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The Productive Writer: Create a "Stop Doing" List · The Daily Writer

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for writing success.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: For more resources, including your free Daily Rider Starter Kit, visit DailyRiderLife.com.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: Today on the podcast, we're wrapping up this short series that we've been doing on the productive rider.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_00: Most people, including myself, create some kind of task list every day, and we call this a to-do list.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: And these are things that we feel we have to get done that day.
• 0:39
  SPEAKER_00: Now, that's all well and good, and those can be very valuable in helping us to be more productive.
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_00: But in a world that increasingly demands our attention every second, in a world that's filled with ever increasing opportunities and connections, this list, this to-do list that we feel is so essential, it seems to get longer all the time.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: And I want to suggest to you that the antidote to this is to create a stopdoing list.
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  SPEAKER_00: And these are things you're not going to do.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let me give you 10 suggestions of things to stop doing this year.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number one, stop committing to extra activities that you don't need to be doing in the first place.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number two, stop feeling guilty all the time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number three, stop answering email 28 times a day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number four, stop helping everybody for free and charge people for your time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number five, stop starting new projects until you finish the current one.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number six, stop comparing yourself to other writers and getting entangled in all the mess of jealousy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number seven, stop watching the news because most of it isn't any good to begin with.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number eight, stop holding grudges against people.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number nine, stop listening to people who don't believe in you and your talent.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then number ten, stop following people on social media who irritate you, even if it's people in your family.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_00: Here's what I know.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_00: Success as a writer and as a creative person isn't really a matter of doing more.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's also a matter of eliminating the negative and unproductive things in your life so the good things can naturally start sprouting up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's challenge.
• 2:14
  SPEAKER_00: Choose one of the items I just listed and stop doing it today.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_00: Before I close out this episode, I want to let you know about something that I did add to my to-do list recently, and that is Indie Author University featuring the Book Marketing Mastery course.
• 2:28
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• 2:37
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• 2:43
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• 2:46
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• 2:50
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• 3:01
  SPEAKER_00: Check it out.
• 3:02
  SPEAKER_00: I promise you, you will not regret adding this to your to do list this year.
• 3:05
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening, and I'll see you tomorrow.