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The Mediocrity Flood
The Mediocrity Flood
The barrier to publishing content online is effectively zero. Anyone with a phone and something to show can post a tutorial, a technique demonstration, a shortcut, a workaround. And the platform...
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77: The System You've Been Building
The System Youโve Been Building
Ten weeks. Ten principles. And if you've been with this series from the beginning, you've done something more significant than listen to ten podcast episodes. Whether you realized it...
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76: You Can't Read the Label From Inside the Jar
You Canโt Read the Label From Inside the Jar
There is a particular kind of pride that runs through creative communities. Not arrogance - more like a value system. The serious maker figures things out independently....
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75: Who You're Around Is What You Think Is Normal
Who You're Around Is What You Think Is Normal
The people you're consistently around are doing something to your work right now. Not dramatically. Quietly. They're setting your baseline for what good looks like,...
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74: Perfectionism Is Rarely About Standards
Perfectionism Is Rarely About Standards
Most makers who struggle with finishing and releasing their work will tell you it's because they have high standards. And that's probably true - the standards are real. But...
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73: You Don't Have To See The Whole Path
You Donโt Have to See the Whole Path
You can know your values, question your definition of success, own your choices, work through your beliefs - and still not move. Still not build anything. Still end up in exactly...
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72: The Third Option You Filtered Out
The Third Option You Filtered Out
Most creative makers default to either-or thinking without realizing they're doing it. Artist or business owner. Technically skilled or artistically expressive. Creative fulfillment...
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71: The Difference Between Hard and Wrong
The Difference Between Hard and Wrong
Every creative maker struggles. That's not the interesting question. The interesting question is what a particular struggle is actually trying to tell you.
Most makers respond to...
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70: You're Going To Be Right Either Way
Youโre Going To Be Right Either Way
Henry Ford said it a long time ago and most people nod at it and move on. "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." It sounds like a motivational poster. It's...
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"I Can't" Is Usually a Lie
I Canโt Is Usually a Lie
Every maker has two lists. The list of things they're working on - and the other one. The things they haven't started, haven't finished, keep meaning to get to when the time is right. And...
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68: Whose Definition of Success Are You Chasing?
Whose Definition of Success Are You Chasing?
Most people can tell you what success means to them without hesitating. But ask where that definition came from - when they formed it, under what circumstances, and...
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67: You Don't Know Your Values
You Donโt Know Your Values
Most makers can tell you what they value in about thirty seconds. Creativity. Freedom. Authenticity. The work itself. The answer comes quickly and it sounds right. But values aren't what...
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