Those that spend the most effort in search of shortcuts are often the most disappointed and the least successful.
The habit of doing more than is necessary can only be earned through practice.
If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it’s unlikely it would be worth the journey. Persist.
Set a goal, and in small, consistent steps, work to reach it. Get support from your peers when you start flagging. Repeat. You will change.
One bad review doesn’t ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of criticism at all.
Why waste a sentence saying nothing?
Marketing is a contest for people’s attention.
Most people have been brainwashed into believing that their job is to copyedit the world, not to design it.
If you wait until there is another case study in your industry, you will be too late!
Our job is obvious: we need to get out of the way, shine a light, and empower a new generation to teach itself and to go further and faster than any generation ever has.
There’s a big difference between not settling and not starting.
Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.
Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.
Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it’s a lot easier to launch work that matters.
Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
In the long run, doing work that’s important leads to more happiness than doing work that’s merely profitable.
Do you believe in what you do? Every day? It turns out that belief happens to be a brilliant strategy.
The less people know, the more they yell.
Great innovations, powerful interactions and real art are often produced by someone in a state of wonder. Looking around with stars in your eyes and amazement at the tools that are available to you can inspire generosity and creativity and connection.
Busy does not equal important. Measured doesn’t mean mattered.