What if we forgot about our weaknesses and focussed on our strengths? What if we teamed up with people who had strengths that complemented our weaknesses?
Author: Matt Shanks
It’ll be slower than you think
Success isn’t slow, we just imagine it to be fast.
Test and learn
When learning anything new, fast feedback cycles matter. The earlier we get feedback, the quicker we learn, the quicker we learn, the faster we improve.
It’s not you, it’s me
It’s easy to blame ‘them’ for not understanding. For not getting it. For not seeing the genius in your work. But what if they’re right?
Roald Dahl doesn’t have an Instagram account
Roald Dahl doesn’t have an Instagram account. He passed away in 1990. But there are over 300,000 posts tagged #roalddahl and the ‘official HQ account’ on Instagram has over 57,000 followers. Managing social media, along with all the other stuff I have to do in life, is hard. It’s a time-suck. The algorithms that drive… Continue reading Roald Dahl doesn’t have an Instagram account
A new table
Changing me is hard. It’s far easier to change my environment, and then watch it change me in return.
Draw everyday. Or don’t.
Some advice is good, and some is bad. What’s most important about any advice, is that it’s just advice. What works for some, doesn’t work for others.
How to be original
Even if they say they do, most people don’t want original.
First, we make the clay
First drafts aren’t final drafts. They aren’t even close. The first draft for a writer is nothing but a big hunk of clay, waiting to be shaped, the only problem is, writers have to do the digging.
Do I want to make a living from my art?
Everyone wonders whether I will ever make art ‘full-time’ but no one asks whether that’s even possible, and what I’m willing to change to make it happen.