Reminders for myself

We all start with the ability to recognize greatness. We know what we like. We have taste. But our ability to create that greatness? It lags way behind.

So we make something. We look at it. And we think: "This f*cking sucks."

But The Taste Gap isn't a sign you're failing. It's a sign you're on the right track.

Ira Glass continues: “We all go through... See more

I’ll close with my usual advice to peers: reading this email was valuable (knock on wood). Watching Jason’s video is valuable. Rolling up your sleeves and actually shipping something is much, much more valuable. If you take no other advice from me ever, ship something. You’ll learn more shipping a failure than you’ll learn from reading about a thou

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Persistence isn't just continuing to try—it's the runway that gives your talent time to take off.

You don’t need more ideas. You need fewer distractions from acting on the ones you already have.

In my experience, the way you end up doing good in the world has very little to do with how good your initial plan was. Most of your outcome will depend on luck, timing, and your ability to actually get out of your own way and start somewhere. The way to end up with a good plan is not to start with a good plan, it’s to start with some plan, and the... See more