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How to Make Art Which is Truly Unique
She sits across from the music legend, black shirt hanging loosely around her shoulders, hair draped over her chest. It's been 3:22 seconds since either of them have spoken. …
The Reason You Feel Motivated at Night But Lose It By Morning
It was May in 1930. A man with a fabulous mustache sat upright in his favorite chair, seconds away from dozing off. Just as his head dipped into dream world, the ball bearings plummeted from his hand and onto a metal plate, where the clatter shook …
One Exercise Which Will Change the Way You Write Forever
Okay, first I’ll give you the very simple goal of this tip: REMOVE THE BRAIN FROM THE WRITING PROCESS. Let me explain. At a job — you think about stuff. A specific problem is presented and an objective decision is made based on cost and time and …
These 6 Words Helped Me Overcome My Fear of Failure
Blink-blink-blink. My cursor pulsed on the blank page. I wrote sentence and then deleted every word. I stood up 6 times for coffee in 2 hours. Surprisingly, my page would still be blank when I returned. I wanted to start a blog. I wanted to start …
Here’s One Thing You Can Do If You Have a Boring Job
My first week of corporate work, I was assigned 18 company policies to read. My second week of work, I was given 40 hours to complete a draft of ONE document. My third week of work, I was in a meeting about a project I might join one day. My forth …
Dear Young People Looking for a Career — Do This
Dear career seekers: In life, I know 2 things to be true First - crunchy peanut butter is better than creamy. Second - I will be bored of what I'm doing now in six months. I meet many people who say “I don’t like to work,” or (worse) “I’m not good …
How to Find Your Unfair Advantage
“I used to be like you, but now I’ve found the answer, and here it is.” This is the undercurrent of every personal development article you’ve ever read. Perhaps nothing sells better than the “I once was lost but now I’m found” narrative. Hope is …
Is it Worth it to Share your Creative Work?
In 2013 a man named Dong Nguyen probably leaned back in his chair and sighed with happiness. During his free time, Dong and his team had been using a character from a cancelled video game to make his own project - a simple mobile adventure in …
Why American Education Can’t Move Forward
Last week, I nearly passed out on the upper deck of my parking garage. It was fun, really. Well not fun. More like enlightening. I always thought people who passed out were being dramatic. I thought they were faking it. Turns out it’s a real …
The Problem With Quitting Your Job
(This is an excerpt from my upcoming book: The Creative's Curse.) Most people, at some point, will try and convince you to take what you’ve learned and soar. They’ll say you should shove away from that awful job and TAKE OFF LITTLE BIRD! Today's …
How to Be A Shapeshifter
Can we all agree the Internet is getting too complicated? I'm sure it's not really intentional. It's just that when someone is trying to complete with approximately 100 bajillion other articles on the Internet, writing a headline about 67 BRAND …
What Happens When Our Heroes Have Flaws?
When I worked at a summer camp, we often had themed dress days. For Christmas Days, you’d wear all your Christmas accessories. For Disney Day, you’d dress as a prince or princess or something. For Donald Trump day you’d all wear ridiculous …
Guess I Don’t Have What it Takes to be a Hustler Because…
I am tired of running the rat race. I am tired of self-improvement. I am tired of podcasts, self-help, growth, personal development, online courses, and business 101. I am tired of chasing dollars. I am tired of writing. I am tired of coming up …
5 Tips to Becoming King of the Castle
I burst out of college, like most people do, full of dreams. Here was the plan - I'd take a job just to fill the time while I built my million dollar business. Then I'd cash out, buy a second house on the lake, and wile the days away (probably …