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Saved by the Bell Is an Underappreciated Way to Build an Author Enterprise
The scheduling trick that supports incremental and ongoing business success
Saved by the bell. Again.
It’s a figurative bell, but no matter.
This bell is often saving me. From myself. From distractions. From interruptions. From days that would otherwise go off the rails.
It’s because after 35+ years of self-employment and years of hacking my way through the jungles of overwhelm, shiny object syndrome, financial see-sawing, procrastination, busy work, and firefighting, I arrived at some point years back at a place of relative peace, perspective, productivity, and sustainability. A schedule and mindsets that keep me oriented to all the things I care about with losing it.
But this peace comes with bells. It may be all bells and whistles for me, but it’s not for everyone. It’s roughly the School Day Model of organizing the workday, one of several scheduling models championed by author Barbara Sher for those of us with so-called too many projects, interests, and responsibilities. Hey, is this most of us?
See how this works…
