not a novelist and I don’t plan on writing a novel (this year). Last year, I finished a non-fiction manuscript for a book I was working on and this year I am going to…
Big and Specific Goal Setting
In chapter 12 of The One Thing, Gary Keller and Jay Papasan introduce readers to four types of goals in what they describe as the question matrix. The idea is that if you ask the right question, you can find the motivation to pursue extraordinary results. Many of us struggle with gaol setting because: 1….
The 80/20 Analysis Template for Personal Productivity
Here are 9 reasons to use the 80/20 Analysis Template (Google Doc / PDF). Are you thinking or feeling any of these things right now? There is too much to do and not enough time. I don’t know where to start. I would rather be doing something easier. I’m not getting anything done. I’m not seeing results….