current motivations
HOW TO LONG GAME
docs.google.comYou will break through overtime if you are patient and make good quality stuff overtime — Susan Werner on “50 Fires” podcast
she also said “a secret in to life in the arts is finding the things you like doing that people like seeing you do”
In solopreneurship, constraints force creativity. Unless you’re making a lot, you can't throw money or people at most problems. You have to think your way through them and make sacrifices. Surprisingly, this often leads to better outcomes.
The corporate detox no one warned me about.
the things that have always worked will always work: solve real problems for real people and learn how to communicate that very, very clearly and well. There will always be something shiny to chase and distract from the essentials; the difficult part is to keep doing the things that have always worked.
💭 Real revenue with no grip & other mid-year learnings
Time is the best editor.
If you have it, time is the easiest trick for self-editing. Simply put your work away long enough so when you come back to it you can see it with fresh eyes.
"I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.”
—Charles Bukowski
The more you create, the more powerful you become.
The more you consume, the more powerful others become.
James Cleartwitter.com