the key is to believe that you can have everything you want but that no one owes you any of it

My 1:1 work helps you develop your own lens on the world so you do not need to rely on anyone else’s, liberating you to act on your ideas without friction. If you fully commit, you should end up creating your biggest and most audacious ideas without ever feeling like you’re

Notes on why I write (and why you may want to as well):

The key is not to be repulsed by any part of the process If you’re an artist, learn to love the business side of what you create If you’re into business, learn to love the creative side of your venture What you resist will block your ideas from reaching their full expression

A primer on turning your desires and ideas into reality in a way that feels effortless:

Fool to sage pipeline

The ultimate productivity hack is to figure out what you actually want to do, commit to it, and find the ways of doing it that feel most effortless and genuinely pleasurable to you. If you take this aim seriously and actually do it, won’t be able to keep yourself from “producing”

Writing helps you face what you’re avoiding and see yourself more clearly. To be creative, be where you are:

found myself in 40 years on the streets of paris today

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Commit to what you truly care about, and your whole world will come into focus in a way you’ve never experienced before:

PARIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL 😭 how are we all not trying to live here

There are cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see

The through-line in my ideas is an attempt to distinguish the Aesthetic Of The Thing from The Real Thing, and to only pursue the latter.

Writing is a way of testing how your thinking sounds out loud. Sometimes you even don’t know if you agree with your thoughts until you see them in front of you.

Auto-capitalization is back on. Welcome to a new era.

My 1-1 client work is a magnet for a specific archetype of person that: - is interested in using their agency to its fullest - deeply values truth and individuality - senses they have a lot of potential to do something significant and meaningful in the world, but is not yet sure

Because it is our mind’s natural tendency to focus on the Bad, and to stew in what you do not feel confident in and sure about within yourself, it is your duty to spend conscious time focusing on the Good and building stronger connections to what you feel sure about in your life.

Being surrounded by beauty makes you feel more alive

I feel a number of my biggest and most important ideas converging in an effortless, clear way right now. Feels good to see dots connect that did not always appear to be connected. Takes time to see the full picture.

There is wisdom in delegation, in awareness around your limitations, in recruiting support where you struggle to sustain focus. Save your energy for what you are best at, that comes most naturally to you, so your life force can be saved for the work that only you can uniquely do.