Reminders for myself
You never know who’s reading, listening, or paying attention.
If they aren’t seeing you today, they might tomorrow—and they’ll have a whole catalog of your work to dive into.
Being seen brings opportunities, opens doors.
If they aren’t seeing you today, they might tomorrow—and they’ll have a whole catalog of your work to dive into.
Being seen brings opportunities, opens doors.
How to be seen online
There’s power in letting people in on your vision . They might know someone who knows someone. They might just be waiting for the chance to help. No one is a mind reader. The best opportunities I’ve ever had came because I spoke up.
How to be seen online
So start. Start with what you have. Start before you’re ready. Start before it’s good.
Then refine. Polish. Repeat.
If you’re not happy with the result? Keep going. Reinvention doesn’t happen in a single leap. It happens in the doing, the trying, the evolving.
Then refine. Polish. Repeat.
If you’re not happy with the result? Keep going. Reinvention doesn’t happen in a single leap. It happens in the doing, the trying, the evolving.
One day, without realizing it, you’ll look back and see just how much has changed.
Kel Rakowski • Reinvention is rough-and-ready
We assume people want polished perfection. But often, they’re more drawn to the rough draft. The early adopters, the ones who find you first? They’re not looking for sleek—they’re looking for a spark .
They don’t need your idea to be refined. They just need to believe in it.
Your first 1,000 true fans won’t care that your work is raw, that you’re sti... See more
They don’t need your idea to be refined. They just need to believe in it.
Your first 1,000 true fans won’t care that your work is raw, that you’re sti... See more
Kel Rakowski • Reinvention is rough-and-ready
Because clarity doesn’t come from waiting. It comes from doing.
Reinvention is rough-and-ready
Passion + Talent = Momentum
Passion fuels the vision. It gives you the courage to leap before it makes sense. It’s energy. Emotion. Obsession.
Talent builds the machine. It’s your edge. The part that compounds. The part you can refine over time. It’s what makes the work actually work .
Put them together, and you get momentum.
Passion fuels the vision. It gives you the courage to leap before it makes sense. It’s energy. Emotion. Obsession.
Talent builds the machine. It’s your edge. The part that compounds. The part you can refine over time. It’s what makes the work actually work .
Put them together, and you get momentum.
What are you actually good at?
If Nike announced that they were opening a hotel, you’d have a pretty good guess about what it would be like. But if Hyatt announced that they were going to start making shoes, you would have NO IDEA WHATSOEVER what those shoes would be like. That’s because Nike owns a brand and Hyatt simply owns real estate.
The Elegance of Nothing
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