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How to Sustain a Consistent Writing Practice — Even When You Don’t Feel Motivated

November 22, 2022 | Renée Fishman

I’ve published over 2,000 essays and sustained a daily blog for over 5 years. Here’s the truth about how to sustain a practice even when you don’t “feel motivated.”

Filed Under: Creating, Productivity Tagged With: commitment, daily practice, habits, lessons, motivation, practice, productivity, reasons, rituals, writing

How to Keep Writing When You Don’t Feel Like It

November 1, 2022 | Renée Fishman

Sometimes I don’t want to write. How do I overcome that malaise to publish a daily blog? Read on for more.

Filed Under: Coaching, Creating Tagged With: commitment, consistency, discipline, enough, good enough, motivation, streaks, willpower

The Strategy I’ve Used to Sustain a Daily Morning Workout for Over 9 Years

October 20, 2022 | Renée Fishman

A compelling WHY and good outcomes can help you gain traction in the beginning, but the downside of outcome-based metrics is that failing to hit them could catalyze you to abandon your practice. Here’s my secret to creating longevity in a practice.

Filed Under: Fitness, Life, Practice, Productivity Tagged With: daily routines, fitness, habits, motivation, practice, rituals, routines, why

How to Do What You Know You Should Do

August 23, 2022 | Renée Fishman

How do you do the thing you should do, or even want to do, that you’re not doing? More discipline won’t help. A simple shift in language may be all you need.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: discipline, get to, have to, language, meaning, motivation, should

The Secret to Generating Motivation With Less Effort

June 8, 2022 | Renée Fishman

If you’re struggling with motivation, this simple trick will help you generate it with less effort.

Filed Under: Coaching, Practice, Productivity Tagged With: environment, fitness, motivation, willpower

How to Set Yourself Up to Win

May 9, 2022 | Renée Fishman

If you want to sustain action for the long term you’re going to need more than a clear outcome and a compelling why.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Chesed, endurance, Kabbalah, mindfulness, motivation, Netzach, Omer, productivity, resilience, rituals, sustainable

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