The one thing I could offer that would benefit my fellow entrepreneurs the most? Clarity.
Unfortunately, it’s not something I can sell. You pretty much have to set off on a traditional hero’s journey with fantasy animal friends in order to find it for yourself.
Some people do try to sell clarity — or the promise of clarity.
Read MoreYesterday, while driving, I came up with a new way of visualizing the relationships between the programs I’d like to offer.
I held it in my mind and committed it to paper later that day. It’s starting to make sense. However, the diagram I drew made me realize that there are still some pieces missing. And what is the overarching theme?
Read MoreSuppose I wanted to write an entire album of songs inspired by Reddit posts.
(I am picking this idea at random, but it’s kind of awesome, actually.)
One option is to think about it and obsess about it, then tell everyone that I’m thinking about it and ask their opinion or advice.
Read MoreIn studying early Dylan songs, it's interesting how many of them were adapted (or stolen) from hymns and so on.
He would take melodies and write new lyrics to them, or copy the structure of existing lyrics and create a new melody. He also mimicked Woody Guthrie's singing style.
This tactic obviously worked out pretty well for the guy. Taking the long view, all that copying was a shortcut to developing his own creative voice.
Read MoreAfter spending most of the last quarter of last year making a dining-room table-full of holiday gifts, I decided that I wanted to knit some things for myself.
I made a shawl and a hat and some fingerless mitts; a cape and a couple pairs of leg-warmers. But what I really wanted to make was a sweater.
And then I spent hours combing Ravelry (a website for knitters and crocheters) for juuuust the right one. I didn’t find exactly what I was looking for, so I considered designing my own.
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