David Kadavy is author of Mind Management, Not Time Management, The Heart to Start & Design for Hackers.
Curiosity is powerful fuel. If you want to make it as a creative, you need to follow things you’re curious about. It’s your best shot at being able to put in the work necessary to succeed.
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May’s revenues were $4,968.21, down from April’s $5,924.06. Profits were $2,812.51, down from April’s $3,330.58. keep on reading »
We’re living in a time of exciting technological innovation. But just because technology can do something for us, doesn’t mean that it should.
If you want to be a master of your craft, you need to be able to see your skills and accomplishments objectively. You need to always be on the lookout for ways you might fool yourself – for ways you might cause yourself to feel as if you have accomplished something, when in fact you have accomplished nothing.
Eric Zimmer (@etzimmer) was living in a van. He had Hepatitis C and weighed 100 pounds. Then he got arrested and lost his job. He was facing up to forty years in jail time. He had a $300-a-day addiction to heroin.
I often have listeners write to me, lamenting that they have “too many interests,” or that they “lack focus.” They’ve been taught to feel ashamed of their curiosity.
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April’s revenues were $5,924.06, down from March’s $10,063.23. Profits were $3,330.58, down from March’s $6,432.08. keep on reading »
Srdja Popovic (@SrdjaPopovic) is a revolutionary. He played a big part in overthrowing Serbian president Slobodan Miloševi?. He now coaches activists around the world in non-violent resistance techniques, through CANVAS (Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies).
We live in a world rich with information, and algorithms help us find the things that fit us. Algorithms help us decide what books to buy, what music to listen to, and even who to date.
Have you been putting off a creative dream? Maybe it’s a novel or an album or a business.
Or maybe you have this burning feeling that you have something to offer the world, but you aren’t yet sure what it is.
I’m launching a new email course. Summer of Starting is a series of journal prompts designed to help you stop procrastinating, and start creating. keep on reading »