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You 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”
you have to do the low stakes stuff to prepare for the high stakes stuff. They are the building blocks of confidence, and that's an enormous thing.
3-2-1: When to be patient, why we procrastinate, and the importance of early attempts
Here’s what has worked for me over the years to stave off boreout :
- Leaning into digressions: Passion projects (like this very one) and side hustles, whether they’re directly related to your work or completely unrelated, create the crackle of energy that boreout can stamp out; rather than be afraid of these things taking time away from your team’s
The OffBeat #60: Boreout vs. Burnout
Be really sure of the time commitment you ask from someone. Do you really need that much? “If your outreach is just, ‘Can I take you to lunch?’ that’s a big ask for a lot of people versus, ‘Hey, just thought I’d share with you this quick update about what I’m doing. No need to respond.’ The ‘no need to respond’ is a powerful tool. It sounds counter... See more
jacqui@thriveglobal.com • How to Become Insanely Well-Connected - Thrive Global
“The fast way is the slow way because the slow way is the only way”
– Steven Bartlett
When two people work on a shared project – a joke, a product, an essay, a story – and are able to understand and build on each other, that’s the peak of the human condition.