Category: Posts
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No More TV Dinners
A riff on the Gape Into the Void podcast: http://gapingvoid.com/2013/02/03/episode9/
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Fail Year
Sometime last fall I started thinking of 2013 as “Fail Year.” And no, I don’t mean it in a negative way at all. First, what does it mean? Fail Year is about: being willing to try something that might not work being vulnerable embracing risk choosing projects wisely choosing boundaries that can…
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Fear, Generosity, and Showing Up
I’m grateful for people like Seth Godin, Chris Brogan & Brene Brown. They challenge us to ask hard questions about how we approach our work. Largely due to their influence, I have three simple questions that I want to ask myself more often: 1. What am I afraid of? 2.…
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Inspiration is for Amateurs
Chuck Close is an artist. He recently wrote a retrospective note to his 14 year old self as part of a CBS series. He writes: Inspiration is for amateurs — the rest of us just show up and get to work. Every great idea I’ve ever had grew out of…
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A Newsletter?
Yes. I’m going to try the newsletter thing. Part of it could very well be that I am looking for a simple way to start to engage people online. And an email newsletter seems to fit a lot of what I want to accomplish. For the most part it’s simply…
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Dance on the Edge of Failure
This is the time to dance on the edge of failure; to find the precipice and peer over the edge. The connection economy means that your voice counts, more than ever. The gatekeepers wear no clothes and it’s time to step out and risk your art. You matter and you…
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It doesn’t have to make sense.
The great thing about a doodle is that it doesn’t have to make sense. You just start creating. Go!
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Start Again – Again, and Again, and Again
Start. If the first start didn’t work, then start again. If that didn’t work, then start again. Why not?
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