Tag: creativity

  • The Most Underappreciated Lever For Success

    Your potential is determined by the quality of your health. If you’re sleep deprived, overweight and running on caffeine, how can you expect to produce your best work? Most of us focus on the wrong things when we try to eke out more productivity or be more creative. We work harder, pound the coffee, and…

  • Your Inner Badass Is Unemployed

    You are getting in your own way. The difference between your current self and your desired future state is complexity. The more complicated we make things, the more friction in our creative process, relationships and goals, the more herculean the required effort. Growth often comes at the point resistance, but the context is often misunderstood.…

  • It’s Not A Business

    Being an entrepreneur looks a lot different in 2024 than it did in 2004. Given that the world is rapidly moving toward an economy built around the personal brand, the creator, it’s harder to differentiate between an artist and a solopreneur. Before you’re managing employees, before you’re selling a product, honing your craft as a…

  • The Self-Improvement Trap

    Sometimes the voice in our head telling us we need to get better is actually our greatest enemy. When I was a younger man, perfectionism and imposter syndrome in full stride, I spent inordinate amounts of time trying to better myself. I consumed all the quality self-improvement content I could get my hands on. Whether…