Here’s a great philosophy for improving your performance and rate of new material generation.
The slightly dubious-sounding title of this post is a body-building technique, where you do small sets of exercises (e.g. pull-ups) on a piece of exercise equipment that you pass several times a day, such as your hallway. It allows you build up a large quantity of exercise with little or no fatigue.
And guess what? You can apply the same philosophy to writing (see also my post ‘Write This Down, You Muthas’) and also your performance, and here’s how:
- Put your writing materials somewhere convenient and get used to using them at least a few times a day. This could be a notebook or block of post-it notes on your desk.
- Take every opportunity to speak in front of a group, no matter who they are.
It takes discipline, but once you establish the habit, you’ll get hooked. See how many ideas you can write down a day; see how many times you can speak in front of a group each week.
Grease that groove, people.
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