Tim Ferris often retells a story about an amateur filmmaker talking to a pro. The amateur says that he almost made his film, but the timing was off, they ran out of budget, the people weren't quite …
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Everything is a practice
Improvisation, creativity and saying "yes, and" is a practice. These aren't things you learn once. They're like going to the gym. You do them each and every day. Slowly you build the muscle of …
Forks in the road
Choices are often not as binary as we think. The roads diverge, but there are cut-throughs that can get you from path to path and there are new trails to be forged. Don't accept what's given to you. …
What are you doing?
I don’t know what i’m doing, but I know how to do it. -Jerry Saltz There's something I love about this quote. Maybe it's the not so subtle emphasis on process rather than product. When we really …
You are blocking yourself from success
An interesting reframe and maybe it's true. Just the possibility of truth is worth considering. Rather than making failure the default condition and putting the responsibility on your action to …
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It teaches you how to think
The classic argument for a liberal arts education is that it teaches you how to think. Maybe true. But it feels strange to contrast. Does an engineering degree not teach you how to think? Does a …