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The Kevin Miller Podcast

863: Write Sober, Edit Sober | Habits with Donald Miller

The Kevin Miller Podcast

Kevin Miller

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4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Ernest Hemingway is famously cited as saying, “Write drunk, edit sober.” Amongst the writing community this is an oft quoted statement and frequently depicted in film and story. Trouble is, Hemmingway didn’t say it. In this episode I’m back with one of my favorite all-time authors, Donald Miller, and we’re talking about his habits. One he shared was stopping the nightly beer. While he appreciates it, his best writing time is in the morning and he feels the alcohol, even a little, slightly compromises his work. That right there is the essence of good habits, when we have a reason big enough for us to make the healthier decision. If you are struggling to keep up a desired habit, obviously your motive isn’t clear. This is an interesting show, as Donald is the open, honest, and introspective guy that made his memoirs sell millions of copies. We cover vices, heroes on a mission, mindset, the benefit of not knowing any better, and him considering if he has an obsessive compulsive disorder in relation to tacos. To help your habits, Don invited us to visit heroonamission.com where he provides a life plan and daily planner course. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.

0:03.4

In this episode of the Ziggler Show, Ernest Hemingway, he's famously cited as saying

0:10.8

right drunk edit sober.

0:12.8

And amongst the writing community, it's an oft-quoted statement, frequently depicted

0:16.5

in film and story.

0:17.5

Trouble is, he didn't say it.

0:19.4

Well, in this episode, I'm back with one of my favorite all-time authors, Donald Miller,

0:24.1

and we're talking about his habits, and one he shared was stopping the nightly beer.

0:28.5

While he appreciates it, his best writing time is in the morning, and he feels alcohol,

0:33.2

even a little bit, slightly compromises his work.

0:35.4

And that right there, I mean, that's the essence of good habits.

0:37.8

When we have a reason big enough for us to make the healthier decision, I mean, if you're

0:43.0

struggling to keep up a desired habit, obviously, your motive isn't clear, isn't strong.

0:47.8

Well, this is an interesting show, though, as we talk about that, and Donald is just so

0:52.5

open, honest, and introspective, which is why he sold millions of his memoirs.

0:57.2

And we cover vices, and heroes on a mission, and mindset, and the benefit of not knowing

1:02.7

any better, and him considering if he has an obsessive, compulsive disorder in relation

1:07.1

to tacos.

1:08.1

It was a fun and just really insightful discussion.

1:11.2

And on the note of habits, to help your habits, Don invited us all to visit heroonamission.com,

1:18.4

where he provides a life plan and daily planner course, which is profound in helping with

1:23.4

our habits.

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