So I guess I've clicked "submit" here 5,999 times before this post and figured I might as well share something that has helped me a lot in the past. I'm not going to spend time talking about killer business tactics or how to hustle or anything like that, I'm just going to share this link: About a little thing called 750 Words
Every single person here should be writing every single day of their lives. There's just no excuse not to. I'm talking stream of consciousness stuff, not a novel or anything like that. Some Doogie Houser shit:
Why you might ask?
Well, here are my reasons why I write every day and have done it for years now:
1) We work in an overwhelmingly fast paced environment. I usually have trouble remembering what I did last week, let alone last year. Record that shit guys. Just dump it all onto paper, 750words.com, whatever. Just get it out of your head and onto paper so you have a record of what's going on in your life.
2)I have a bad memory for specific personal reasons. I went through a lot of shit over the last few years and a byproduct of that is that I have an uncanny ability to just "shut off", it's how I handle extreme stress. The problem is that I have lost a ton of memories because of that coping mechanism. I regularly run into old friends who tell stories of when we were younger and it's like they're new stories to me, I don't remember any of it. So write it all down guys, you never know what could happen to your memory and you often times can't get those memories back.
3) It's therapeutic. Think what you will about therapy and mood disorders and whatever else, but writing daily in a private journal is an amazing way to clear your head and to work through things. How many of you work on your IM projects with pen and paper or with some software? We're methodical people here, and we all know the best way to work through things is to put it all in front of us and just problem solve and get to our answers. Your life should be no different. Get it out of your head and onto paper so you can make sense of it all.
4) It's a really easy habit to build without any negative side effects. I challenge you all to sign up to 750words.com and give it a try. You can set it up to email you daily as a reminder. Try and write for 30 days straight. Go fucking do it.
I would assume most of us can type pretty quickly so the writing process is really easy. If you like longhand writing, do it that way. I can type nearly as fast as I can think so I prefer to do things on the computer. It doesn't matter, just do it.
You don't need to share it with anyone, in fact, it's really a technique called "morning pages" and some writers prefer to destroy their writing each day when done. Whatever, just do what you want.
15 minutes a day will reduce your stress, help you work through problems more clearly and efficiently, and will leave a permanent record of your life in case you ever need to go back and revisit it.
Final words: To anyone having a hard time in life or business or a relationship or anything else, hang in there. Life is a game of perspective. Pain in the short term easily overrides joy in the long run. Pain in the short term will make you panic and give up unless you can see your long term goals and path still.
Focus on constantly reevaluating your perspective and keeping yourself focused on what truly makes you happy.
I love (most of) you all here, I would never be anywhere near where I am in life without the people I've met here. The one thing I've discovered that is consistent in all successful people I've here is that they absolutely refuse to settle for anything less than exactly what they want. That is a more valuable lesson to me than any specific tactic or business model.
<3
dchuk
PS: I have no affiliation with 750words, and it's free. Use whatever you want, all I care about is that you write every fucking day.
Every single person here should be writing every single day of their lives. There's just no excuse not to. I'm talking stream of consciousness stuff, not a novel or anything like that. Some Doogie Houser shit:
Why you might ask?
Well, here are my reasons why I write every day and have done it for years now:
1) We work in an overwhelmingly fast paced environment. I usually have trouble remembering what I did last week, let alone last year. Record that shit guys. Just dump it all onto paper, 750words.com, whatever. Just get it out of your head and onto paper so you have a record of what's going on in your life.
2)I have a bad memory for specific personal reasons. I went through a lot of shit over the last few years and a byproduct of that is that I have an uncanny ability to just "shut off", it's how I handle extreme stress. The problem is that I have lost a ton of memories because of that coping mechanism. I regularly run into old friends who tell stories of when we were younger and it's like they're new stories to me, I don't remember any of it. So write it all down guys, you never know what could happen to your memory and you often times can't get those memories back.
3) It's therapeutic. Think what you will about therapy and mood disorders and whatever else, but writing daily in a private journal is an amazing way to clear your head and to work through things. How many of you work on your IM projects with pen and paper or with some software? We're methodical people here, and we all know the best way to work through things is to put it all in front of us and just problem solve and get to our answers. Your life should be no different. Get it out of your head and onto paper so you can make sense of it all.
4) It's a really easy habit to build without any negative side effects. I challenge you all to sign up to 750words.com and give it a try. You can set it up to email you daily as a reminder. Try and write for 30 days straight. Go fucking do it.
I would assume most of us can type pretty quickly so the writing process is really easy. If you like longhand writing, do it that way. I can type nearly as fast as I can think so I prefer to do things on the computer. It doesn't matter, just do it.
You don't need to share it with anyone, in fact, it's really a technique called "morning pages" and some writers prefer to destroy their writing each day when done. Whatever, just do what you want.
15 minutes a day will reduce your stress, help you work through problems more clearly and efficiently, and will leave a permanent record of your life in case you ever need to go back and revisit it.
Final words: To anyone having a hard time in life or business or a relationship or anything else, hang in there. Life is a game of perspective. Pain in the short term easily overrides joy in the long run. Pain in the short term will make you panic and give up unless you can see your long term goals and path still.
Focus on constantly reevaluating your perspective and keeping yourself focused on what truly makes you happy.
I love (most of) you all here, I would never be anywhere near where I am in life without the people I've met here. The one thing I've discovered that is consistent in all successful people I've here is that they absolutely refuse to settle for anything less than exactly what they want. That is a more valuable lesson to me than any specific tactic or business model.
<3
dchuk
PS: I have no affiliation with 750words, and it's free. Use whatever you want, all I care about is that you write every fucking day.
