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The Best Supplement Stack For Writers

July 20, 2016 By Ben McEvoy

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After trying hundreds of different supplements, I’ve finally found the best supplement stack for writers.  This supplement stack is 100% legal, cheap, healthy, and (most importantly) effective. A few months back, I made two big changes to my daily routine. They were: Doing the Wim Hof Method every day Taking this supplement stack The results […]

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18 Ways To Broaden Your Literary Horizons This Weekend

July 19, 2016 By Ben McEvoy

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I’ve found that most people who want to broaden their reading horizons are already very well-read. It’s definitely something that’s on my mind a lot. I want to sample everything. How can I be more creative? How can I have access to new models of thinking? How can I learn new things and push the boundaries my […]

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10 Ways To Hustle Up Some Extra Cash Online

July 19, 2016 By Ben McEvoy

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Are you in the early stages of your start-up? Maybe you’re just starting out as a writer and you need some extra cash for covers, editing, marketing, and all that stuff. Or maybe you’re a full-time student and just need some super simple ways to make money so you can buy beer and books. I got […]

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Marketing I Love: Vision Direct

July 14, 2016 By Ben McEvoy

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“Marketing I Love” is a series where I dissect what I love about companies that I personally use. I’m not a paid shill for any of these companies. I’m just a fan of great service and marketing and want to acknowledge and encourage it. When I’m in the UK, I always get my contact lenses […]

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12 Habits That Might Just Save Your Life

July 13, 2016 By Ben McEvoy

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Although statistically we live in the safest time in human history, this one fact still remains: the world is a dangerous place. Accidents are the number four leading cause of death in the U.S. What causes accidents?  Carelessness. Complacency. Human error.  The difference between death and survival is often a tiny little habit. One small […]

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10 Tips That Will Instantly Improve Your Writing

July 11, 2016 By Ben McEvoy

10 tips to instantly improve your writing

Today is a very special day because I’m going to give you 10 tips that will instantly improve your writing. I say ‘instant’ because you can implement each of these tips right now and immediately improve your writing. It took me years to realise all of these tips. But here I am serving them up […]

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10 Things To Do Instead Of College

July 10, 2016 By Ben McEvoy

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How much are you really gonna learn by staring at a bunch of books, sitting in a lecture hall, and getting drunk on a Thursday night for 3 years? Been there, done that. I’ll give you the answer: not that much. Sure, you get what you put in, yada yada. I went to Oxford and […]

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10 Ways You Can Be More Than Just A Writer

July 9, 2016 By Ben McEvoy

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These days you’re dead in the water if you’re just a writer. This is especially true with self-published writers who have to run the whole show: promoting, marketing, designing, business-ing.  There’s a popular saying that goes: ‘Jack of all trades, master of none.’ But now the best way to get ahead is to be the master […]

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The Best Writing Advice I Ever Received

July 7, 2016 By Ben McEvoy

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“Too many manuscripts tell their stories with timidity. What’s needed instead are explosive bursts of divinity: explosions of insight, booms of self-revelation, scenes that flare open in the dark, prose that sizzles like sparklers.” Donald Maass on setting off fireworks in your writing Writing 21st Century Fiction I read this after months of tearing my hair […]

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The Nobel Prize Book Challenge: 1 Laureate’s Work Every Month

July 5, 2016 By Ben McEvoy

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How many books by Nobel Prize winners have you read? If you’re anything like I was a year ago, the answer is dismally low. So, in an effort to break out of a reading rut and feed my brain some healthy calories (mitigating the Netflix junk binges), I issued myself a challenge:  Reading one work from […]

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I write essays on great books, elite education, practical mindset tips, and living a healthy, happy lifestyle. I'm here to help you live a meaningful life.

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