How I used focus ‘hacks’ to write a book in 90 days: Author Renee Giarrusso

How I used focus ‘hacks’ to write a book in 90 days: Author Renee Giarrusso

Given the sacrifices she was making, Giarrusso didn’t want to mess around. She puts a high priority on personal time, so she promised herself that her sacrifice would not go beyond 90 days.

Of course, we are all human. Our best intentions are distressingly easy to derail, especially in the evening and on the weekends. Giarrusso was ahead of herself; she outwitted any self-defeating tendency to frig around. Here’s how she hacked her focus.

The transformative power of writing your book

The transformative power of writing your book

‘So many things in my life had been incomplete. I had given up. I got academic scholarships, career opportunities, and placements, but I quit them all when they got hard or boring.’

Written from idea to manuscript in two and a half months, including two edits, Saunders’ book marked a change: the end of a turbulent and unhappy period, and the start of a new career. Since publishing her first book in 2014, Saunders has started a consultancy, advising athletes about how to get sponsorship and companies about how to make the most of their sponsorship programs.