Leading a Life of Quiet Inspiration
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Ideas are cheap. In fact, they’re abundant and free. You can have a new one every thirty seconds if you like.
But good ideas? They’re more rare, and though they might not cost money, they usually require some work.
The trouble is it’s hard to distinguish the good from the bad fresh out [...]
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How do you know you’re an artist?
There’s not a test you can take.
There’s no graduation ceremony.
You can’t even find a definition that everyone agrees on.
That’s because there’s an infinite number of ways to be one, and thus an infinite number of ways to know you are one. Here are just a few of them.
You [...]
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Think big, you’ve been told, but sometimes we make things bigger than they need to be. Sometimes, less is more. Scaling down can be a viable strategy for creating more abundance.
You can experience this by making things . . .
1. Less Complicated
I’ve seen programs for personal development that involve keeping journals, making charts and [...]
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You may have forgotten how your first idea arrived, how it showed up on your doorstep in ratty bluejeans and a ketchup stained t-shirt. You may have forgotten how you took it in and fed it and provided it with a hot shower, a set of clean clothes, and a place to sleep. You may [...]
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What would you say if I offered you a job that paid a million dollars a year? Sounds pretty good, doesn’ t it? There’s just one catch. Come on, you knew there had to be one.
The catch is you have to do something completely meaningless in order to collect your paycheck. You see, I have [...]
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