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You Know Those Tiny Failures You Face Every Day? They Could Change Very Well Change Your Life.
We always hear about how important it is to learn from our failures. Or, more importantly, how we should always see failure as a pathway to self-improvement. But failure here often conjures images of that time you froze up on stage, or when you’d sat for an exam only to realise you’d accidentally left a… — read more
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Don’t Decide Anything Until You Do This
Here’s a rundown of my typical morning: I’d wake up, make myself some coffee, sit on the couch, then just stare off into space while I finish the coffee. Once I’m done with that, I start exercising. What usually happens during coffee time is me pondering the day ahead, thinking about what I’d like to… — read more
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How To Make The Most Out Of Every Day (Even The Bad Ones)
So life has seen fit to bless me with some good changes in life, with one particular shakeup being a new career trajectory. But that also means less time for my blog and novels—especially for staring out the window and pondering the next sentences in my story. These days it’s just bam-bam-bam. Got a blog… — read more
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Why You Should Keep Yourself In Check Before You Actually Need To
Self-discipline is tough for many reasons. Sometimes, the task itself is a challenge. Other times, it’s our life circumstances. But one way we can make things better is through preparations, and there’s no better way to prep than by examining our failures. I’m sure you’ve heard the quote about sharpening your axe for hours so… — read more
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These Are The Mantras That Keep Me Going In Life
So in a recent newsletter, I wrote about how your ultimate purpose is you (which, if you haven’t, you can subscribe to here), and that served as inspiration for this post. Because if that quote has stuck in my mind for so long, what other quotes can there be? And would they be able to… — read more
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Get More Done With The MVP Mindset
We used to throw the term MVP (minimum viable product) around a lot during my time in the tech industry. No, it doesn’t mean most valuable player. But yes, you could very well turn into an MVP of life if you read on. We used to come up with MVP products all the time. Most… — read more
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How I Use Lists To Help Me Write Better And Smarter
Life happens. It always does. And when that time arrives, writing is always the first thing to go. I myself often fall victim to the increasing demands of life. Of having to earn a living. Of preparing to have a family. Of dealing with emergencies. But that doesn’t mean I have to set my writing… — read more
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The Blogging Rules That I’ve Stopped Caring About (And The Ones I Still Use)
I like writing about writing, and blogging is just an extension of that. But then I reread posts like this and I cringe at how I think I pass as an authority of any capacity to write that. That doesn’t change the fact that I’m still going to write this post about blogging, though. Through… — read more
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Writing Can Be So Terribly Boring Sometimes
I remember landing my first writing gig as a young journalist. I was so hopeful, dying to unleash my voice upon the world. But I wrote for the newspapers, where every story bordered between direct and sterile. Didn’t the other writers care about craft? Surely, they knew something about the arts? Oh, they did. They… — read more
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Don’t Just Procrastinate. Make It Do The Work For You Instead.
I’ve always used procrastination as a power tool. For example, I use it as motivation to clean the house. All I need to do is start writing and the laundry will magically take care of itself. Which brings us to the topic of productive procrastination (that shall henceforth be known as PP, hee hee). Can… — read more
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Stuart Danker 