How do you write 2,000 words daily while managing 40 clients and a daily podcast?

Mary DeMuth's productivity system is deceptively simple but devastatingly effective. She treats writing "like a muscle"—consistency builds strength, breaks destroy momentum.

Her secret weapon: Self-imposed deadlines for a decade before getting published. When real deadlines arrived, she was already trained to deliver early.

Results: 52 published books, 6 million podcast downloads, and a literary agency that revolutionizes author-agent relationships through community building.

Discover Mary's complete creative productivity system in Episode 528 of Get Yourself Optimized.

The show notes, including the transcript and checklist to this episode, are at getyourselfoptimized.com/528.