- Aug 17
What Top Gun Taught Me About Procrastination
Zest wants to act, but fear is uneasy about what might happen after that act. Fear is afraid of sharing. Here's what to do about it.
- Aug 11
The Bear Trap Of Finding Your Purpose
Your life is not a thematic one act play. Your life is a series of disconnected improv sketches.
- Jun 20
What We Mean When We Talk About Meaning
"Meaning" is a noun, so we think we can go find it. Trouble is, it's our treating it as a noun that confuses us when we go looking.
- May 24
All Fear Is The Fear Of One Thing
Static worlds don’t predict fluid worlds all that well. That is why the fear of success and the fear of failure are really the same thing.
- May 18
Is Success Even The Point?
Feeling like you're not living up to your potential? Are people quick to pile on too? There's an easy fix.
- Apr 30
Why Inspiration Is So Fickle
We don’t actually want inspiration to bring on action, we want inspiration to be a forcefield against doubt. We want a guarantee.
- Mar 29
You Are Always In The Marketing Business
The distance between self-expression and public adoration is outreach and income. Remember, you are part of an economy, not a commune.
- Mar 23
Jobs Are Not Nouns, They're Verbs
There is a gulf between a job title and what that job actually entails, because our jobs are not nouns. They are verbs.
- Feb 16
On Getting Out Of Your Own Way
We got the "climbing a mountain" analogy all wrong. Here's the metaphor you need to get you moving at the start of any creative project
- Jan 18
Easy Isn't Interesting
Long before the masterpiece, it’s an albatross around the neck. May we be grateful for the opportunity and the struggle to chase our bliss
