Skipping the Good Days

Here’s a useful habit that’s more than a hack...

The next time things are going well, when a project is about to launch, when a meeting has been successful, when the sun is shining... take your phone and go for a walk.

Hit record on an audio app and make a twenty-minute audiobook. Talk about what you know, what you see, what you hope for. Talk about ... See more

So much of my writing practice is simply about writing when the urge to write strikes. If I miss that window or assume it will stick around and wait for me to be ‘ready’ (always a poor assumption), I lose the potential energy of that idea forever. It’s not that I’ll never be able to write again, or perhaps even never write an idea *like that* again... See more

There’s a piece of advice I still struggle with, but that I’m more and more convinced lies at the heart of meaningful productivity, successful creative work, and a more vibrant life in general. That advice is: act fast. Move quickly. When you get a good idea, make it your default policy to put it into practice as soon as you reasonably can.