I’m a fan of persuasion expert Kevin Hogan (www.kevinhogan.com) and of his recent “16 Quick Tips for Success” posting. The first one is “Ready, aim, fire, aim, fire, aim, fire.” What he means is that you need to do a certain amount of planning and then get started, correct your course, act again, correct again, and continue until you reach the goal. He says, “If you you plan for more than an hour today, hit yourself in the head hard. If you plan for less than 10 minutes today, hit yourself just as hard.”
Does that resonate? Do you spend more time thinking about what you’re going to write but never (or seldom) get around to writing it? Or do you get an idea, become so excited about it that you jump in and start on it right away, and only later realize it’s not the project you should be working on? If so, try the ten minutes a day planning approach and see what happens.
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