Forget any copywriting goal you might have

Try this ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ For some reason, this week I felt like writing about discipline. And how applying discipline in the easiest possible areas of your life, not the hardest, is game changing. Now I want to talk about discipline & what kind of goals are good to set for your copywriting career. How do you set goals as a copywriter? Most folks just straight up don't set any goals at all -- or they say something like: "I want to become world-class". Which doesn't typically work out. I also think it's better to forget any sort of income goal or number of email subscribers or anything like that. There's a much simpler way to do it. But first, what drives a copywriter’s income? What makes you money? - Writing. - Delivering/publishing that writing. Those 2 things. If my ultimate goal is to make more, I need to have the discipline to write as much as possible and then publish or deliver my copy as much as possible. Remember that we talked about the fact that having the discipline to write a lot is hard. Having the discipline to set a timer is easy. But it goes back further than that. You need to have the discipline to schedule at least an hour time block for writing… and protect that time block with all your strength and might. For me… that means I need to go back even further. I need to carve out my time block by going to bed early because I need to wake up early before my kids. In other words, my writing discipline starts with my bed time. If my goal is to write more… then the easier goal & corresponding discipline practice to adopt is straight up and simple: My goal is to be in bed by 8:30pm on nights before I need to write. That’s the goal and the discipline. If I do that, then wake up at 5am and set my timer… I’m almost guaranteed to write. And when that happens I make more money. So that’s the drop dead simplest advice I can give for goal setting for copywriters. Forget an income number. Or email subscriber number or any other goal you might have. Simply adopt a goal that will damn-near guarantee you'll have a solid block of time to write... like going to bed early (for me it’s 8:30pm bc I have kids who wake up around 6:30am). If you set this goal… the bigger goal will be easier to achieve. Hope that makes sense. Have a great weekend! - Derek Sent to: {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( CopyHour.com, 340 S LEMON AVE, 5007, WALNUT, CA 91789