Category: Creator Confidential
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The trunk and the branches
Every tree has a central trunk. This trunk eventually splits into branches. Some trees, like the pine tree, will maintain a strong central trunk throughout and very weak side branches, with a goal of growing as tall as possible to get more sunlight. It focuses all of its nutrients towards strengthening this central trunk. This…
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You learn to swim by swimming…
Which means you need to get off dry land, and get in the water. You’ll need a teacher. They work best with you in the water too. It’s gonna be scary at first. It’s gonna be wet. You’ll need to rinse after. That’s what it takes to learn to swim. (Applies to everything else too.)…
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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…