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    Detrimental Dependencies

    January 14, 2020 /

    Two years. An aspiring writer stopped writing for two years after receiving an eviscerating critique from a trusted friend.

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    What’s your proof?

    November 12, 2019 /

    What can you point to and claim as something you built?

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    An agenda

    July 9, 2019 /

    Many people have an agenda for you. They want you to: Spend more money

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    Forget Keeping Up

    March 22, 2016 /

    “Comparison is the thief of joy.” Theodore Roosevelt Keeping up with the Joneses Keeping up appearances Keeping up with… you know But is that really a good use of your time? As a creative, sometimes you’re going to be way ahead and sometimes you’re going to be way behind a trend, an innovation, the crowd, a host of things.

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