Herbert Lui

Blog on creativity, marketing, and the human condition.

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  • 3 creative strategies that can make you as prolific as Edison, Mozart, and Picasso

    Creativity, like all forms of progress, doesn’t just happen. It needs to be cultivated and developed. And it requires a certain way of looking at the process and results.

    Herbert Lui

    March 11, 2021
    Creativity
  • 7 Goals to Give Up to Be More Creative

    When the only way to move forward means letting go

    Herbert Lui

    March 8, 2021
    Creativity
  • 3 Lessons I Stole from the Book Bill Gates Recommended to Satya Nadella

    Bill Gates thinks most leadership books aren’t worth recommending, but this one’s an exception

    Herbert Lui

    March 4, 2021
    Creativity
  • Why Keanu Reeves Practiced Holding a Diamond with Tweezers for Weeks

    How the search for shortcuts is actually costing you precious time

    Herbert Lui

    March 4, 2021
    Contentions
  • 4 ways to read more books this year

    When applied properly, this technique can help you get much more out of what you read and increase the amount of reading you do.

    Herbert Lui

    March 1, 2021
    Contentions
  • I used to be a staff writer for Lifehacker. Here is my most important insight about productivity

    A former ‘Lifehacker’ staff writer reveals his most important insight on productivity.

    Herbert Lui

    February 25, 2021
    Creativity
  • The Business of Blockheads

    The saying goes, “No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.” A proposition and toast to the blockheads who are in the business of writing.

    Herbert Lui

    February 18, 2021
    Contentions
  • Why People Pay $10,000 per Month to Work with These Editors

    “There are only two ways to make money in business: One is to bundle; the other is to unbundle.” — Jim Barksdale

    Herbert Lui

    February 17, 2021
    Contentions
  • 10 Question Commandments

    I’ve professionally asked questions for years. Clients pay me thousands of dollars to ask the questions I do. I’ve also asked recording artists who I do interviews with. I got good enough that A$AP Ferg told me our interview was the best one he’d ever done. Here’s are some principles for asking good questions.

    Herbert Lui

    February 15, 2021
    Contentions
  • The Lifetime Value of an Idea

    If a business strategist had a liquid lunch with a writer…

    Herbert Lui

    February 11, 2021
    Uncategorized
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