Jeremiah Kovacs
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Jeremiah Kovacs
1 of 2 — The algorithm isn’t a luck box; there are many paths to cracking it, and at least one way that works for you — this is the biggest mindset shift between people who have success in media and people who don’t.
2 of 2 — The algorithm isn’t a luck box; there are many paths to cracking it, and at least one way that works for you — this is the biggest mindset shift between people who have success in media and people who don’t.
The Coffee Beans Procedure is a way of doing what psychologists call unpacking . Our imaginations are inherently limited; they can’t include all details at once. (Otherwise you run into Borges’ map problem—if you want a map that contains all the details of the territory that it’s supposed to represent, then the map has to be the size of the
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Unpacking is hard
Authorship is a story; you can play with it
Don’t be afraid to play around with voice… first-person isn’t the only option.
Same is true of media.. outsized returns come from taking risks.
And so it goes for virtually any skill. There is always a gap between being an apprentice and being a craftsman. The apprentice has the taste, but not the skill. The craftsman has the taste and the skill.
It’s easier to recognize beauty than it is to create it. You’re good enough to know that what you’re doing isn’t good, but not good enough to... See more
It’s easier to recognize beauty than it is to create it. You’re good enough to know that what you’re doing isn’t good, but not good enough to... See more