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What if your ambition outstrips your talent?
We spend our days pursuing various accomplishments that we desire to achieve; and yet for any given accomplishment—attaining tenure at your university, say—it’s always the case either that you haven’t achieved it yet (so you’re dissatisfied, because you don’t yet have what you desire) or that you’ve already attained it (so you’re dissatisfied, beca
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
you can never really know whether the end product of your creative endeavours will be any good or not. When you’re knee-deep in it, it can feel like you’ve got all the parts strewn around you like bits of an engine you’re trying to assemble. You can never know for certain whether you can make it work or not, or whether the end result will be an emb
... See moreBec Evans, Chris Smith, • Written
Which has led me to believe that anyone can do anything. As long as three conditions exist: You want to achieve it. You believe you can achieve it. You enjoy trying to achieve it. We often think we need only the first two, but it’s the third condition that’s most important. The trying is the day-to-day reality. And trying to achieve something is ve
... See morePeter Bregman • 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done
I had a friend who, for the longest time, talked about putting his artwork online and trying to make a go of it as a professional (or at least semiprofessional) artist. He talked about it for years; he saved up money; he even built a few different websites and uploaded his portfolio. But he never launched. There was always some reason: the resoluti
... See moreMark Manson • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Creative work is a long game, and you’re probably not going to do your best work until your 30s or 40s.
Our society is addicted to the tales of the 22-year-old pop star, the 19-year-old actress, the 24-year-old novelist. There are like six of these people, and a good deal of them are industry plants with powerful connections. Most people with a sh
... See moreCatherine Shannon • How to Make the Most of Your 20s
Yes. I have a young friend who dreams of becoming a novelist, but who never seems to be able to complete his work. According to him, his job keeps him too busy, and he can never find enough time to write novels, and that’s why he can’t complete work and enter it for writing awards. But is that the real reason? No! It’s actually that he wants to lea
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