¯_(⊙_ʖ⊙)_/¯ Nº136 Fear is Boring, if you’re alive: keep exploring 😨 🧭
Elizabeth Gilbert wrote about 11 ways to think smartly about creativity back in 2015. I like her list:
- 💓 If you’re alive, you’re a creative person.
- 🤓 You’re not a genius, you have a genius.
- 🔨 Make something, do something, do anything.
- 😫 Stop complaining and get to work.
- 😤 Frustration is not an interruption of the process, frustration is the process.
- 💭 Let go of your fantasy of perfection.
- 😨 You can’t get rid of fear, but do remember that fear is boring.
- 🔎 If something is authentic enough, it will feel original.
- 🎨 If you’re in the arts, you don’t need graduate school.
- 💼 Creative fields make for crap careers.
- 🤔 Curiosity is the truth and the way of creative living.
Which ones ring true for you? My favorites are 1, 4, 5 & 7!
As always thank you for reading,
Jon
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Cycling
The Ampler Electric Amsterdam-Berlin Challenge! — amplerbikes.com
Follow Dutchman Alain Buffing as he rides an Ampler from Amsterdam to Berlin to promote a green lifestyle and to test the merits of an electric bicycle. The ride kicks off TOMORROW from Twotone HQ!
Press info here: 🇳🇱: bit.ly/2I5Lock & 🇬🇧: bit.ly/2ljpJVf
Oakley Cycling Tour Amsterdam — nl.oakleycyclingtour.com
We’re supporting Michel Bos PR by planning & leading this awesome event. Read about it here.
Motivational Music: the 5th Floor — blog.wahoofitness.com
Digging Wahoo’s new playlist posts!
Startups
Nick Hussey: Using my story to address entrepreneurial obsession, mental health, failure & recovery
Honest & inspiring writing from Nick. Worth a read.
Keep it up. Nick!
Bitcoin’s Price Was Artificially Inflated, Fueling Skyrocketing Value, Researchers Say — www.nytimes.com
A University of Texas team found evidence that a cryptocurrency boom may have been largely due to manipulation.
I left Facebook for 10 days and Facebook did not let me forget it. — slate.com
Ever more tempting!
Sales & PR
In Praise of Extreme Moderation — hbr.org
What if you didn’t give 110%?
PART TWO: The Creative Fight — mailchi.mp
The second creative skill worth flexing is association. To break through to new ideas we need to train ourselves to find the less obvious associations.
The Two Traits of the Best Problem-Solving Teams — hbr.org
You need both diversity and safety.
Radness
『Hit Like A Girl Contest 2018』Good Times Bad Times — LED ZEPPELIN — vimeo.com
We recently got some drums in the office.
I need to get on Yoyoka’s level! : )
