current motivations
mallory contois
Dec 21
Good Work
the hardest person to compete with is the one that’s having fun. if you’re not having fun, you’ll get beat by someone who is.
find your fun.
Dec 21
Good Work
the hardest person to compete with is the one that’s having fun. if you’re not having fun, you’ll get beat by someone who is.
find your fun.
mallory contois • mallory contois (@mallorycontois)
At one point during the panel, I said the fact that I am a woman is — I think — the least interesting thing about me, and that I would love us to collectively reach a point where that was reflected in the external world
I Don't Think We're Living in The Handmaid's Tale
what you really need is exposure.The people getting “lucky” aren’t smarter.They’re just visible.They launch before it’s perfect.They publish when no one’s watching.They connect without asking for anything.They’ve built surface area.And surface area is what luck sticks to.
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If you’re efficient, you’re doing it the wrong way. The right way is the hard way. The show was successful because I micromanaged it—every word, every line, every take, every edit, every casting. That’s my way of life.
Daniel McGinn • Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Innovator, Micromanager
The calvary isn’t coming.
You don’t need the calvary.
The calvary is kind of all over the place and they are a bit useless.
You are the power. You are the source. You have agency. You have the ability to create and connect on your own incredibly powerful terms.
Artists need to realise that it’s YOU. You have the power.
You don’t need the calvary.
The calvary is kind of all over the place and they are a bit useless.
You are the power. You are the source. You have agency. You have the ability to create and connect on your own incredibly powerful terms.
Artists need to realise that it’s YOU. You have the power.