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The Gift That Keeps on Giving · The Daily Writer

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Writer, where we share a lesson each day to help you cultivate the habits for creative success.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you spend a lot of time around entrepreneurs or marketers, you can sometimes get the sense that writing is a one-dimensional pursuit that only has value if it brings you business results.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, it's true.
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  SPEAKER_00: Writing can get you more consulting clients, a bigger audience, and more credibility and authority in your industry or niche.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can also make money with your books, as well as with other products and services that are based on your books.
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  SPEAKER_00: A book or other content you create can absolutely help build your business and bring you all kinds of external rewards.
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  SPEAKER_00: But there is another dimension to writing.
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  SPEAKER_00: It doesn't focus on the external but rather on the internal.
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  SPEAKER_00: Henry Miller put it best when he said, writing is its own reward.
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  SPEAKER_00: In other words, writing is worth doing even if nothing else comes of it.
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  SPEAKER_00: But how so?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, there are three specific ways that writing rewards us internally.
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  SPEAKER_00: First, you did something hard.
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  SPEAKER_00: Most people don't write simply because it requires thought and energy, but you did it, and that's something to be proud of.
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  SPEAKER_00: Second, you expressed yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: You wrote about something you believed, you shared some knowledge, or maybe you even shared an unpopular point of view.
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  SPEAKER_00: All of that takes courage.
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  SPEAKER_00: And third, you created something.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whether it was fiction or nonfiction, you explored your curiosity by taking the thoughts in your head and putting them into words that can add value to others.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well done.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make no mistake, those external rewards that can come from writing are super valuable.
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  SPEAKER_00: But don't dismiss the internal rewards that can help you be more confident and successful.
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  SPEAKER_00: Writing is truly the gift that keeps on giving.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, speaking of gifts that keep on giving, let me share something that definitely helps you in that regard.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm talking about the Daily Writer community.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, one of the very best ways to develop better habits and impact more people's lives with your writing is to spend time around other successful writers.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you're tired of feeling isolated and chasing success on your own, you will love the Daily Writer community.
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  SPEAKER_00: For years, I searched for the kind of community that I would want to join, and I could never find what I wanted, so I created one.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some of the features include weekly writing sprints, monthly community calls, calls with guest experts, courses to help you be more productive and successful, and so much more.
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  SPEAKER_00: For more info, you can visit dailywriterlife.com slash community.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks, and I'll see you tomorrow.