All Day I Dream About Substack (ADIDAS)

This is the problem. People say joyous, ebullient, incredibly observant, deeply meaningful things to us throughout our lives, and for a fleeting moment, our spirits are lifted. Our motivation increases. Our feelings of self-worth soar. We feel as if we could fly. Then those compliments, save a few of the more memorable ones, are lost forever. Disca

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May 23, 2024

1. I know what makes people grow more reliably than anything else. It is: taking on a difficult project with some amount of public accountability. This can be large or small: a lecture series, a business, a blog, a house, a child, etc.


2. It’s strange, but I know that it’s common to resist positive emotions, as well as negative ones. Ask yours

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A lot of people follow me on Quora, Medium, Twitter, and Instagram because of the writing advice I share. Data tells me this is one of my high performing “content buckets.” But within this book, I just told you about a poetry book I wrote called Slow Down, Wake Up. If you enjoy me as a writer, maybe you’ll check it out. I’m not pretending my poetry

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1. The aim of my writing is never to make money. If there are opportunities, I will pay attention, but it is never the direct aim. I obsessively focus on other funding mechanisms such that I don't have to worry much about how to monetize writing.

2. I write for readers like me. I dislike a lot of the current trends in books. I think they dumb down t... See more

Throughout my career, the fanbase has been like one big significant other to me, a thousand-headed friend with whom I have a real, committed partnership. I don’t take vacations from communicating without warning. We share our art with one another. They help me run the business by feeding me constant information. I cop to my mistakes. They ask for e

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