EP. 35: How to Manage Information Overload

As a writer, you are inundated with information on improving your craft and building your business. Whether through a writing group or a mastermind, a course or industry-related newsletters, books, or even podcasts, information overload is real and its effects on your ability to focus and create can be profound. In this week’s episode, we discuss information overload: why it’s a problem, and 4 ways you can manage it. Listen in!

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Tune in to Hear:

MK sing more or less on key!
Sandy + MK discuss a handful of celebrities we just discovered don’t use social media (and a variety of other tech)
Four strategies for dealing with the firehose of information coming at you every day
A true confession of all the courses Sandy + MK have bought (but didn’t finish…)

Links from the Show:

Read more on 25+ Celebrities Who Don’t Use The Internet At All
Shout out to Lisa Lizotte at Habits and Home!
Check out Johann Hari’s book Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention – and How to Think Deeply Again*
Ep. 30 on “Writing Off Social: The Podcast”: 4 Focus Killers and What You Can Do About Them
Ep. 298 on “Deep Questions with Cal Newport”: Rethinking Attention
Tim Ferriss’ Book The Four Hour Workweek: Escape 9–5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich*
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Take The Challenge! We’ll give you everything you need to prepare for a 7-day social media break and then help you make the most of it once you’ve unplugged. It’s only $7 and you can start it any time.
Download our free pdf of 27 *REAL* Ways to Grow Your Audience without Social Media
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