Haley Helmold
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Haley Helmold
One of my (many) contrarian beliefs is that we do not have strong enough preferences. We often blame social media or the speed of information as the reason why we’re easily distracted, but the real reason behind our inability to focus has less to do with the sheer quantity of media and more to do with our laziness when it comes to distinguishing wh... See more
To take it a bit further, he teased out those traits saying that both artists and entrepreneurs...
“...Want to express themselves.
Want to do something differently.
Want to create something better than what’s ever been done before.
They are disruptive.
They live in the theater of risk.
They want to change the world...”
“...Want to express themselves.
Want to do something differently.
Want to create something better than what’s ever been done before.
They are disruptive.
They live in the theater of risk.
They want to change the world...”
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Entrepreneur
Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.
I've seen time and time again these wonderful, intimate products and events get started in New York, and then as they try to scale... the magic is lost.
The advice I gave a brand this week
In other words, the hard part isn’t writing, or coding, or speaking.
It’s determining what to write, what to code, and what to say.
It’s determining what to write, what to code, and what to say.
Vita Benes
To make something good, just do it. To make something great, just redo it, redo it, redo it. The secret to making fine things is in remaking them.
Kevin Kelly • 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice
business and creativity
Author Robert Greene once said to me, “The more species you have in an ecosystem, the more diverse and rich it will be.” By diversifying your inputs, you build a rich creative ecosystem.
21 Keyes to
Design becomes strategy in action.