No one knows more about the way you think than you do.
When your art fails, make better art.
Our cultural instinct is to wait to get pickedNo one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.
The goal of a marketing interaction isn't to close the sale, any more than the goal of a first date is to get married. No, the opportunity is to move forward, to earn attention and trust and curiosity and conversation.
Are you doing work worth doing, or are you just doing your job?
The rules are now clear: no one is going to inform you, but it's easier than ever to inform yourself.