“Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.” Advice from Bruce Wayne’s dad. And advice Batman repeatedly hears as struggles to hold onto and protect his code. Falling is just a reason to get back up. As true in Batman as it is in Ted Lasso.* If you have something you … Continue reading Why Do We Fall, Bruce?
Tag: comics
Choose Your Heroes Carefully (The Tick Edition)
I loved The Tick cartoon in the mid-90s. The idea of a superhero who was as tough as Superman and as irreverently funny as The Kids in the Hall was - and still is - pure magic to me (psst. You can catch all three seasons of the cartoon on Hulu). Amazon did a live-action … Continue reading Choose Your Heroes Carefully (The Tick Edition)
Mitch Hedberg On How To Name An Appliance
Mitch Hedberg on the art and science of appliance naming: I want to get a job naming kitchen appliances. That seems easy, you know? Refrigerator, toaster, blender - you just say what the thing does, then you add “-er.” Kitchen Appliance Naming Institute: “What’s this thing do?” “It keeps (expletive) fresh.” “Well, that’s a 'fresher.' … Continue reading Mitch Hedberg On How To Name An Appliance
Podcast Of The Week: Storyboarding (Where You Make Your Mistakes)
Storyboarding, or the act of breaking a story down into individual panels (think like a comic strip), has always fascinated me. It's a reminder that the sweeping story that floods past you is actually created from all of these individual frames, stitched together. And, in movies, somebody like Jennifer Yuh Nelson has the job of … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Storyboarding (Where You Make Your Mistakes)
Podcast Of The Week: John Cleese On Creativity
Ok, so it’s not a podcast, but you don’t need the video if you want to just listen to it - so get over yourself, will you? (Which is essentially what I’m telling myself as I’m breaking form here and not giving you a literal podcast. Ok. I forgive me, I hope you can too. … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: John Cleese On Creativity
Podcast Of The Week: May I Elaborate With JB Smoove
Sometimes you just need a laugh. Sometimes the dumbest thing, like an inspirational quote-a-day calendar, needs to be so savagely misinterpreted that it can bring you to tears and leave the rest of humanity wilting in the dust. JB Smoove’s guest spots on Conan O’Brien’s podcast have been some of my favorites, but now JB … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: May I Elaborate With JB Smoove
Podcast Of The Week: Jerry Seinfeld On Process, Practice, And What It Means To Be A Professional
Tim Ferriss lined up some killer guests last year. Now, some of these may have sat in my queue for a little longer than normal, but like Jim Collins last week, this Jerry Seinfeld episode is worth making time for. A few highlights that might turn into posts next week: Why discovering a talent is … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Jerry Seinfeld On Process, Practice, And What It Means To Be A Professional
Podcast Of The Week: Matthew Ball On The Future Of Media
Patrick O’Shaughnessy has done it again. His Invest Like The Best interview with Matthew Ball covers all things media, content, and distribution. The range of questions he’s asked in this interview and the sheer depth and clarity of his responses show his craft. Ball’s ideas have widened the way I understand how companies like Disney … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Matthew Ball On The Future Of Media
Bill Waterson On The Inportance Of Inventing Meaning
James Clear shared the following excerpt from a Bill Watterson commencement speech. Its been banging around in my head for a while now. It’s easy to measure ourselves with the rulers provided by others. It’s much more rewarding to invent our own rulers and measurements based on whatever matters most to us. It can change … Continue reading Bill Waterson On The Inportance Of Inventing Meaning
A Pulp Fiction Moment
The first time I watched Pulp Fiction and realized the story was being chopped up and fed back to me out of sequence, it felt like my brain was about to fall out of my head. Here was this incredibly visceral (and violent) story playing out and the normal rules of plot - beginning, middle, … Continue reading A Pulp Fiction Moment