Neil Martin · Beats, Business & Life

Power of Progress

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What 75 Hard taught me about deciding first

Back on Power of Progress after finishing 75 Hard. Why it took me a year to start, and why I decided on the whole 75 days before day one.

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Overcoming procrastination on Power of Progress

Life

Part two of my chat with Nathan Honess. I read out the chapter where I got stuck writing a book about procrastination, and explained why I’d rather shift standards than raise them.

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A true decision cuts off every other option

Life

On Nathan Honess’s Power of Progress podcast I went back to 2009, a torn suit, and the three letters I use when I’m deciding who I want to become.

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Hi, I’m Neil

DJing since 1987, three decades in business, and the author of Done Beats Perfect. This is where I write it all down.

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