What’s a professional artist’s daily routine look like? And what should students be doing to improve their skills faster?
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Do you ever go into the studio to write music, really motivated and ready to achieve a lot, but then come out with pretty much nothing to show for it? Do you find yourself getting distracted and scattered, not making any progress? Your ability to focus is one of the most important aspects of...
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These are the pre-writing rituals NY Times Best Selling Author and Flow State expert Steven Kotler does to enter flow state when writing. He's written 12 books, nine of which were NY Times Best sellers, he knows what he's talking about.
Life gets busy… fast. Have you ever found yourself with so many browser tabs open you can’t see the titles anymore? Or felt anxious about your jammed schedule for tomorrow because you have no time to focus on what matters? That was a freeze frame capture of me every day for the past few years.
Once again, please remember that I am not advising you to do study sessions of this length. This is something which has worked for me in the past but which isn’t necessary for success (at all!).
We all have things we’d like to achieve, whether it’s more vibrant health, renewed relationships, career milestones, or bringing life to the creation waiting inside you. Learn more about my three tips habits for goal-setting and how to set goals in the new year.
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"The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it." - Dr. Stephen R. Covey Habit 1: Be Proactive is about taking responsibility for your life. You can't keep blaming everything on your parents or grandparents.
James Clear is an author and speaker focused on habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Entrepreneur, Time, and on CBS This Morning.
1) Don’t wait for it to “feel right.
What is willpower? It's a potent combination of courage, mental stamina and determination. Willpower is what gets us through. People with high willpower are driven to success, get more done, achieve greater success and their abilities stand out from the crowd.
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