The Best Daily Habits for Content Creators: How to Jack Up Your Energy and Be Crazy Productive!

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The Best Daily Habits for Content Creators How to Jack Up Your Energy and Be Crazy Productive!

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I spoke at PodCamp Nashville 2014 on May 17th at Nossi College of Art and gave a presentation titled: “The Best Daily Habits for Content Creators: How to Jack Up Your Energy and Be Crazy Productive!”

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The Best Daily Habits for Content Creators

How to Jack Up Your Energy

and Be Crazy Productive!

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The 5 AM Miracle PodcastDominate Your Day Before

Breakfast

JeffSanders.com

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#5amMiracle

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JeffSanders.com/podcampVideo, Audio, Slides, and Notes

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My Question"What allows stellar content

creators to consistently produce great work?"

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It’s NOT aboutthe content

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"I only write when inspiration strikes.

Fortunately, it strikes at nine every morning.”

- Somerset Maugham, British playwright

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Great Habits, Great Work

Access your energy, passion, and genius

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Focus on ThisWhat #1 habit will change your

life more than any other?

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Consistent Content

Better for You AND Your Audience

Deadlines for You,Anticipation for Them

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Consistency WinsProductivity is getting important

things done consistently.

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Compound Effectbook by Darren Hardy

Tiny habits add up to BIG change.

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Growth Over TimeHabits improved my blog and podcast.

Blog: Traffic Increased 4x in 1 YearPodcast: 30,000 downloads per month

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Habits Changed My Life250+ Blog Posts in 2 years

46 Podcast Episodes (without missing a

week)

12 Marathons

40 Pounds Lost on Raw Vegan Diet

Crazy Energy

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The GoalSolidify healthy AND productive habits to produce stellar content

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Pre-Work (habits)+

Work (content creation)

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Better Habits = Better Content

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Imagine ThisHigh Energy + No Distractions

= Opportunity

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The Pre-Work:intentional daily habits focused on

energy.

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You May Be Asking1st: Why do healthy habitsmatter for creating content?

2nd: Why should thehealthy habits focus on energy?

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1: Healthy HabitsCan’t I just write the blog post

without any pre-work?

Yes, but . . .

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Preparation Matters

Peak Physical & Mental Condition

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The best content is created by people

who are at their best.

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Better Habits = Better Content

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When Great Work Doesn’t Happen

Tired, Bored, Burned Out, Distracted, Looking for an Excuse

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#2: Why Energy?The Power of Full Engagement

Elite athletes recover faster

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Energy is Productivity

Caffeine, Adderall, Cocaine . . .

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High EnergyCreativity, Passion, and Enthusiasm

Willpower, Discipline, and Endurance

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The Transfer of Enthusiasm

My audience like my energy more than my content.

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Which Daily Habits Produce the Most

Energy?

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#1: SleepFoundation of Everything

10 Year-Old @ Football Game

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#2: HydrationEnergy and Clarity

1-liter H2O while Blogging

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#3: ExerciseEnergy is Fitness, Not Fatness

1-Minute Workouts

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#4: Nature’s BestFruits & Veggies

15+ Bananas a Day

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#5: Daily Progress

Forward Motion is Addictive

Create Content Every Day

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Trade OffsMore:WaterExerciseStructureSleep

Less:FatExcusesDistractionsBurnout

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The 5 AM MiraclePlan Tomorrow, Tonight

Early mornings are POWERFUL.

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My Morning5 am

1 liter of waterReading

Exercise + Smoothie

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The Work:structured and repeatable content creation in focused, uninterrupted

blocks of time.

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Focus on FocusDistractions are the Enemy.

Read everything by Steven Pressfield

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What Matters Most

The Calendar is Sacred Space.

Planned in Advance w/ ZERO Distractions

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Execution is Everything

Stellar Content Won’t Create Itself

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Volume = QualityMore Mistakes, More Often

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Better Habits = Better Content

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The best content is created by people

who are at their best.

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Which Habit Will You Start?

. . . on Monday Morning