Good Advice

“Always ask, but never expect.

Always ask for what you want. Many people are happy to help—if the request is direct and specific. In a surprising number of cases, something remarkable is possible if you have the courage to ask.

Never expect people to say yes. Everyone is busy and balancing multiple priorities. Your request is not their... See more

“If you want to avoid criticism, create less.

If you want to avoid irrelevance, create more.”

“The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.”

“I read once that the true mark of a pro — at anything — is that he understands, loves, and is good at even the drudgery of his profession.”

“Everything sucks, some of the time.” You just have to decide what sort of suckage you’re willing to deal with. So the question is not so much “What are you passionate about?” The question is “What are you passionate enough about that you can endure the most disagreeable aspects of the work?” Manson explains it this way: “If you want to be a... See more

“Keep ignoring feedback and life will keep teaching you the same lesson.”

“Is your reading and research supplementing your actions or substituting for them? Research is useful until it becomes a form of procrastination.”

“Criticize to uplift, not to destroy.”

“If an idea is true, criticism will not destroy it, but strengthen it.”