“Remarkable work is usually accomplished by people who have non-typical priorities.”
You Have Enough Time and Money
How to Sell Your Art in the Real World
“The successful people are the ones who are able to do the creating and are able to then kind of push into the world — Steve Jobs put a ding in the universe — the people who are actually willing to carry the idea forward, and proselytize it, and evangelize it, and argue it, and advocate for it, and make sure people see it, and make sure it succeeds.”
How to Build Your Following (And Why Community Is More Important)
“Here’s the shift in mindset that I want you to make: Stop thinking about followers and start thinking about community.”
How to Read More
“Every hour you spend inching through a boring book is an hour you could’ve spent plowing through a brilliant one. When it comes to books, quitters finish more.”
Strategy Is Narrative
“At the end of the day, strategy is the art of getting other people to do something. In the pursuit of that, narrative (call it ‘storytelling’ if you really must) is the strategist’s tool. Strategy is narrative.”
What to Think About Before You Start a Company
“If you pursue your idea, you will likely be waking up every morning of the next two to 10 years touting its value not just to your employees, but also to your customers, to your friends, to your family, and to your significant others.”
Five Linkedin Marketing Strategies from Gary Vaynerchuk
“There are two ways to ‘attack’ content: Either engage with it, or produce it.”
Marc Andreesen’s Personal Guide to Productivity
“By not keeping a schedule, I mean: refuse to commit to meetings, appointments, or activities at any set time in any future day. As a result, you can always work on whatever is most important or most interesting, at any time.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“If you’re unhappy, you should change what you’re doing.” — Marc Andreessen
How I Get Stuff Done
Three people asked me the same question this week.
“How do you get so much stuff done?”