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TOTD – Adventure to Adventure
“Wanting adventure, being able to have adventures, being able to see life as an adventure, is not luck. It’s a choice.
And the ones who fail to make that choice; invariably make something else instead: Excuses.”
TOTD – Inspire
“There’s many ways to measure success. But how often one feels inspired, I think, is about a good a metric as any. Inspiration is totally addictive. I can’t get enough of it. You?”
TOTD – At Least I Tried
Thought of the Day
Thought of the Day
One of the most essential talents a creative has to learn if she ever wants to be successful is, the capacity to “Kill Your Babies”. It’s hard at first, but you get used to it…
TOTD – In the Moment
TOTD – No Whining
This post is for my dad – who used to own a no whining hat. I wore it once to elementary school without his permission. It was a hit. When I returned home and got bitched at for taking his property — I pointed to the hat.
Happy Fathers Day Dad :)
Business Is
Human beings are primates. We’re social. Everything we do is related around socializing with others of our species.
Yet we’re always tempted to think otherwise. That our businesses are not what they actually are (social groups), but more like machines. Taylorism, Homo Economicus and all that…
This is why I always recommend people reading the work of my good friend, Mark Earls. Mark’s thesis is, simply, 1. That people are social animals, 2. That businesses are social groups, not machines, 3. That what holds these social groups (businesses) together is a collective sense of “purpose”, 3. A business without a strong “Purpose-Idea” is at a considerable disadvantage.
Which is why I made the drawing so that “Purpose” is at the very center of the design…
Thanks Hugh.
Thought of the Day
The White Pebble
I Create…
A lot of people don’t understand what I do. So I will let Hugh MacLeod explain…
“The fact is, to lead a successful. “creative” life, you pretty much have to work at it every day, the same way a pianist practices his scales, or a football player practices his drills. Every frickin’ day.
Of course, not everybody will understand why you bother…
And not every day will be a winner, either. Sometimes you’ll do a twelve or fourteen hour stretch, and come away with hardly anything of value. Lots of work, little gain.
Which is why I made this cartoon look so imcomplete and fragmented. It feels like that more often than any artist would ever care to admit.
Sure, you get used to it. But it never stops hurting, just a little…”
Creative Project
A “CLEAN” 2010 Reminder to Everyone
Don’t forget the “dirty” reminder too.
The only issue I’m having right now with reminding everyone of this… is that being “totally fucking amazing” doesn’t always pay cash money.
What is money anyhow?
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