Productivity Traps: Motivation – The Spark That Runs Out
I'm writing this article about motivation while sick. My nose is stuffed. My head is foggy. It's Sunday. I have zero motivation to be doing this right now. But I'm…
I'm writing this article about motivation while sick. My nose is stuffed. My head is foggy. It's Sunday. I have zero motivation to be doing this right now. But I'm…
This is the second article in a series I'm calling Productivity Traps. The first one was about discipline. I talked about how discipline is biased, how doing hard things only…
This is the first article in a series I'm calling Productivity Traps. The idea is simple. There's a lot of generic advice floating around about productivity, mental health, and getting…
This article is personal for me. It's actually the whole reason I started The Wandering Pro. The whole reason I've put so much effort into building a community, writing these…
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When you transition from a corporate job to freelancing, the biggest shift isn't the work itself. It's realizing that working with clients is fundamentally different than working in a company.…
So it's finally time - the time everyone warned me about when I started writing coaching and mentoring content. The time to sell an Upwork course... JK - but in…
This is part two of a series on writing. If you haven't read the first part on why writing matters and how to get started, start here: The First 100…