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Use Success Spirals to Overcome Inertia and Accomplish Anything

Live Success Spiral Walkthrough Conclusion & Recap

March 14, 2016April 24, 2016 sauvikBlogging

[1] A success spiral is an immediately usable, powerful tool that can help you overcome inertia and make effortless progress towards living your ideals (e.g., exercising regularly, playing an instrument). The concept is simple: start small — so small, in fact, that it is effectively impossible to fail — and gradually build on your initial […]

Two Months of Blogging: Front Page of Hacker News and Money In The Bank

December 7, 2015January 23, 2016 sauvikBlogging

I’ve been blogging for about 2 months now. In that time, I have written 13 publicly accessible posts and have grown a success spiral from writing for 1 minute a day to writing for 15 minutes a day [1]. In practice, I actually wrote between 20-30 minutes per day, on average. Overall, running Make Write Learn has been a positive […]

One Month of Blogging: Writing, Passive Income, and Audience Building

November 1, 2015February 11, 2016 sauvikBlogging

I’ve been blogging for about a month now, and if I had to summarize: It’s been great. In my original post,  I mentioned a few reasons why I started this blog. For those not inclined to read that post, here’s a summary: I want to write more, and not necessarily for any specific goal. I want to explore passive […]

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