How To Increase Momentum In Everything You Do

Without Burning Yourself Out

Momentum. It’s a crucial concept that I strive to incorporate into every aspect of my life. If you’re not moving forward you risk getting stuck.

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Momentum isn’t about hustle culture or pushing yourself to breaking point. It’s about setting achievable goals and moving forward. And even on the days you stumble, at least you’re falling in the right direction.

Here’s how I try and maintain momentum in everything I do:

🏭 Business: Whether I’m working on a client project or promoting my own activities, as a content marketing professional, maintaining momentum means setting a daily minimum word count of 1,000 words and a daily revenue target. If I fall short, the deficit rolls over to the next day — and so on.

📚 Side Projects: If I’m working on a book (I’m currently 35,000 words into a new draft), I commit to writing at least 500 words each night — often on my smartphone. At this stage, getting words on the page is more important than perfecting them. The real refinement happens in the rewrites and edits.

🚲 Leisure: Every man (of a certain age) needs a hobby. Mine is cycling. I aim for a minimum of 100 miles a week — half covered in my daily commute, the rest on a big weekend ride. The hardest part…