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The Celebrity Method: How to Add Credibility to Your Content

By Jared Dees

I’ve written about time batching and time blocking (time boxing) in multiple places recently:

  • Batch Your Weekly Work Ahead of Time
  • Time Batching vs. Time Blocking

While both pieces are practical, neither one is as convincing as Thomas Frank‘s video above.

Why?

Because he used credibility to convince people to try this strategy. If it works for Elon Musk, why not give it a try?

It’s a great video and a great tactic.

If he had created a video like “How to Timebox Your Day” or “Why Timeboxing Is Essential to Success,” it would be much lest interesting.

Instead, Frank tells a story and gives the strategy credibility.

This is a great approach if you want to convince someone to try a strategy or tactic that you know works well. Find someone famous that does it and tell their story.

July 8, 2018 Filed Under: Meaning and Motivation, Meaningful Work, Productivity

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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, Christ in the Classroom, and Beatitales: 80 Fables about the Beatitudes for Children.

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