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How to Make Self-Help Writing as Pain-free as Possible

My 3 favorite Tim Ferris tips on writing — with receipts

Ken Li

4 min read7 hours ago

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Writing can be painful.

If you want to make it a lot less harder on yourself — especially if you’re in the self-improvement space — reading this article will be worth your time.

It’s advice from 5-time New York Times best-selling author Tim Ferris — tips that I’ve verified through my own experience.

I picked three of the 35+ tips he shared on the “How I Write” podcast that will make your writing as enjoyable as possible.

Here they are.

1 — Do something interesting first

Do something interesting first where you can take A-plus material with B-minus writing and come out with something that people really want to pay attention to.

Let the material do the heavy lifting for you.…