Mickey Patel
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Mickey Patel
Concrete writing resonates. Abstract writing puts people to sleep. Bring your words to life by making them vivid and tangible. Use specific examples. Talk about things people can see, touch, taste, smell, and hear.
David Perell • 31 Ways to Improve Your Writing
Attention to the ways of the self, understanding that fear, desire, and anger are natural but that you don’t have to act them out or have everything you want—this insight dissolves mental anguish without adding to it.
J. Krishnamurti • What Are You Doing With Your Life?
People try to explain the world, but the real point is to change the world.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
Get your ideas out, people need you.
When we sing in the shower, we hardly expect applause. In fact, that would be awfully weird.
But online, when just about anyone might be clicking, watching or sharing, it’s disappointing to put your work into the world and hear nothing.
Nothing but a black hole that absorbs your best work and reflects nothing back.
And if that happens again and again,... See more
But online, when just about anyone might be clicking, watching or sharing, it’s disappointing to put your work into the world and hear nothing.
Nothing but a black hole that absorbs your best work and reflects nothing back.
And if that happens again and again,... See more
Crickets
When I try to make the best thing, it feels different. It feels like I’m trying to prove something to someone instead of trying to discover something for myself. It feels dishonest and disrespectful of where I’m at. I’m not the best, so why should I try to make the best things? I’m just me, so I should make me things.
I don’t like making the best things - internetVin
Obvious to you. Amazing to others. Any creator of anything knows this feeling: You experience someone else’s innovative work. It’s beautiful, brilliant, breath-taking. You’re stunned. Their ideas are unexpected and surprising, but perfect. You think, “I never would have thought of that. How do they even come up with that? It’s genius!” Afterwards,
... See moreHell_Yeah_or_No • Sivers
I know a painting coach who tells her students to listen for resistance in the copying process. “Do you hear that?” she asks. “It’s the echo of your unique style.” Those moments highlight the second benefit of copying: it reveals your voice.
Ironically, the more we imitate others, the more we discover how we’re different.