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Ask HN: How do you write effectively?

Hey guys,Just wondered how you churn out effective content?I.e. If you have to write 10/20 pieces of content a week how do you do that? How do you 1. Come up with the topics. And 2. How do you actually sit down and write it and not get distracted?thanks!

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We need to stop calling suicide 'selfish'

Glenn Cooper was on the way to work when someone committed suicide. Commuters vented as to how selfish this person had been in delaying them. In the post below he looks at our attitudes towards suicide and why perhaps we are in fact the selfish ones:http://www.getinspired365.com/articles/we-need-to-stop-calling-suicide-selfish

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Re:Dealing with Anxiety on Monday March 13, 2017 @04:16AM (#13856067)
Great! I am pleased that the article is of some use. Wish you and your wife all the best.

Dealing with Anxiety

Hi all, I recently wrote this post (https://psiloveyou.xyz/married-to-someone-with-anxiety-d5bab822ba2d) that prompted a really good discussion on HN - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13037164After speaking with my wife, and reading comments people we had, we thought we'd try and write a follow up that is aimed at looking at more practical advice. Specifically we have looked at what helped...

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Trying to take back control of your mental health

Hi all,I recently wrote this post (https://psiloveyou.xyz/married-to-someone-with-anxiety-d5bab822ba2d) that prompted a really good discussion on HN - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13037164After speaking with my wife, and reading comments people we had, we thought we'd try and write a follow up that is aimed at looking at more practical advice. Specifically we have looked at what helped...

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An interview with Professor Raisman – the man who has found a cure for paralysis

Professor Geoff Raisman spent 60 years of his life trying to find a cure for paralysis. He's been fired twice and was laughed at often. But finally he helped paralysed Darek Fidyka walk again, and even got him riding a tricycle.Geoff sadly died two weeks ago but I was lucky enough to interview him about his life and his work.Here it is -...

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Thanks for this, looks awesome
Thank you, will check both out.

Kevin Briggs – stopping people from jumping off of Golden Gate Bridge

Hi all,Sergeant Kevin Briggs is a California Highway Patrol officer who has stopped upwards of two hundred people from jumping off of the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay.I interviewed this remarkable man known as the Guardian of Golden Gate. It's quite a long read (15 mins or so) and this is my personal site but here's the...

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Re:Show HN: The Daily Trump on Monday February 20, 2017 @06:23AM (#13686403)
Clickable link - http://www.dailytrump.io

26 people who inspire me

Over the past year I was lucky enough to interview a bunch of people who inspire me through a site I worked on called ZIDILIFE.My friend and I decided to create a coffee table style book featuring the 25 people we've interviewed. We hope people find the stories contained in the book as inspiring as we did.Here's a free PDF of the book -...

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Re:The paralysed man who can ride a bike on Friday March 04, 2016 @01:19PM (#11225724)
I interviewed the man behind the cure almost a year ago (http://zidilife.com/geoff-raismen-beating-paralysis/) and it's amazing to see the progress of Darak in the last 12 months. Professor Raisman was one of the most interesting people I have ever interviewed - a simply amazing man. So happy to hear of the progress in this field.
Re:Filmmakers of HN – how do you promote your web series? on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @10:08AM (#10744658)
Thanks very much, appreciate that.

Filmmakers of HN – how do you promote your web series?

Hi guys,I have recently created a web series (5 short 3-4 minute comedic episodes) and wondered if anyone had done something similar? And if so, how did you go about getting views to the series. Did you enter competitions/festivals? And if so, which ones?thanks in advance!

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Request HN: A compelling up to date video on Internet Safety

Hi guys,My wife teaches students aged 16-19. She does what's called PSE which is like career advice, sex education, university (college) advice etc. Next week she's got the subject of Internet safety.These kids are 16-19 and she doesn't want to just give them a boring presentation. She wondered if there's any really good videos out there (that are not tedious and boring to kids). Any one here...

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Ask HN: As a new Saas startup how many leads should I be approaching daily?

Hi guys,Thinking of starting a new Saas startup and wanted to get an idea, from anyone who has experience, on how many leads I should be approaching a day?I know this will depend on the type of service but I want to set some targets and want to know if I should be targeting 1, 10, 100 customers a day?Finally, what is an acceptable conversion rate - i.e. new lead to paying customer?thanks!

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Ask HN: If you self publish a book and sell via iBooks can you do well?

Hi guys,I've put together a draft of a book - it's a photo book with quotes from a bunch of inspiring people. The pictures are great, the quotes are cool and it's about 100 pages long. I've created the book via blurb. My question is has anyone published this type of book (picture/photo book) via the iBooks store? And if you have, did it do well?I am not so interested in making money but instead...

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