Anna Mackenzie

I've always done cold outreach but this practice has 100% helped me ritualise courage and take bigger swings. I wrote about it here if you'd like to adopt something similar: annamackstack.substack.com/p/no-one-cares…

→ I blast my most upbeat song du jour (currently 12 to 12 by sombr) → I whisper “here goes nothing” and press send → I move on with my day

I have this weird little ritual where every week I email someone who’s out of my league, out of the blue. I call this ‘Shoot Your Shot Wednesday’ and it looks something like this:

A good reminder to stick with it and trust the process ❤️

Also it’s worth noting that I’ve been writing every single day for the past 18 months without any niche in mind, and this is the first time I’ve stumbled across something that I feel I could talk at length about. Good things take time, evidently.

I think I accidentally found a niche and I don’t know how to feel about it 😂

@david_perell @1WriteofPassage Highly recommend!

@Nicolascole77 Writing for 30 minutes every day 🤩

Which small habit has been the most impactful for you this year?

@githii The direct advertising of drugs and pharmaceuticals. What the?!

@nhallam My bad

Shortening coffee to coff should be a crime

@kortexco So true!!!

Becoming a great writer isn’t just about writing It’s about: - Living - Reading - Curating - Remixing - Creating - Reflecting - Capturing - Combining - Researching Writing is not something you sit down and do for an hour a day. It’s a way of life.

@sophievenz If you find out let me know

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The lesson? A great idea is always buried underneath a pile of terrible ones. If you want to find one of your own, start digging.

I’ve recently tried a new approach to generating great ideas; brainstorming bad ones. I spend 5 minutes coming up with crappy ideas, the worse the better. I start furiously typing whatever comes into my brain until after a few minutes, I inevitably strike gold.

Sometimes when I sit down to write my weekly newsletter I can’t come up with a good idea for the life of me. I’ll stare at the blank page on computer screen, willing something brilliant to pop into my mind. It almost never does...