Advice for Writers
~ Samuel Johnson in Idleness I guess I’m screwed.
Say What You Can Say
Stop worrying about what you don’t know and say what you can say. This is advice my friend Chase likes to give me, but if I’m honest, it has yet to sink in. So often I find myself struggling to produce because I’m trying to say things I can’t say. In an effort to seem …
David Rakoff on Writing
That said, I never approach a story with “how can I make this weighty, how can I make it mean something.” I really do just approach it with my notebook and a pen and I just think, “My task right now, the task at hand, is to right as much as possible.” Something happens, right …
Don’t Be The Guy In The Pool With A Shirt On
But underneath the shirt is the real me. Fear. Self-deception. Needing to be liked. Approval whore. That’s what I don’t want anyone to see. But some days I wake up and want to tear off the shirt and live as free as a streaker at a football game. But there’s that fear. The fear of …
You Get What You Price For
When I first started Bottlerocket I priced myself low and took every job I could get. Often, that’s what we have to do when starting out. But the fear of having no work seems to drive many of us to maintain that modus operandi long after we need to. We have high standards for our …
When Enough Is Enough
In one of our recent bi-weekly phone calls, Brian Hoff and I were discussing how growth is addictive. There’s a rush that comes from watching your business double every month. And while growth can be a great thing, I’ve found a subtle shift taking place in how and why I work. I’ve started basing all …