Self Reliance and Other Essays: 30 day writing challenge

“To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self Reliance and Other Essays. Writing begins when it begins. You put your pen to your paper, you...

Put it out there.

At some point, you need to let go. Stop holding on to the project. Take your hands off the working table and put the tools down. Put it out in the world. What’s worse than a “good” project is a project that never sees daylight. Most projects can be...

Finish or Punt

Ever have too many projects and don’t know what to do? Friday was a bit of a panic. I’ve got 8 projects overwhelming me right now. I honestly thought I’d drop all 8 balls and let them come smashing to the floor in a bit of Awesome Failure Glory....

Commitment

Goethe, on The Power of Commitment: “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative ( and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and...