James Clear has this idea - Goals are for people who care about winning once. Systems are for people who care about winning repeatedly. Goals are only as great as the systems surrounding them. If you have goals but are lacking in systems, you won’t have any strategy to chase with. It’s all talk and, … Continue reading Goals Vs. Systems
Tag: leadership
Giant Baby Steps (Abandoning Impossibility)
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” - Vince Lombardi Impossible. Ha. A conversation I often have with myself, Maybe it’s not possible, but it’s probably not impossible. So how do we just get out of impossible territory and into the zone of hardly plausible? I call … Continue reading Giant Baby Steps (Abandoning Impossibility)
GZA On A&R, Labels, And – Art
The connection between making art and the business of selling it has fascinated me my entire life. It’s an exchange for value. Kind of intangible. Kind of so tangible you can’t even put words on it so much as feel it. Yes, there’s product you can buy. But in the end, consumption is pure experience. … Continue reading GZA On A&R, Labels, And – Art
Culture Emerges From Creators, Communicators, Collaborators
Culture emerges from: Creators, who come up with ideas, Communicators, who spread the ideas, and Collaborators, who work with the ideas. Good and bad alike. Yeah, it ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. As you may have noticed. Communities contain cultures. They form collections of these ideas. What’s been created, communicated, and collaborated on. So if … Continue reading Culture Emerges From Creators, Communicators, Collaborators
Get Down On It: What Else I’m Up To, 11/23/2023 Edition
What are you doing with all of this semi-free holiday time? If you need some YouTube or podcasts, I have some self-promotional fun for you - links at the bottom: “Hold My Beer” Breaking News #9. It’s primary season (and the season lasts a full year, so yeah). As the crazy gets crazier, or goes … Continue reading Get Down On It: What Else I’m Up To, 11/23/2023 Edition
Selling Mirrors Vs. Offering Reflections
“A flower is just a weed with a marketing budget.” Rory Sutherland, paraphrased, but certainly in “Alchemy” too “However you frame yourself as an artist, the frame is too small.” Rick Rubin, via “The Creative Act” “I had to forget selling mirrors and focus on offering reflections.” Matt Zeigler, via “The Rick Rubin Of Advice: … Continue reading Selling Mirrors Vs. Offering Reflections
Be Careful What You Wish For (Jed McKenna, Agnes Callard, And Cypress Hill Edition)
“Be careful what you wish for, not because you’ll get it but because you’ll be turned into the thing that can get it.” Jed McKenna Agnes Callard explains the difference between the aspirational and the ambitious. Apply these to McKenna’s “wish” from the quote above. They have everything to do with our identities and the … Continue reading Be Careful What You Wish For (Jed McKenna, Agnes Callard, And Cypress Hill Edition)
Why Famous People Don’t Remember Meeting Me
There’s a reason famous people don’t remember meeting me. And you. But I didn’t want to come off as too insulting. Ben Greenman was telling Questlove about researching stories for the autobiographies he’s worked on.* He said it’s amazing all of the stories that are out there, and how one person’s biggest deal encounter can … Continue reading Why Famous People Don’t Remember Meeting Me
I’m An Optimist Because I Remember Tel Aviv As It Was
Howard Lindzon was telling Ben Hunt why he’s an optimist about the situation in Israel. Lindzon said, “I am an optimist because I remember Tel Aviv as it was.” Memory of the good fuels imagination of the good. You can daydream good too, but when you know something good existed - from experience - you … Continue reading I’m An Optimist Because I Remember Tel Aviv As It Was
Podcast Of The Week: Justin Castelli On Living Your Life
You might not be reading this on 11/11/23, but this video/podcast says life is as easy as 111123. The heavy finger or stutter on the 1’s is real. You want it to go 123. But starting is hard. 111123 feels way more accurate. Justin Castelli kicked off a series of live talks (out in Indiana) … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Justin Castelli On Living Your Life