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One Block at a Time · The Daily Writer

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  SPEAKER_00: Hey my friend, welcome to today's episode of the Daily Rider Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some 4,500 years ago, tens of thousands of Egyptian workers descended upon the Giza Plateau to begin a massive construction project the likes of which the world had never seen.
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  SPEAKER_00: They used rudimentary tools to cut limestone and granite blocks from an adjacent quarry as well as other sites that required them to float blocks down the Nile River.
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  SPEAKER_00: Each of those stone blocks weighed an average of two and a half tons and was transported to the building site with great human effort.
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  SPEAKER_00: Over a period of 20 years, workers placed 2.3 million blocks of stone with such accuracy that it still confounds scientists today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Known as the Great Pyramid of Giza, it is the only wonder of the ancient world that still survives today.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you consider a project of this scope and magnitude, it almost seems impossible.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, yes, ancient Egypt had a huge number of workers as well as detailed plan for how to get the work done, but how did they actually build the pyramids?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, the way that they did it was they built it one block at a time.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you can borrow this principle for your writing or any type of project for that matter.
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  SPEAKER_00: You take it piece by piece and you keep repeating the work.
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  SPEAKER_00: You keep showing up and doing it, and pretty soon, after you've placed block after block after block, you have a finished product.
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  SPEAKER_00: Success as a writer doesn't have to be complicated.
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  SPEAKER_00: In fact, the very simplicity of writing success is why so many people end up quitting.
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  SPEAKER_00: They can't handle the focus and the discipline that's required to actually finish something.
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  SPEAKER_00: But you you must be different.
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  SPEAKER_00: You must stay the course and you must commit to finishing what you've started.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can build whatever you want in this life if you just take it one block at a time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's question.
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  SPEAKER_00: Does the idea of taking it one block at a time feel comforting, or does it feel frustrating?
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  SPEAKER_00: And if so, why?
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you've been listening to this show for any length of time, you know that one of the four practices of a great writer is creativity.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in order to stay creative, you've got to have great input.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's where writing prompts come in.
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  SPEAKER_00: A writing prompt is a sentence or two that helps you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow.
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  SPEAKER_00: Writing prompts are an awesome creative tool for journaling, storytelling, creative writing, stress relief, social media posts, and so much more.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the great news is that you don't have to create these yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've put together an amazing package of 365 daily writing prompts.
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  SPEAKER_00: So every day for the next year, you can have a shot of inspiration delivered straight to your inbox.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can check it out at dailywriterlife.comslash writing prompts.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks, and I'll see you tomorrow.