by Seth Godin
9/10
Key Ideas:
Your work is too important to be left to how you feel today.
Blog daily. Write daily. Ship daily. Show up daily. Find your streak and maintain it.
Create something new that changes someone.
Other interesting notes:
Process saves us from the poverty of our intentions.
When was the last time you did something for the first time?
If you knew you were going to fail, would you still do it?
Get clear on who the work is for. Help someone, not everyone.
What it is for? Is the work you’re shipping meeting the need of your audience?
When you feel the weight of perfectionism, give yourself permission to be raw, messy, and uninhibited as you send your creative gifts into the world.
We’re creative because we ship the work. We don’t ship the work because we’re creative.
Doing the work is everything. Success, Satisfaction, Fulfilment come when you do the work.
Nothing’s wrong with feeling like an impostor. It’s a sign that we’re innovative.
You can’t always do much about how you feel, particularly when it’s about something important, but you can always control your actions.
Choose a genre: Our best work reminds people of what they’ve seen before.
Seek out desirable difficulty.
It’s easy to see the absurdity of attachment when we’re talking about the weather. Be okay no matter what, because the most things happen without regard for what we need.
Only after we do the difficult work does it become our calling.
Thoughts on the book:
Inspiring book, mandatory reading for creatives (that’s everyone).
Easy read, short chapters, many memorable stories.
Longer summary/notes: Sivers, Seth, BC
If you like this, you’ll probably like: The war of art, Seth’s daily blog, Linchpin, Atomic habits, books
Leo :) 