The Artist’s Journey
“The artist’s journey comes after the hero’s journey. Everything that has happened to us up to this point is rehearsal for us to act, now, as our true self and ...
Author: EBenedict
Five Books Bill Gates Recommends You Read This Summer
“I never got to tell Hans how much I liked his book, but the world would be better if millions of people read it.”
How to Write Every Day When You Also Run a Business
“To write every day, you need to break down every barrier you have. ‘That subject is too personal.’ ‘I don’t know how they’ll react if I write about them.’ ‘I’m...
10 Things You Don’t Know About Yourself
“People’s own theories about who they are influence how they behave. One’s self-image can therefore easily become a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
How to Master Time Scarcity
“True mastery of the time scarcity demon only really comes from a mindset shift. We have to address the feeling rather than figure out the logistics of it all. ...
Why Artists Are No Longer Criticized for Selling Out
“I haven’t heard about anyone selling out in a long while. Sometime between 2008 and 2018, capitalizing on your success as an artist to build a skate brand went...
Seven Ways Being Alone Changes Your Brain
“Being alone a lot has been shown to increase everything from muscle tension to immune system issues — but it’s feeling alone, rather than actually being isolat...
Everything You Make Is an Engine
“Anything you make — a podcast, a book, a TV show, a business, really any endeavor that you undertake — is not just the thing it is, but it’s also an engine tha...
How to Reframe Your Nervousness as Excitement
“The reason the journalists said, ‘Were you nervous?,’ is because they would be nervous. Athletes would never say that to each other.”
10 Mac Tricks You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
“If you hold down shift, option, and then click your volume keys you can move the volume slider in increments of one quarter.”