Share a little glimpse of your process. Think about what you have to share that could be of some value to people. Share a handy tip you’ve discovered while working. Or a link to an interesting article. Mention a good book you’re reading.

“It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique.”

That’s how I try to do all my work now. I have two desks in my office—one is “analog” and one is “digital.” The analog desk has nothing but markers, pens, pencils, paper, index cards, and newspaper. Nothing electronic is allowed on that desk. This is where most of my work is born, and all over the desk are physical traces, scraps, and residue from

Your brain gets too comfortable in your everyday surroundings. You need to make it uncomfortable. You need to spend some time in another land, among people that do things differently than you. Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder.

and my drawing tablet. This is where I edit and publish my work.

figure out what to leave out, so they can concentrate on what’s really important to them.

“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”

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Amassing a body of work or building a career is a lot about the slow accumulation of little bits of effort over time.