Herbert Lui

Anyone who wants to make good work needs to master the art of receiving constructive feedback, knowing what to do with it, and following through with making changes.  “There are no writers, there are only rewriters,” says author John Seabrook. What pieces of feedback are useful? Which is most important? What are some possible solutions?…

Whenever you fall off a reading practice, a useful way to get back into it is to read a book just for fun. Purely out of interest, curiosity, and joy. Some books that have done that for me lately: Office Ladies, Adversity for Sale, How Starbucks Saved My Life. When you don’t read, it’s easy…

If a lesson was important enough for you to remind yourself about, there’s a good chance it will be useful for other people too.  A lesson is particularly helpful when you share the story that led you to learn the lesson. People remember stories. What’s obvious to you isn’t obvious to everyone else. Publish your…