Even better, the act of generosity, of giving without expectation, makes it easier to do art, to create work that matters on its own,Trying harder is impossible when you're already trying as hard as you can Just don't plan on using it as a shortcut to making a living,It looks cool, but an old guy like me can get hurt
Walk up to the falafel stand and hand the guy $3,Yet most of my classmates refused to choose What happens to the writers and photographers? Where do they get their money now?,Uninformed people need information and insight in order to figure out what to do next
LVMH and other huge corporations collect brands that telegraph scarcity above all else,The question I asked them is, does your packaging do its job? We're working with 800 CEO Read to offer the following: buy five copies of Linchpin and we'll send you a digital ten-page reader's guide,A movie can, but most big movies are inane entertainments designed to make a lot of money, not change people
If this is the best a politician can do to organize and lead, then we all lose,It turns out that people have a very difficult time making the leap You can optimize your workout to get faster and stronger,That feeling of freedom and risk in equal measure was difficult to find at work, so we sought it out on the slopes or the ocean
If it's slowing you down and keeping you up at night, consider artificially limiting your choices,It was a tremendous gift, this ability to choose Now, we fast forward to a world, our world, where the cost of delivery is zero and so we've removed 95% of the costs,If you're going to be of assistance, it helps to know which one
The plan was to run it as a closed community and then open it once we laid a foundation of connections and content,the best parts of SNL, the best parts of a speech, the best parts of a book There are only three kinds of classic meetings:,Answer questions well and people assume you're smart and generous
This is the one that sets the agenda, determines the goal and establishes the frame,The gain in speed, productivity and happiness is massive It ensures that ideas last more than one generation,Searching for more determination makes more sense
The first argument that makes no sense is, should we want free to be the future?,Confusing these two approaches is the #1 cause of client dissatisfaction when working with talent At some point, though, you want sales to happen for free, people to show up with money,One commercial I know of caught fire and ended up with millions of views
They acted big, spent big and never looked at or learned from their mistakes,The Times has always used freelancers and stringers to report and contribute to the paper Harrison had to throw his manuscript in the trash,That's because almost good enough gets you nowhere
