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The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
It’s insulting to call a professional talented. She’s skilled, first and foremost. Many people have talent, but only a few care enough to show up fully, to earn their skill. Skill is rarer than talent. Skill is earned. Skill is available to anyone who cares enough.
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Salman Ansari added 2mo ago
money is how our society signifies enrollment. The person who has paid for your scarce time and scarce output is more likely to value it, to share it, and to take it seriously. Generous doesn’t require us to reduce friction by making things free. It requires us to bring bravery and passion and empathy to the people we seek to serve. And that often
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Salman Ansari added 2mo ago
to please the masses, you must pander to average.
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Salman Ansari added 2mo ago
How is it possible for three cowboys to herd a thousand cattle? Easy. They don’t. They herd ten cattle, and those cattle influence fifty cattle and those cattle influence the rest.
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Salman Ansari added 2mo ago
When you choose to produce creative work, you’re solving a problem. Not just for you, but for those who will encounter what you’ve made. By putting yourself on the hook, you’re performing a generous act. You are sharing insight and love and magic. And the more it spreads, the more it’s worth to all of those who are lucky enough to experience your c
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Zach Kirshner added 8mo ago
“Do what you love” is for amateurs. “Love what you do” is the mantra for professionals.
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Zach Kirshner added 8mo ago
To a drowning man, everyone else is a stepping-stone to safety.
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Zach Kirshner added 8mo ago
if you and I are exchanging our best work, our best work gets better.
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Salman Ansari added 2mo ago
Elizabeth King said, “Process saves us from the poverty of our intentions,”
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Salman Ansari added 2mo ago