Aiming to get a little writing done now that the holidays are over – or even a lot of writing – here’s a tip that will immediately improve your productivity:

Count what you do.

Beautiful MindIt’s a very simple but amazingly powerful psychological tool to help your mental game.

Count words, count pages, count jokes… whatever you choose to work on.

Count what you do, write the numbers down at the end of each session and watch those numbers improve.

Try it out.