Download or read book Productivity for Indie Authors WORKBOOK EDITION written by David Martin and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This LARGE FORMAT WORKBOOK EDITION includes extra information, and helps you unpack the ideas and challenges with plentiful places to record your thoughts, explore questions and answers and apply what you are learning. "This is not just a book, it is a movement!" JS "Your book has changed how I look at EVERYthing. I'm realizing how hard I've been searching for an answer to what hasn't been working for me, not just in writing & publishing, but in how I manage my professional life, in general. This is the first morning in decades that I woke up feeling calm and unhurried. That's not hyperbole. I've spent most of my professional life feeling rushed, as if I were seeking something that was eluding me. Your book provided the key. Thank you!" EM I just signed in to my KDP publishing account and checked out the report for my royalty earnings over the past two years (May 15 - May 17). Incredibly it reads $207,628.04! Well, it's incredible to me anyways, because I know how long and hard the journey to this point has been. I started my self publishing adventure long before Kindle was even a twinkle in Amazon's eye, on a photocopier and armed with a long-armed stapler. My books had to be short in those days, because they wouldn't stay closed if I tried to fold too many pages. Amazingly, I still publish short books. Lots of them. As a fellow indie author and self-publisher I know well the pressures that can prevent your publishing dreams taking full shape. The daily demands, and propensity to procrastinate, the insecurity - all conspiring to keep you one step behind your break-through. Sometimes it feels like you are chasing your own tail. We know, as self-publishers, that there is a lot more to this gig than just writing. It can become overwhelming. I started asking how I could better run my business to free me to do just the things I loved and felt called to do. I wanted to create a watertight streamlined system that facilitated massive growth without killing me and destroying my wife and kids in the process. I now only have to work a few hours a week to keep my self publishing business running and flourishing - I'm free to write and create as I please. This book contains the tried and tested keys that took me from a struggling and overwhelmed indie author, to a six-figure publishing business that virtually runs on auto-pilot. Most productivity books center on teaching how to do more. This is a book all about doing less! Trash your busy-ness and build a knockout self-publishing business that works for you, instead of you working for it. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: David Lee Martin is a successful self-publishing author, who runs a healthy six-figure publishing business using the very keys and concepts he shares in this book. He is known for his transparency and ability to communicate with honesty concepts and practical pathways to rock your own publishing business and take it to the next level. This LARGE FORMAT WORKBOOK EDITION includes extra information, and helps you unpack the ideas and challenges with plentiful places to record your thoughts, explore questions and answers and apply what you are learning.
Download or read book Productivity for Indie Authors written by David Martin and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Your book has changed how I look at EVERYthing. I'm realizing how hard I've been searching for an answer to what hasn't been working for me, not just in writing & publishing, but in how I manage my professional life, in general. This is the first morning in decades that I woke up feeling calm and unhurried. That's not hyperbole. I've spent most of my professional life feeling rushed, as if I were seeking something that was eluding me. Your book provided the key. Thank you!" EM I just signed in to my KDP publishing account and checked out the report for my royalty earnings over the past two years (May 15 - May 17). Incredibly it reads $207,628.04! Well, it's incredible to me anyways, because I know how long and hard the journey to this point has been. I started my self publishing adventure long before Kindle was even a twinkle in Amazon's eye, on a photocopier and armed with a long-armed stapler. My books had to be short in those days, because they wouldn't stay closed if I tried to fold too many pages. Amazingly, I still publish short books. Lots of them. As a fellow indie author and self-publisher I know well the pressures that can prevent your publishing dreams taking full shape. The daily demands, and propensity to procrastinate, the insecurity - all conspiring to keep you one step behind your break-through. Sometimes it feels like you are chasing your own tail. We know, as self-publishers, that there is a lot more to this gig than just writing. It can become overwhelming. I started asking how I could better run my business to free me to do just the things I loved and felt called to do. I wanted to create a watertight streamlined system that facilitated massive growth without killing me and destroying my wife and kids in the process. I now only have to work a few hours a week to keep my self publishing business running and flourishing - I'm free to write and create as I please. This book contains the tried and tested keys that took me from a struggling and overwhelmed indie author, to a six-figure publishing business that virtually runs on auto-pilot. Most productivity books center on teaching how to do more. This is a book all about doing less! Trash your busy-ness and build a knockout self-publishing business that works for you, instead of you working for it. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: David Lee Martin is a successful self-publishing author, who runs a healthy six-figure publishing business using the very keys and concepts he shares in this book. He is known for his transparency and ability to communicate with honesty concepts and practical pathways to rock your own publishing business and take it to the next level.
Download or read book The Great Big Book of Personal Productivity written by Ronald W. Fry and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will learn how to become better readers...understanding more of what they read and putting it into use on the job, remember important details more readily than ever before, and organize their work to juggle multiple tasks and projects more efficiently.
Download or read book The Productive Life written by Mark Tittley and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-21 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if you could find a system that was actually designed to help you become productive? A system that would transform the way you make decisions, enable you to follow through on the promises you make and help you become successful, not in one area of your life but in every area that matters to you: from your personal life to your work life; from your family relationships to your friendship; and from your private world to your social world. Welcome to The Productive Life: 7 Keys to Living a Productive Life, where you will learn, not just a few tricks or hacks to handle a few parts of your life, but a way of thinking and acting that will open a doorway to a whole new way of living in the moment and enable you to create the future that you have barely dared to dream about. The Productive Life is all about being excellent and doing great things through your whole life and not just in your work life. Just image what your life would be like if you invested significant time and energy in the pursuit of productive rest, play, hobbies, spirituality, work life, family life, friendships, etc. I have devoted my life to being productive in every area of my life and not just in my work life and have distilled everything I have learnt, practiced and taught into a book exploring the 7 Keys that have helped me to live a truly productive life. Each of the 7 keys address something specific that sabotages your efforts at living a productive life and provide the solution: (1) If you are Experiencing Guilt Feelings about not working hard enough or not being around your family enough then KEY #1 will help you learn how to LIVE YOUR MISSION. (2) If you are Dealing with Overwhelm and don't know where to start with everything on your plate then KEY #2 will help you learn how to MANAGE YOUR ACTIONS. (3) If you are Encountering Habitual Patterns so that every time you start a new habit you struggle to follow through on your intentions then KEY #3 will help you learn how to BUILD YOUR HABITS. (4) If you are Neglecting Life Areas so that important areas of your life are taking strain and affecting your whole life then KEY #4 will help you learn how to PLAN YOUR TIME. (5) If you are Getting Easily Distracted and struggle with the continual flood of things that keep distracting you from doing what is important then KEY #5 will help you learn how to FOCUS YOUR MIND. (6) If you are Fighting Your Nature and your natural strengths so you end up feeling frustrated then KEY #6 will help you learn how to KNOW YOUR SELF. (7) If you are Running on Empty and don't have the energy to show up and deliver when it counts then KEY #7 will help you learn how to RENEW YOUR ENERGY. The Productive Life book is in a workbook format so you can take action to implement what you are reading along the way. There is also a page of online resources that can be downloaded using a link found in the book. So this book is for you if you want to: (1) Know and live your mission through all your life; (2) Remember to do the things you say you will do; (3) Break bad habits and keep good habits; (4) Give every area of your life equal attention; (5) Stay focused when faced with distractions; (6) Use your self knowledge to be productive; and (7) Renew you energy tank to engage with passion.
Download or read book Productivity For Authors Workbook written by Joanna Penn and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to write more but feel frustrated at your lack of time? Are you doing 'busy' work instead of moving toward your creative goals? Is your To-Do list overwhelming? It's time to stop, reassess and take control. This Workbook will help you discover the path to becoming a productive writer. [Note: This is the Workbook edition that accompanies the main text.] Work through exercises that will help you to: Identify what's really stopping you from reaching your goals Say no and set boundaries for others -- and for yourself Find more time to write Make the most of your writing time Dictate your words for a more efficient and healthy writing life Use outsourcing to buy yourself more creative time Work with co-writers to produce more books Use tools for specific aspects of productivity Focus on physical and mental health to boost your productive time
Download or read book Getting Things Done written by David Allen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book Lifehack calls "The Bible of business and personal productivity." "A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from 'the personal productivity guru'"—Fast Company Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD” is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots. Allen has rewritten the book from start to finish, tweaking his classic text with important perspectives on the new workplace, and adding material that will make the book fresh and relevant for years to come. This new edition of Getting Things Done will be welcomed not only by its hundreds of thousands of existing fans but also by a whole new generation eager to adopt its proven principles.
Download or read book Productivity For Authors written by Joanna Penn and published by The Creative Penn. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to write more but feel frustrated at your lack of time? Are you doing ‘busy’ work instead of moving toward your creative goals? Is your To-Do list overwhelming? It’s time to stop, reassess and take control. This book will help you discover the path to becoming a productive writer. Learn how to: - Identify what’s really stopping you from reaching your goals - Say no and set boundaries for others — and for yourself - Find more time to write - Make the most of your writing time - Dictate your words for a more efficient and healthy writing life - Use outsourcing to buy yourself more creative time - Work with co-writers to produce more books - Use tools for specific aspects of productivity - Focus on physical and mental health to boost your productive time I’ve been writing and publishing for over a decade and in this book, I’ll share my lessons learned in order to help you become more productive and, hopefully, save you time, money and heartache along the way. If you want to become a more productive writer, download a sample or buy now.
Download or read book Take Control of Your Productivity written by Jeff Porten and published by alt concepts. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increase Productivity and Reduce Stress! Version 1.1, updated 03/25/2020 Being productive is never as simple as putting items on a calendar or to do list and checking them off. Most of us struggle with too much to do, too little time, and only a vague idea of how to plan each day so we can achieve the best results with the least stress. If that sounds like you (and especially if you’ve tried a bunch of productivity systems and found them lacking), Jeff Porten’s expert guidance may be just what you need. As a professional technology consultant and an early adopter of both hardware and software, Jeff has tried nearly every productivity management system out there, and experimented with dozens of implementation styles. He brings his decades of experience to this book, helping you create a customized strategy that’s ideal for your needs, and—crucially—avoid common mistakes. Whether you’re a productivity junkie or someone who has struggled for years with a cobbled-together, informal task-management system, this book will help you get a much better grip on your personal and business time. In this book, you’ll: • Review the principles of successful planning—whether for immediate projects or for long-term and someday goals. • Understand your natural working style and preferences, including comfortable habits that may not be productive but that you don’t want to change, and create a more effective workflow that fits you. • Discover the best ways to think about projects, tasks, events, due dates, flags, contexts, and more. • Choose a task-management app that’s appropriate for your needs, no matter what devices and operating systems you use, and that integrates with your calendar, reminders, notes, and the apps you use to actually do things. • Develop a step-by-step process for tracking all your events and tasks and ensuring that everything happens in the right order. • Transition from an old system to your new system without worrying that anything will fall through the cracks. • Learn exactly how to keep track of all the things you need to remember throughout the day. • Improve your time-estimation skills when planning how long future tasks and projects will take. • Solve the problem of “10-minute tasks” that become all-day projects because they have a dozen things you discover you need to do first. • Get better at managing other people (and their expectations of you). • Review how well your productivity system has worked over time, using feedback loops and suggested best practices to continually improve your workflow. • Fail successfully! If something goes wrong—from a derailing large project to a life-changing crisis—learn how to recover gracefully and improve your system the next time around. • Know when and how to make changes to meet any new needs you have, and to ensure that what you do every Tuesday at 2 PM contributes to your overarching goals and most important roles in life. Although many of the examples in the book refer to Mac productivity tools, the advice is platform-neutral. The book contains tips applicable to any combination of operating systems, and a companion webpage provides additional details on apps running on Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, and the web.
Download or read book Opus Two Hundred written by Isaac Asimov and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains excerpts from his second hundred books, arranged in categories.
Download or read book Personal Productivity Secrets written by Maura Nevel Thomas and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-03-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn tried-and-tested methods for optimal personal productivity! Ever find yourself more than a bit overwhelmed by the constant influx of e-mail and reminders as well as the ever-present calendars, to-do lists, miscellaneous paper, and sticky notes? Add to that, myriad devices that were originally intended to make us more efficient, but in reality, only end up forcing us to juggle even more. Our brains aren't wired for all this, but we can learn to be productive. Personal Productivity Secrets gives you everything you need to know to be organized, in control, and to get things done: Understand how your brain absorbs, organizes, and filters the daily deluge of information, and learn to trick your brain into being more productive Appreciate the difference between "Time Management" and "Attention Management" and create workflow processes that help you defend your attention Create a plan for navigating endless technology options, and implement tools that will keep you productive, focused and in control Personal Productivity Secrets reveals updated and vital information for achieving your significant results, and being as productive as you can be in a fast-paced, technology-driven society.
Download or read book Indie With Ease written by Pauline Wiles and published by Pauline Wiles. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you feeling overwhelmed by all that’s involved in self-publishing your book? Being an indie author should be a delight, not a drudgery. Indie With Ease demonstrates how a blend of clear purpose and steady pragmatism will enable you to thrive as an independent publisher. Through simple self-care techniques and a few mindset secrets, you’ll maximize motivation and minimize author anxiety. With a down-to-earth blend of inspiration and practical steps, you will: - Know yourself and your unique writing style. - Set authentic, long-term writing goals. - Nurture your creativity and protect your well-being. - Maximize your energy and work at a pace you can sustain. - Limit your marketing to what really works. - Prioritize key tasks and ignore distractions. - Dodge the most common pitfalls for independent authors. For a little extra inspiration, you will also find: - Contributions and advice from over a dozen experienced indie authors. - Bonus resources: checklists, templates, and trackers to jump start your daily routine. Indie with Ease is your essential guide to well-being, productivity and serenity as an indie author. Get it today!
Download or read book The Secret to Peak Productivity written by Tamara Myles and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2014-02-06 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Certified Professional Organizer (CPO®) and productivity expert Tamara Myles has developed a simple model--the Productivity Pyramid--that provides an actionable framework for anyone to achieve better results. Increasing productivity is a nonnegotiable for any business that wants to survive, let alone thrive, in today’s climate. The problem is, there is no simple, single, plug-and-play solution that will work for anyone. The industries are too varied, technology is updating too rapidly, and customers are too inconsistent. Based on a sequence of steps leading to peak performance, the author’s easily adaptable system consists of five levels: Physical Organization: from decluttering to filing-fool-proof strategies for handling incoming papers and ensuring information remains accessible Electronic Organization: from dealing with email to electronic file management options such as cloud computing Time Management: mastering the three P’s-Plan, Prioritize, and Perform Activity-Goal Alignment: breaking objectives into specific, relevant, and measurable daily tasks Possibility: identifying new life and business goals that will help you reach your greatest potential After a quick assessment to determine your strengths and weaknesses and to pinpoint where to focus most for immediate results, the framework will then provide a range of potential strategies, allowing you to discover your own individualized Secret to Peak Productivity!
Download or read book The Productive Indie Fiction Writer Strategies for Writing More Earning More and Living Well written by Tracy Cooper-Posey and published by Stories Rule Press. This book was released on 2023-08-03 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Productive Indie Fiction Writer Strategies for Writing More, Earning More, and Living Well Proven tactics from an author of 200+ fiction titles. Is your indie writing business overwhelming you? Are you flailing, looking for the way to increase your revenue? Are you constantly buying courses, watching webinars and wondering how to get ahead? There is so much information available for indies that, often, we don’t know where to start or who to trust. Dip into The Productive Indie Fiction Writer and learn how to deal with everything that comes at you on a daily basis. Get back control of your writing career not by adopting yet another system, or buying yet another expensive technological solution, but by going back to basics. Get organized. Get a handle on your writing business…and your life. Writing, Research & Publishing Guides | Publishing & Books | Authorship ___ Praise for Tracy’s The Productive Indie Fiction Writer blog: Great blog, Tracy! And, yup, I’m more prolific now than ever before. I really appreciate you taking the time to write this post up even while you’re going through all of that! it was exactly what I needed to read right now. …thank you for this post and for all the other posts that I’ve read on here! it helps me finish off this year knowing that I’m not alone in struggling with creative output under pressure, This is great stuff. Thanks for sharing your tips. You’re an inspiration, so keep doing what you’re doing! WOW, even in this stressful time you’re still on top of it. Man you are so full of all kinds of information. As always, I found this very interesting and enlightening. ____ Tracy Cooper-Posey is a prolific indie fiction writer with over 200 titles published. Her books have been nominated four times for Book Of The Year. Tracy won the award in 2012, and a SFR Galaxy Award in 2016 for “Most Intriguing Philosophical/Social Science Questions in Galaxybuilding.” She has been a national magazine editor and for a decade she taught romance writing at MacEwan University. She is the owner and sole content writer of The Productive Indie Fiction Writer blog, the publisher at Stories Rule Press, and manages the content for four author sites. The Productive Indie Fiction Writer book is her first non-fiction book for writers. She is addicted to Irish Breakfast tea and chocolate, sometimes taken together. In her spare time she enjoys history, Sherlock Holmes, science fiction and ignoring her treadmill. An Australian Canadian, she lives in Edmonton, Canada with her husband, a former professional wrestler, where she moved in 1996 after meeting him on-line.
Download or read book Thriving Scribes Planner written by Brit Poe and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thriving Scribes Planner is a productivity workbook and planner designed specifically for self-publishing authors. It will guide authorpreneurs toward planning their year with intention and purpose. Get ready to plan some epic authorship goals, up your productivity, and design the author business of your dreams. It's time to get started on your journey. Here's what you'll discover in the Thriving Scribes Planner: - The PLAN section will help you to review the previous year and clarify your purpose, vision, and goals. - The WRITE section will help you to review, prioritize, and strategize your marketing and publishing game plan. - And the THRIVE section uses a productivity framework to help you implement your plans and objectives, and to schedule, track, and evaluate your progress. This 375-page Thriving Scribes Planner is undated, designed to be picked up at any time of the year and has plenty of space to hold your creative thoughts, ideas, and scribbles. About the Author Brit Poe is an Author, Coach, & Business Strategist who helps indie authors thrive in their author journey through a combination of systems, strategy, & mindset practices. Learn more about her programs and products for authors over at ThrivingScribes.com
Download or read book Four Thousand Weeks written by Oliver Burkeman and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Provocative and appealing . . . well worth your extremely limited time." —Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street Journal The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks. Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient, and “life hacks” to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks. Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern fixation on “getting everything done,” Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing how many of the unhelpful ways we’ve come to think about time aren’t inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society—and that we could do things differently.
Download or read book Any Witch Way You Can written by Amanda M. Lee and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bay Winchester is having a tough week. As the local editor of Hemlock Cove's only newspaper, she just happens to be present when a body is found in an area corn maze. To make matters worse, the police believe the murder may have something to do with the occult. This wouldn't be a problem for a normal reporter, but since Bay is descended from a well-known line of actual witches, the town is understandably on edge. Between the suspicious townspeople, the befuddled police presence, and that random hot biker guy who may or may not have something to do with the murder -- Bay has her hands full. When you add the typical family problems, multiplying ghosts -- and one monster of a zit that she's sure came from her aunt's curse -- Bay is just struggling to make it through the week. Of course, when the killer sets his sights on Bay, things could get a whole lot worse.
Download or read book I Didn t Do the Thing Today written by Madeleine Dore and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to release productivity guilt and embrace the hidden values in our daily lives. Any given day brings a never-ending list of things to do. There’s the work thing, the catch-up thing, the laundry thing, the creative thing, the exercise thing, the family thing, the thing we don’t want to do, and the thing we’ve been putting off, despite it being the most important thing. Even on days when we get a lot done, the thing left undone can leave us feeling guilty, anxious, or disappointed. After five years of searching for the secret to productivity, Madeleine Dore discovered there isn’t one. Instead, we’re being set up to fail. I Didn’t Do the Thing Today is the inspiring call to take productivity off its pedestal—by dismantling our comparison to others, aspirational routines, and the unrealistic notions of what can be done in a day, we can finally embrace the joyful messiness and unpredictability of life. For anyone who has ever felt the pressure to do more, be more, achieve more, this antidote to our doing-obsession is the permission slip we all need to find our own way.
