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    Active Patience: A Simple Guide to Productive Writing
    Active Patience: A Simple Guide to Productive Writing
    Active Patience: A Simple Guide to Productive Writing
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    Active Patience: A Simple Guide to Productive Writing

    By N.C Harley

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    Discover a NEW Approach to Achieve all your Writing Goals
    Are you struggling and frustrated with writing your book? Do you constantly start writing projects only to never finish them? Are you disappointed in yourself when you don't finish on time―or ever?
    If this sounds familiar, know that you are not alone. This book shows you how and why you should use Active Patience with all your creative endeavours and never be disappointed again.
    Active Patience is a short and simple guide for writers and creatives who just want to get to work.
    ACTIVE PATIENCE IS ACTIVELY MOVING TOWARDS YOUR GOALS PATIENTLY.
    I will show you why and how Active Patience will take you from instant gratification to delayed gratification. How Active Patience prevents regret, combats anxiety and crushes perfectionism.
    DOWNLOAD: Active Patience: A Simple Guide to Productive Writing
    ‘Active Patience’ contains 10 easy and simple habits to jump-start your productivity and start cultivating Active Patience in your life.
    I also share my thoughts on perfectionism, regret, impatience, the myth of the overnight success plus much more and how Active Patience can beat all of them.
    This is my journey to Active Patience.
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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherN.C Harley
    Release dateMar 21, 2015
    ISBN9781311393401
    Active Patience: A Simple Guide to Productive Writing

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      Active Patience - N.C Harley

      Active Patience

      A Simple Guide to Productive Writing

      By N.C Harley

      Copyright © 2015 N.C Harley

      www.activepatience.com

      Distributed by Smashwords

      All rights reserved. The information contained within this eBook is strictly for educational purposes only. If you wish to apply ideas contained in this eBook, you are taking full responsibility for your actions.

      No part of this eBook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the author. Reviewers may quote brief passages in reviews.

      The author has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information within this book was correct at time of publication. The author does not assume and hereby disclaims any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from accident, negligence, or any other cause.

      The methods described within this eBook are the author's personal thoughts. They are not intended to be a definitive set of instructions for this project. You may discover there are other methods and materials with which to achieve the same result. If you wish to apply ideas contained in this eBook, you are taking full responsibility for your actions.

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      Table of Contents

      Free Gift

      Introduction

      Instant Gratification

      The Myth of the Overnight Success

      Procrastination

      Impatience

      Anxiety

      Perfectionism

      Delusional Fantasies

      Regret

      The Basics

      Habit 1. Adjust Your Mindset

      Habit 2. Let Go of the Ideal

      Habit 3. Shut that inner critic up for good

      Habit 4. Work Consistently

      Habit 5. Think Zen, Do Zen

      Habit 6. Train your brain for delayed gratification

      Habit 7. Practise Patience

      Habit 8. Active Reflection

      Habit 9. The low-information diet

      Habit 10. Kill Perfectionism

      Summary

      Active Patience - Start Now

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      As a way of saying thanks, I’m offering a Free Bonus Guide exclusive to my readers. A Simple Guide to Motivation includes Ten things you need to adopt now, Ten things you need to drop now and Ten Authors that were late bloomers. Click HERE to Download.

      Introduction

      Many a false step was made by standing still.

      - Fortune Cookie

      Are you struggling and frustrated with writing your book? Do you constantly start writing projects only to never finish them? Are you disappointed in yourself when you don't finish on time—or ever?

      If this sounds familiar, know that you are not alone. This book shows you how and why you should use Active Patience with all your creative endeavours and never be disappointed again. Change your approach and you will overcome procrastination and all the other creative battles.

      I have started many projects only to put them aside and not look at them again for years. I have taken career breaks and sabbaticals and still not finished one creative project. I have disrespected and betrayed my natural ability and genuine passion for fifteen years. I locked myself up in a cubicle job for years with secret dreams of having one day a creative career. I have started blogs and abandoned them while still paying

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