For some people the title of this post may be an open door. Of course they’re not the same, you might think. But I bet the majority of people do mistake these for one another. A motivated person is someone with a drive to make things happen and a...
Topics: Reviews

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Dear Mr. My Samsonite Luggage,Thank you for showing me the importance of writing a comment policy. Your recent comments – all three of them – have bypassed Akismet only because you actually wrote them yourself and they fit the content of the blog...
Topics: Blogging

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In his book On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft Stephen King describes, in one of his many forewords, his initial reluctance to write that particular book. As a fiction writer he felt the desire to write about writing, but he left the work unfinished for a.
Topics: Blogging, Living my Legend, Personal Development

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Sometimes inspiration comes to you in the most unexpected ways. Let me tell you the story of this evening.It’s a regular Thursday evening, and I’m sitting on the couch with the laptop writing a blog post (not this one). I notice that...
Topics: Inspiration, Success

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Routines are a powerful part of your toolbox. If you want to do something at a regular interval, build a routine that has that activity in it. If you do this well, you’ll never forget it again because the routine will feel incomplete.Designing...
Topics: My Story, Productivity

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