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Systematic Learning
Chris Guillebeau was interested in building a lifestyle business (i.e. something that requires little startup capital and lots of flexibility). Â Instead of picking a business at random, Chris did what we should all do. In The $100 Startup, Chris started … Continue reading
Link Dump
How do good hotels stay always feel so fresh and clean? Â Lots and lots of manpower. How the cast of friends banded together to leverage their per episode salaries into seven figures. Â Great negotiating story. Â Ctrl+F “breakout”. 7 Useless Money-Saving … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Inspiration, Money, Negotiation, Photography
Tagged Art, Business, Negotiation
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Changing Tides
Digital delivery and consumption has completely changed the publishing industry. Â For thousands of years, reading was something you did by yourself. Â Unless you announced it, nobody knew if you even opened a book you bought, let alone finished it. Â Now, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Marketing
Tagged Business, Change, Marketing
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Creating An Ownership Experience
Apple stores are a paradox. People love them, even though the service is awful. Yes, the service is better than Best Buy and other big retailers, but it’s still awful. So why are Apple stores far and away the highest … Continue reading
How Photographers Actually Spend Their Time
Note that this is true for literally every profession, especially the “glamorous” ones (click to enlarge): HT: Chase Jarvis
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Marketing, Productivity, Quotes
Tagged Business, Career, Photography
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Failure Gives Perspective
That was the lowest moment I had yet encountered in my life. The phones in my office were even quiet, which had never happened before. In fact, I suddenly had a lot of quiet time to think, and I reviewed … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Money, Psychology, Quotes
Tagged Business, Donald Trump, Failure, Success
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You’re Not A Perfectionist, You’re Just Scared
Why was Steve Jobs so good at what he did?  Not because he was a perfectionist. For all the talk of Steve Job’s perfectionism in the weeks and months after his death, most people tended to gloss over the cornucopia of shit products … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Art, Business, Perfectionism, Ship, Steve Jobs
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Success and Failure: You’re Thinking About It Wrong
We dream that someday soon, someone will recognize our genius: a big time agent reads our script and signs us; a major creative director sees our work and is compelled to feature it; the CEO reads about a project we … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Career, Failure, Goal, Progress, Success
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Chase Permanent Wins, Then Throw Them Away
When I spend 100 hours working to create a photograph, I produce a finished product. Â It’s tangible. Â It’s also permanent: I get to look at it forever, anybody can see it, and I can even sell copies of it. All … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Persuasion, Photography, Quotes
Tagged Art, Big Wins, Business, Finishing, George Carlin, Louis C.K., Ship
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The Thank You Economy And Your Tribe
Louis C.K. continues to publicly prove the points championed by the likes of Seth Godin and Gary Vaynerchuk: build your own audience, connect with them, interact with them, let them in on the your secrets, and success will follow. And, … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Gary Vaynerchuk, Louis C.K., Seth Godin, Transparency
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The World Was Built By People No Smarter Than You
When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is, and your life is just to live your life inside the world; try not to bash into the walls too much, try to … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Business, Change, Creating, Inspiration, Steve Jobs, World
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Money Is Not Wealth
Imagine if you suddenly had the power to make anything you thought about appear in front of you. *Juicy Steak* Zap. A sizzling, pink New York with a great crust on your kitchen table. *Rolls Royce* Boom. Brand new Phantom … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Money, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Business, Capitalism, Money, Paul Graham, Wealth, Zero-Sum
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On Being Prolific
Picasso created somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 pieces of art during his life. If we take the low estimate and assume he starting making real art at about 6 years old, this means he had to create about two pieces … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Business, Create, Creativity, Output, Pablo Picasso, Productivity, Prolific, Work
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Your Brand Is Irrelevant
Branding has been tremendously valuable over the last 100 years or so. Even during the last five or ten years, pundits have been telling people to turn themselves into brands. Brands are identifiable, they stand for something, they signify quality. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Persuasion, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Access, Art, Branding, Brands, Business, Marketing, Persuasion, Relevance
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A 10 Second Guide To Mastering Capitalism
Capitalism is the ability to accumulate capital, which can then be deployed at will. The key to accumulating capital is delaying gratification.
Posted in Art, Business, Quotes, Rationality
Tagged Art, Business, Capitalisim, JSK, mastery, Rationality
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