Helping artists, performers, and writers become profitably creative™In the spirit of Josh Kaufman’s Personal MBA site, I post the 10 biggest ideas I learn from the different books I read. 1. Forget will. Think skill. Your willpower is weak; don’t take it personally. Efforts to change usually result in failure and frustration. Scientific studies have repeatedly shown that we each have ...
Steven Pressfield has his own 10 big ideas on professionalism, and how "turning pro" separates the working artists from the aspiring artists. I distill his thoughts even further. ...
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What can business owners learn from disaster survivors? Plenty, especially about the perils of lack of preparedness, mental paralysis when faced with extreme fear, and inability to recover from the inevitable set-backs. ...
All in the name of DIY business education and inspired by Josh Kaufman's "Personal MBA" blog, I'm starting to post summaries of business and self-improvement books I read. ...