Clara Nafria

At first, I’d say yes to everything — meetings are really valuable when you’re starting off. But I reached a point where I was letting myself get scheduled on six to eight hours of phone calls a day. And when I looked at them, I couldn’t identify what the positive outcomes were — and more importantly, I didn’t enjoy doing it.

An essential guide for artists of all levels on how to live and work as a creative, from a popular artist and TED speaker.

each chapter is just one short piece of advice that is mystical yet evocative. It’s been a hard year for me, if I’m being honest. For some reason the Tao Te Ching repackaged as business advice helped get me through it. As with all book recommendations, your mileage may vary, but if you are in the mood for some soul-searching I can’t recommend this

Summary.   

From “I like to be efficient” to “I trust my gut” to “I can make a rational decision,” there are a number of deeply ingrained — and counterproductive — myths we tell ourselves about how we make decisions. Underlying these myths are three common and popular ideas that don’t serve us well: First, as busy people, we don’t need to invest

When we’re faced with difficult and complex decisions, we typically experience difficult and complex emotions. Many of us don’t want to sit with these uncomfortable feelings, so we try to get the decision making over with. But this often leads to poor decisions. We may not truly solve the problem at hand, and we often end up feeling worse. It’s an

Note taking is building a relationship with a future version of yourself.