How To Give Yourself Permission To Try
It’s easier to come up with excuses not to do things than it is to summon the courage to try. But Annie Franceschi’s book Permission To Try: 11 Things You Need ...
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How To Build The Creative Career Of Your Dreams
You don’t have to start a company to act like one. One of the best ways to build a successful creative career is to study the way startup companies operate and ...
Three Things The Best Blog Posts Do
A blog post isn’t a diary entry. Writing for yourself is fine and can be valuable, but it’s essentially a private exercise that many people happen to publish. T...
The Five Most Valuable Skills You Can Develop For Free
The most valuable skills you can have in life and work are rarely taught in school, never show up on a resume, and are consistently overlooked and underapprecia...
How I Got More Done, Reduced Stress, Increased Focus, And Mastered Time Management In 10 Minutes A Day
I scheduled every minute of my work week for the past two weeks and am blown away at the impact of doing so.
10 Quick Tips For Bloggers
People enjoyed my 10 Quick Tips for Creators, so I put together another batch of simple advice — this time for bloggers (or really anybody who posts written con...
10 Quick Tips For Creators
1. Start by learning to finish.
The Secret To A Successful Newsletter Is Consistency
“Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.” — Bruc...
Unconventional Advice For Entrepreneurs, Life Lessons, And The One Question I Ask Everybody
In last week’s For The Interested newsletter I shared a post from Darius Foroux in which he offered 10 practical answers to 10 practical questions a reader sent...
Get More Attention For Your Creations By Telling Your Three Stories
The secret to successful promotion is to tell your story.