What are you prepared to suffer for?

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Colin Gordon
September 07, 2024

"SOMETHING TO READ"

This is a great one from Mark Manson, he of The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck, about what are you prepared to suffer for.

Because let’s face it if you’re not prepared to suffer at least a little bit you’re never going to achieve anything worthwhile.

A great 5-minute read.

The Most Important Question of Your Life

The most important question you will ever ask yourself might surprise you. Find out what it is here.

markmanson.net/question

"SOMETHING TO DO"

I’m a massive fan of writing of writing “drunk” and editing “sober”.

As in writing without my internal editor switched on beyond correcting spelling. Then, later in the day, coming back and being more critical of what I’ve written and cleaning up some of that initial outpouring.

So, I highly recommend setting aside time in the morning to write. Don’t worry about what comes out as you know you’re gonna come back and clean up later.

Do play around with it when you do this as mornings aren’t for everyone.

But whatever you do I strongly suggest putting time into your calendar to write.

"SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT"

Regardless of whether you work on online or in-person, you can’t escape the need for some sort of social media presence. Where most get it wrong is in trying to go viral, and gather followers but not buyers.

Chasing followers is a poor metric for growth, you’d be surprised how many broke influencers there are.

Plus, as Joseph Gordon- Levitt points out in this video, ruins your creativity

How craving attention makes you less creative

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has gotten more than his fair share of attention from his acting career. But as social media exploded over the past decade, he got addicted like the rest of us -- trying to gain followers and likes only to be left feeling inadequate and less creative. In a refreshingly honest talk, he explores how the attention-driven model of big tech companies impacts our creativity -- and shares a more powerful feeling than getting attention: paying attention.

www.ted.com/talks/joseph_gordon_levitt_how_craving_attention_makes_you_less_creative?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare