by Kev Partner | 129 Jan, 2021 | Read the book
The principle is breathtakingly simple: commit to writing for at least ten minutes every single day — and then see that promise through. You might now be tempted to throw down the book and start your first ten-minute block and, in that case, I say go for it. But then...
by Kev Partner | 143 Jan, 2021 | Read the book
Habits form our identity, not the other way around. A smoker doesn’t smoke because they’re a smoker; they’re a smoker because they smoke. In other words, do it to be it. This simple truth, which is covered at length in Atomic Habits, is nevertheless profound. A...
by Kev Partner | 540 Sep, 2020 | The Ten Minute Habit
Right, so you’ve stacked your habits, eaten your cues and are now sitting/standing at your desk/on your couch, fingers poised over your keyboard/around your pen. You get the picture. What matters is that you write not what you write. It’s all about the habit. Just as...
by Kev Partner | 554 Sep, 2020 | The Ten Minute Habit
Habit Stacking In the early days, the greatest danger is simply forgetting. Once it becomes a habit, this is much less likely, but in order to get there, you have to build up a streak of consecutive days. And you can’t even blame the procrastination demon if you...
by Kev Partner | 539 Sep, 2020 | The Ten Minute Habit
Making it Easy The easier you make it to start your routine (the writing itself) the more likely it is you’ll maintain your streak and establish a solid habit. Take this morning as an example. As I write this, it’s a Saturday in late March just after the UK has closed...
