Sometimes Seth Godin makes it easy for me to do the newsletter. There’s a pithy post that says everything I want to say. So, to the kids I coach, this is the best writing advice I could give you! (Everything below the break is Seth, (emphases mine)) Decorating a car with bling, mudflaps and an airhorn is a form of signalling. You can show your peers that you have the resources to waste on superfluous adornments. ...
From the Writing Routines1 pdf that is available on signing up to their mailing list… “If I had a nickel for every person who ever told me he/she wanted to become a writer but “didn’t have time to read,” I could buy myself a pretty good steak dinner. Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” — Stephen King, On Writing ...
If you are looking for something to read, you might find something interesting here. May The Great Mental Models, Shane Parrish (the first of a soon to be multivolume work. must read times a hundred. this book teaches you how to think. and how to do it well. have i said it’s a must read? you must read it.) Coraline, Neil Gaiman (must read. scarily charming.) April Keep Going, Austin Kleon (must read. new annual read. timely. beautiful quotes. hugely inspirational) ...
If you haven’t read James Clear’s blockbuster book on habits, you owe it to yourself to. It’s the best way to build habits and routines that are an intrinsic part of you. One of the best ways to a super productive you is, as James describes in this excerpted post, saying No. Ever think about the events you set in action when you just say yes as a reactive reflex? The Difference Between Yes and No The words “yes” and “no” get used in comparison to each other so often that it feels like they carry equal weight in conversation. In reality, they are not just opposite in meaning, but of entirely different magnitudes in commitment. ...
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Shane Parrish’s highlights from this gem of a Ted Talk by Kahthryn Schulz. … The first thing we usually do when someone disagrees with us is that we just assume they are ignorant. You know, they don’t have access to the same information we do and when we generously share that information with them, they are going to see the light and come on over to our team. When that doesn’t work. When it turns out those people have all the same information and they still don’t agree with us we move onto a second assumption. They’re idiots. They have all the right pieces of the puzzle and they are too moronic to put them together. ...