Ferate's 5: Cultivating Clarity & Six Lessons On Writing. (023)

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Who wouldn’t want more clarity? Clarity on a tough decision, getting clear on what you want, and communicating better? No one is turning those improvements down. It’s simple and pretty cost-effective. Pen and paper.

Improving my clarity when I think, write, and speak is the inspiration behind writing weekly newsletters. Sharing what I’m learning and hopefully some personal progress.

• Clarity: Using writing as a forcing function for clarity. Clarifying what we think, believe, want and then being able to communicate that with others.

• Share: What I am genuinely curious about and interested in? Build in public. Learn by doing. Do the thing. Share with the world.

6 Ideas On Writing.

Writing For Clarity.

Steven asked, “What has been the value of writing on your life, the unobvious stuff, the unobvious upsides you have experienced?”

Ryan Holiday’s response “Nothing clarifies what you think quite like the practice of writing something down… Forcing you to go through the process of what do you think? Why? Problems? Contradictions? So different than those ideas bouncing around in your head, winging it, throwing it out there.”

To think more clearly, write. To speak more clearly, write. What are you waiting for? Grab yourself a pen and do the thing.

Writing Is Pre-Thinking.

Dickie Bush shared that writing is pre-thinking future conversations. Using writing to think through ideas and concepts creates the opportunity for better conversations. Writing helps you connect deeper with the idea and then with other people.

Over 90% of the time when having a conversation with others your mind jumps to a topic you have already written about. You have already organized your thoughts and beliefs, like relentlessly reviewing scouting reports/film before the big game.

Writing By Hand.

Have you ever thought about the impact of the delete key on your writing? No? Well I haven’t either, until I listened to this incredible conversation with David Perell and the Cultural Tutor Twitter Account. ALERT MUST FOLLOW

When we write or speak we can’t pump the brakes, say hold up, and delete what we put out there. On the computer, we gain speed in writing and sacrifice sounding like us.

Such an interesting insight by David Perell, he sounds more like him when he writes or speaks compared to typing out the same idea. The creation of one button can change our relationship with our thoughts and the words we choose to put out into the world. Instead of editing with two pens and writing in the margins, words quickly disappear mid-sentence before you even finish with one quick strike to the upper right of your keyboard.

Writing Without Judgment.

Mark Manson, author of Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck, said there is a fountain of creativity we all have, a stream of ideas unless we block it with something. Most unintentionally block it by writing for others approval or FOPO (fear of other people’s opinions).

Removing judgment and expectations is the underlying skill of putting more of you out into the world.

Writing with AIDA.

The man, the myth, the legend Sam Parr. Dropping knowledge bombs per usual on How I Write with David Perell.

This framework can quickly improve your writing and ability to get readers to take action.

Attention, Interest, Desire, Action

• Attention: Grab the reader's attention

• Interest: Get them interested through story

• Desire: Solve their problems through facts

• Action: Get them to act

Writing Like You Talk.

How do use the forgotten text to improve your writing? Sam Parr explains.

Instead of having generic “confirm to subscribe” welcome emails, Sam takes it to the NEXT LEVEL. I freaking loved this, I seriously freaking loved this! This is writing like you talk to perfection.

“What just happened was magic, you see as you entered your email a little bell went off in our office. And when we heard that bell we went crazy, I just saw my head of operations, Kara, she just ran outside and hugged a guy…” INSANELY GOOD.

Writing has changed my life and I don’t even feel like I have scratched the surface.

I admire these people as they continue to put words to what I am thinking. I couldn’t stop thinking about these ideas and had to share them with you. Reply via email or DM me to let me know which one is your absolute favorite or specifically how writing has impacted your life.

Shoot me a reply I will send you…

1. 15-minute podcast on consistency.

2. A powerful idea on writing called the Creativity Faucet.

Grab a pen. Start writing. Keep writing. KeepGoing!

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