Make stuff only you can make. Stuff that makes you sigh in resignation after waiting for someone else to make happen so you can enjoy it, and realizing that’s never going to happen so you have to get off the couch and do it yourself
Make stuff only you can make. Stuff that makes you sigh in resignation after waiting for someone else to make happen so you can enjoy it, and realizing that’s never going to happen so you have to get off the couch and do it yourself
They say that the best way to complain is to make things better. It’s difficult to do that if you can’t spread the word, can’t share those ideas, or can’t get paid for the work you do. The first step on the path to make things better is to make better things.
Seth Godin • This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See
What do you do for a living? What do you make? Leaders make a ruckus.
Seth Godin • Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
Creation isn’t just about output. It’s a process of becoming. The best work shapes the maker as much as the audience. A founder builds a startup to prove they can. A writer wrestles an idea into clarity. You don’t just create heavy things. You become someone who can.
Anu Atluru • Make Something Heavy
Like with baking, you build intuition around the creative process. You watch your half-completed ideas rot in folders no one ever sees, and you start to realize that you usually only have one shot at making something (when the inspiration appears). You start to get familiar with the pang of guilt and frustration at what “could have been” if you jus... See more
As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren't just always there; people made them happen. But only recently have I started to internalize how much tenacity *everything* requires. That hotel, that park, that railway. The world is a museum of passion projects.
“Be a maker who makes something interesting people want. Show your craft, practice your craft, and the right people will eventually find you.” [14]