Personal Manuals, Manifestos, principles, and Read MEs
user manuals or manifestos written by people/managers on style, philosophies, expectations, communication, mission, and more
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Personal Manuals, Manifestos, principles, and Read MEs
"Think about what makes you ‘imbalanced’ as a personality, & do things where this gives you an edge."
Vadik Marmeladov's Codes of Practice:
1. Wear the uniform
2. Think long term (like 30 years from now)
3. Build stories and languages, not things
4. Create your own universe (or join ours)
5. Collect samples
6. Be a sample for somebody else... See more
Working with Brie
docs.google.comIn Rob Walker’s recent newsletter, “‘No’ Rules,” he talks about how extreme self-imposed constraints can spur creative leaps and your signature work. (Rob has an assignment he gives to students, “Always/Never,” in which he has his students make a list of 3 things their work must always do, and 3 things their work must never do.
Defined by negatives - Austin Kleon
worthwhile exercise - what will your family/startup/etc… never do? always do?
values are easy to have, hard to uphold
Kevin Twohy’s “what he looks for in projects/clients”. I especially like the not inevitable. That’s how I feel about Sublime. Someone may make a bookmarking tool. But to make one with the aesthetic and philosophical sensibilities of Sublime seems to me - not inevitable.