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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind

Ian's Messy Desk

Put pen to paper (or finger tips to keyboard) and record important dates in a calendar, notebook or on your mobile device. For example, remembering the number sequence of: 6-3-2-4-8-1-7-9 could be remembered easier if the sequence is chunked into: 63-24-81-79. So hang up the phone, find a quiet place and focus. Stay organized.

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How to Write Massive Quantities on Demand

Men With Pens

Here’s an example: Every day, I follow the same, fixed routine. whirr” – hit the keyboard. How to Write Massive Quantities on Demand first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved. So if you’ve built a pattern of actions, you’re golden. I wake up.

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7 Tips Pros Use To Get Words on the Page

Men With Pens

Many writers hit the keyboard for set periods of time. For example, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates likes to write before breakfast. National Book Award winner and New York Times essayist Richard Powers claims he hasn’t touched a keyboard in years, not even to write an email. ” Write for time. Write out loud.

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Creative Mind Cleaning | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

It would be much easier to keyboard it but I know it wouldn’t have the same effect as writing it by hand. I do feel much more comfortable with a keyboard than hand though. As for hand-writing versus keyboard, I too am much faster when using the latter, but for me, that’s not the point. I get hand cramps!

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How To Build Reputation With A Blog – Create Value

Brilliantly Better

That’s a key point and a very important question for every blogger who had been wrecked more than one keyboard writing. I know I’ve been giving a lot of examples from the blogging and copywriting niches, but for podcasts, the first one that comes to my head is galadarling.com. The closest example is a Formula 1 pilot suit.

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The benefits of reading aloud | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Now, when I say ‘don’t write’, I don’t mean you should take a break or get away from the keyboard for a day. Take me, for example. Text-to-speech and speech-to-text are two great potential examples. I’m a pretty fast typist but it made me realise how unnatural it is to use a keyboard, or even a pen.

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What To Do When You've Been Insulted | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

No delicate tippy-tapping on the keyboard for me. The only upside in my example is that I was the client, so I haven’t lost business, just a good supplier. Sometimes it’s best to just walk away from the keyboard. Bang” out a response is probably more appropriate. This guy had just insulted me. Or had he?

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