Art No Eggs On Toast If you’re ever in Melbourne (or Paris), you should visit Hardware Societe. I found them because of a book I picked up in a cafe at the markets. The
Life and Living When will you be ready? When you think of starting something new, sharing your work, putting your art out there, it can be tempting to wait. Wait until you know more. Wait until you're not
Art Attention to detail Dad and I went to the barber today. The local one down the road. I always get Alex. He's from Colombia. Loves baseball, loves his little girl. She's 7-months old
Life and Living How to deal with imposter syndrome The first time I walked into an artificial intelligence meetup, I felt like I shouldn’t have been there. The second time I walked into a machine learning event, I
Creating Is it beautiful? That’s question one. The next: Is it functional? Whenever you make something, keep these in mind. Why beauty first? Because beauty is a function. If something is beautiful, it
Creating Create like a toddler My friend was over with his son the other day. My friend has been to my place plenty of times, his son too, but it’s only now he’s
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu White belt mentality I’ve been doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) for the past year. I’m addicted. I should’ve signed up to a martial art earlier. Aside from the life lessons like
Creating What can I create today? If there isn't a YouTube video on something, it doesn't exist. And if you can't find what you're looking for on the first page of Google, you'll probably stop looking
Creating Starting is the easy part The professional knows starting is the easy part. They know this because finishing is harder. The amateur starts a list of projects and finishes none. The professional starts a list
Creating Own your projects Instead of trying to grow at all costs. Instead of trying to build the next biggest thing. Instead of trying to change the world from the beginning. Start with something
Creating Put yourself in their shoes What do they think? What have they done before? Why are they showing up to see what you’ve made? What don’t they know? What should they know? How
Productivity How I became a productivity machine I spend a lot of time thinking about how to spend my time. You might be the same. I’ve tried every system you can imagine. Some worked, some didn’
Writing How I became a better writer I practice creativity every day. Like I work my muscles through different movements, I need to work my creativity by making things. This morning it's writing. Every day it's writing.
Creating Use what works Focus on the content more than the medium. What's the story you're trying to tell? Tell it. I asked Sam, does having a more expensive gi (the karate outfit) make you better at Jiu Jitsu? No. Does having a more expensive camera make your
Creating No explanations That’s rule number 1. When you want to learn something new, when you want to create something new, you’ll hold yourself back. Why? Because that’s what you’
Creating No one will be as interested as you The thing you want to work on. Your health. Your side project. The book you’re writing. The movie you’re making. The girl you’re interested in. The boy
Creating The creative habit Treat creativity as a habit. If you want to be more creative, practice being more creative. I wanted to get better at writing, so I started writing every day. I
Business I earned $10,363.60 online last month, here's how I left my job two months ago. Since then, I've tripled my salary.
Writing Being Your Own Biggest Critique is Easy, Try Being Your Own Biggest Fan 6 ways to poison distraction and start writing.
Life Lessons Don’t break the chain You’re walking along a beach. You find a book. The pages are a bit damp but it’s legible. You read the title. 2043. Only four numbers? You flip
Creating Approach Your Art Like a Professional Golfer How often do you see someone get a hole in one? Professional golfers only land 1 in 2500 holes on the first shot. For an amateur, it’s more like
