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To do or to be, that is the real question

by Matthew Stibbe on April 28, 2010

Like most writers and entrepreneurs, I have a bulging to-do list. It’s like a bottomless cup of coffee; it stimulates, comforts and raises blood pressure all at once. My to-do list runs my life. I manage it on Outlook and via my iPhone with TaskTask. It is the epitome of the “do something” approach to [...]

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How I trained myself to get up earlier

by Matthew Stibbe on July 13, 2006

I am not what you would call a morning person. I’m a writer, for heaven’s sake!  But getting up early has become really important for me. When I have a lot of work stacking up and I add my blogs into my daily routine, it feels as if there simply aren’t enough hours in the [...]

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How to concentrate on writing

by Matthew Stibbe on July 4, 2006

When I am up against a deadline and I absolutely, definitely have to get on with my work, I use a few tactics to force myself to concentrate: Switch off email. I don’t start Outlook (or if I do, I disable all the notifications that tell me I have new mail). Isolate myself. I use [...]

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