Always seek to become more interesting. Becoming more interesting requires learning. It requires obtaining new experiences, and new information, and new knowledge. Interestingness is a good indicator of value. The more interesting you are, the more interesting the content you’re able to create. The greater your well of information that you can draw from, the …
There are two different ways you can make decisions: from a place of curiosity, or a place of constriction. If you’re making decision from a curious standpoint, you’re pursuing opportunities because you wonder “what if.” You’re curious about what might have been, what might be now, or what could be in future. You’re curious to …
We have a lot of valuable thoughts that we waste. We think a lot throughout the day. A lot of our thoughts are fairly pedantic — pertaining to the things we’re focused on in the moment, and not terribly relevant outside of that context. But we have a number of thoughts throughout the day that …
As Steven Pressfield so eloquently explains in his book The War of Art, there’s a force called Resistance that stands in direct opposition to all creative endeavors. The force of the Resistance is equal to the force of the creative energy begging to be made tangible. It hates the fulfillment of creative vision with the …
Mastering the art of writing requires becoming precise. The best writers are deeply precise with their language usage. They don’t need many words to tell the truth; but the ones they choose are the right ones. If truth is the fine edge of a knife blade — sharp when it cuts you, and so narrow …
An important rule for good writing: always end a sentence with the most important word. The last word in a sentence lingers in the reader’s mind. Think of it as having a resonance, or an echo. The sound holds long after the rest of the sentence has died, and it plays a significant role in …