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What the jellyfish knows: A compilation
Do most people get stuck with their creative work because they didn’t create momentum? Or do most people create momentum, but need more time to think out a breakthrough idea? Which direction sounds more correct to you? To me, it’s very clear the first direction applies to more people. Most people’s creative ambitions die from…
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My new Q&A video practice
When I ran my editorial studio, business leaders asked me lots of questions. I wrote notes and jotted these questions down. A few months ago, I pulled all of these questions together into one document, just so I could see what themes emerged. In the spirit of “Publish, don’t send,” I started posting the questions…
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Don’t let AI determine your intentions
Intention is the determination to do a specific thing, or act in a specific way. When you’re being intentional, and deliberate, you are taking the first step to exercising your will into the world. Everybody else might accept what’s happening, but you won’t. At its finest, AI technology helps augment and amplify your intention. The…
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Writers and readers as co-creators
When you read a comic strip or a graphic novel, your eyes move from one panel to the next. What happens in between the panels? Your brain filled in the gaps. You participated in a co-creation process. An experienced author or artist knows to intentionally create these spaces in order for the reader’s brain to…
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Whose task is this?
Is it a child’s task to study? Or is it a parent’s task to get them to study? “There is a simple way to tell whose task it is. Think, Who ultimately is going to receive the result brought about by the choice that is made?” Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi write in The Courage…
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One step at a time
In my 20s, I spent my working hours at different gigs—running my editorial studio Wonder Shuttle, doing Prologue, writing at Medium, and a bunch of other cool projects. I had found or created a lot of opportunities, and I gave in to my ambition to pursue all of them. I was running on excitement and…
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“Why is this important to me?”
When you know why you’re doing what you want to do, you do it better. You can prioritize clearly, adapt when you need, and endure the inevitable setbacks. More importantly, you’ll know when you’re heading in the right direction. This sense of clarity doesn’t just magically happen to you. Fortunately, it’s pretty straightforward to get…