A New Year, On Your Terms By Martin Haworth
New year. New start. New resolutions. Or maybe not. It’s a tradition at this time of year to look back and to look forward.
New year. New start. New resolutions. Or maybe not. It’s a tradition at this time of year to look back and to look forward.
It’s a few years now since I read Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Work Week, but the memories of what Tim said in that book have lingered with me over the years, even though, up to now, I’ve never quite felt able to follow his life-plan as far as he did.
This time last year, I was faced with a challenge that I never thought I would take up. I’d written a few short stories and lots of non-fiction articles, as well as a whole raft of short e-books on leadership.
Over the summer I’ve been reading a lot (haven’t we all?) and I’ve realised that my reading has changed a little as I’ve started to write more and with the hindsight of what I’ve learned along the way.
I’m a great believer in accountability. In my role as a coach, I spend a lot of time encouraging clients to be committed to their future. In doing so, it is vital that they appreciate that there is no one coming to their rescue (except me, perhaps – more of that later*.)
As a business writer, I came to writing articles late in life. Eventually, from 2004 to 2013, I wrote over 400 and posted them out there in the world — on my own blogs; on other peoples’ websites, and on article banks.
Consistency has never been my strong point. I’ll say that up front. So the opportunity to write about how I manage to overcome this failing is something of a cathartic exercise for me.
Even though they want to be writing, many writers have a hard time coming up with ideas. Then they’re not writing and get upset about that, and don’t even start. A bit of a vicious circle and a painful one too.
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