Here’s a great place to start: 50 Strategies For Making Yourself Work, courtesy of Jerry Oltion and the folks at SFWA.
I appreciated this list because, like the author, I find that any productivity strategy that works for me does not work forever — the work-avoidance part of my brain is far too clever for that.
Entries Tagged as 'motivation'
if you want a jump on the whole new year’s resolution thing…
December 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: motivation · procrastination · productivity
“this is your unconscious speaking…”
January 12th, 2009 · No Comments
It’s early in January, so I’ve been indulging in my not-so-secret vice: self-help books. I have no problem confessing (hell, bragging) about my love of genre fiction to any and all, but confessing to reading self-help books? Well, I do it. And sometimes I pick up tips that are very useful.
So I’ve been reading This [...]
Tags: motivation · setting goals
Identity crisis at The Productive Writer
July 10th, 2008 · No Comments
As soon as I chose the domain name (theproductivewriter.com), I started second-guessing myself.
Productive? Is that my primary goal? I mean, what about “daring” or “dangerous” or “exuberant” or any number of other funky adjectives (I’m a writer, I know adjectives).
And if I’m not churning out 1500 words a day (or 500, or 200, or whatever [...]
Tags: general · motivation
