This week I had a big run-in with fear: Who am I to do this? I’m not good enough. Nobody cares. You know the drill. The difference was this time, instead of having it pollute my mind all afternoon, I wrote them all down. Then I refuted them out loud. The crazy thing was, once […]
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I cracked open Josh Kaufman’s book The Personal MBA yesterday and saw this on the first page of the intro: “The critics are ALWAYS wrong.” -Seth Godin “Just what the world needs… Another writer.” “Just what the world needs… Another wedding photographer.” “Just what the world needs… Another songwriter.” “Just what the world needs… Another […]
Sometimes when I’m watching something on tv or listening to a podcast or song, I start to run on auto pilot. You know, just coasting along, kinda paying attention, kinda on twitter, kinda playing Flappy Bird. Then something will come along and shock me out of this information overload. Something will make my ears perk […]
Ideas are fragile in their infancy. They need to be nourished, fleshed out, and be allowed to grow. Words are powerful. It’s cliche, but you can literally turns someones day around with your words. For the best or for the worst. The same goes for ideas. You can use your words to propel an idea […]
“Every creative story is different but every creative story is the same: There was nothing and now there is something. It’s almost like magic.” -Jonah Lehrer, Imagine: How Creativity Works There was nothing, now there is something. If you are a creative professional, you are in the business of producing what does not exist. The […]
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