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Make more shitty first drafts.

Every remarkable piece of art has either come from later versions of a shitty first draft or it has come from something new that was created after learning all the lessons of the other hundred shitty first drafts.

In other words, you don’t need more good ideas. You need more bad ones.

And for every bad idea, either find a way to improve it or find what you learned from it that can make the next bad idea, different.

 

Stay Positive & One SFD Per Day, Please

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With any steam train, it requires a stoker. Someone who shows up, again and again, who fans the flame, who shovels the coal, who keeps the train moving forward.

A stoker that gives it his all despite the lack of recognition (chances are you didn’t know the person who shovels coal into the engine box is called a stoker). No worries, though. To the stoker, there’s no ego in the coal room.

When you develop your muse, bit by bit, over time, you create remarkable change. You get people where they need to go. You make progress. You create forward movement the same as a stoker.

But, like the stoker, you have to show up, again and again.

 

Stay Positive & Fuel Your Muse

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If you are aiming to create change, then you’re in the idea business.

Every day write down 10 ideas. (10)
Every day mail five different ideas to yourself. (15)
Every day share three ideas with a friend you admire. (18)
Every day share two ideas with your boss. (20)

An idea is what fuels change. Not the other way around.

 

Stay Positive & More Ideas The Merrier

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Our responsibility in this life is to create change.

It only gets easier … and scarier to.

It’s a tall order to show up every day.

It’s our calling though.

 

Stay Positive & See You Again Tomorrow

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It’s easier to skip an activity on your to-do list than it is to skip an activity you have dedicated time scheduled to complete.

In some cases,–like that of creating something meaningful–a routine is a tactic that helps more than it hurts.

Some wait for inspiration to hit, other’s tell it when it needs to show up, they mark it in their calendars, they set alarms.

 

Stay Positive & Plan The Work

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For all those who have said “I should start a blog” or “I should go Live” or “I should share photos of my hobby.”

Now seems like a perfect time to do so.

 

Stay Positive & People Have Been Waiting For Too Long

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It’s incredible how much businesses spend on getting attention compared to what they spend creating something that resonates.

Connections might be triggered by sight, but they’re made from the head and the heart; from a brand that truly sees someone and gives them something that resonates.

The weak connection between a brand and a person might not be due to too few ads, it might be due to the lack of meaning in a product or experience in a service.

 

Stay Positive & Resonate First

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