Tom McElligott on the Work
July 2023
If you collected lists of techniques for doing great work in a lot of different fields, what would the intersection look like? I decided to find out by making it.
Partly my goal was to create a guide that could be used by someone working in any field. But I was also curious about the shape of the intersection. And one thing this exercise sh... See more
If you collected lists of techniques for doing great work in a lot of different fields, what would the intersection look like? I decided to find out by making it.
Partly my goal was to create a guide that could be used by someone working in any field. But I was also curious about the shape of the intersection. And one thing this exercise sh... See more
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
what we're looking for is to find work where our work is unmistakably us, where our work is something we can point to and say, "Given who I am and what I see, I made this. I made this for you. Can you please help me make it better?" And when we can do that, our days are totally different than when we're basically sure that an AI is going
... See moreTim Ferriss • Seth Godin — The Pursuit of Meaning, Choosing Your Attitude, Overcoming Rejection, and More
It's a tricky game because you do need to be aware of best practices, what works, what doesn't, etc - that's how you grow and learn to stand out.
But at the same time, you always need to return to the question:
"Why do I create? What do I create for?"
And of all the answers that arise, understand your primary and secondary reasons.
For me, pr
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