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Two months ago, I averaged about one and a half visitors each day. Today, over 10,000 people viewed my lazy bitch guide to productivity [https://www.madisontaskett.com/lazy-bastard-productivity/], talk about a change! At the beginning of this month I decided to stop daily blogging and shift my energy
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I started creating all the time, and it led to me being unable to just be still without producing. I only felt okay when I was being productive. I had no idea how to relax (honestly, I still don't).
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So a few weeks ago, I read a post from Pat's blog about 'are you sure you want to start a startup [http://patwallsdaily.herokuapp.com/are-you-sure]?' Pat says that when leave your 9-5 job, all you'll be able to think about is your
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I want so badly to start a business but I don't know what to hone in on. It's like I'm lost at night and I don't have a North Star pointing me home. It makes me feel like a fool sometimes. It
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My May theme: "Consistency matters far more than motivation or even effort." My goal in May is to simply be consistent with everything I do. I tend to do things in extremes and burn myself out, so in April I decided to start working towards my goals in
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Start at around the 60 minute mark, where Shaan is talking about a chat he had with Naval. > "The way to learn is to go put some skin in the game, try to actually use the tools, that'll teach you about their shortcomings, that'll
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My end goal is starting my own successful company. The thing is, it really overwhelms me to think about. I instantly get imposter syndrome, even though I've done it before and it turned out okay. So it got me thinking... right now with the recession I've
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In December, I asked a mentor for career advice. > You are very calculating. My advice is to stop for a minute, and find the joy in your work. Make it so that you look forward to Mondays. Then you'll do your best work, and be so good
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We've been asking ourselves a lot of hard questions lately. Questions like, is my family going to be safe? Am I going to lose my job? How long is this quarantine going to last for? Is the economy fucked? But one question is probably weighing more heavily in
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We are in midst of uncertain, never before seen times. The world hasn't responded to a pandemic in this way before, and we don't know how long this is going to last or how tough of an economic recession will follow. In response to this, I&
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Oh, February. That blissful month where the sun finally started to set after 5pm in Seattle, where coronavirus wasn't quite a concern yet outside of Asia, where flowers began blooming and I bought a friggin' car. Yeah, February was a pretty good month! Let's recap.
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Last year, it was June, and I was in a bad place. I'd been traveling for three years, hadn't felt stability in a long time, had just broken up with someone I deeply loved, and was feeling really lost. I grabbed a bite to eat with