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“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” -Michelangelo Maybe you’re not quite giving it everything you got because deep down you’re afraid your best isn’t good enough. That’s a real fear and itContinue reading “Don’t Hold Back”

The best decisions are often what you eliminate or say “No” to doing. Similarly, the best art often arises from what you left out. Consider the last line (maybe one of the best last lines in all of literature) from Hemingway’s A Farewell To Arms: “After a while I went out and left the hospitalContinue reading “Left Out”

“You know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world. To not know why you’re here…It’s hard for many people to believe that there are extraordinary things inside themselves, as well as others…Go to where people are. You won’t have to look very long.” -Elijah Price’s advice to David DunnContinue reading “Unbreakable”

Feel like nobody cares about your art? Good. You’re free to make what you want. Whatever lights you up inside. Now go make it. P.S. – No one will ever care if your aim is to get them to care. They may end up caring because you risked. Because you made something from your heartContinue reading “Nobody Cares”

“There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.” -Malcolm X “Plenty and peace bring cowards. Hardness ever of hardiness is mother.” -William Shakespeare “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” -MikeContinue reading “Dear Adversity,”

“To me, acting doesn’t really feel that different, one job to another. The set’s different, and we had no money, and we had small catering and stuff, a small crew, but it doesn’t feel that different. If you play basketball on a playground, and then you play in a college game, you’re playing basketball. IfContinue reading “Just Find A Way To Play”

It doesn’t matter that anyone ever notices the details you cared so much about and sweated over to get just right. It should only matter to you. That you cared enough to sweat them in the first place. Consider this excerpt from Walter Isacsson’s excellent biography of Steve Jobs… Nobody but Apple’s engineers would knowContinue reading “Detail Oriented”

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” -Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Every event has two handles, one by which it can be carried, and one by which it can’t. If your brother does you wrong, don’t grab it by his wronging, because this is the handle incapable of lifting it. Instead,Continue reading “View And Do”

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” -Anton Chekov “Show the readers everything, tell them nothing…The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water. -Ernest Hemmingway Show us. Don’t tell us. In your art. In your life. Don’tContinue reading “Show, Don’t Tell”

“What would this look like if it were easy?” is a question author and investor Tim Ferriss routinely asks himself before starting a project. It’s not about avoiding hard work or running away from obstacles. It’s about setting yourself up to succeed. Being efficient. Building an elegant system and process that will sustain and inspireContinue reading “Easy”