Is this true? If something is really urgent, won’t someone just call?

It’s not ideal to go straight from a high-stimulation activity into a creative session. 

Working all day is not productive. It has the feeling of productivity, but it is not actually so.

Once upon a season of immense stress (I was producing The Chainsmokers live set at Summit One Vanderbilt), I told myself something along these lines.

I’m such an AI hater. I routinely turn down what could be lucrative brand deals with AI video and text generation startups because it doesn’t sit right with me. However, I’ve found myself turning to AI for one specific task.

“What characterizes binding behavior is the voluntary imposition of constraints (that are costly to overcome)”

A short burst of intense focus can deliver more results than we tend to think.

Commonly, folks will work for 25 minutes on, and five minutes off. When I started using this method, I worked for 48 minutes on, 12 minutes off.

What if dreaming about getting rich is the very thing keeping you from getting rich?

An unexpected discovery I’ve made while in “queen bee” mode is that it’s difficult to be productive while you plan.

I see people often ask ChatGPT questions like “do you think this marketing idea is cool for Gen-Z?” Or they’ll ask “does this company have a big budget?”

If you made $1,000, and then someone called you out of the blue and asked for $62, without any urgent need or reason, would you give it to them? 

There’s a bellcurve of efficiency in creative projects. Working too slow creates waste. Working too fast creates waste, as well.

This sentence has lost all meaning. It’s so commonly used, so now, it’s more of an expression than a measurement of time.

When you run your own business, it’s difficult to decipher which tasks you should be doing, and which tasks you should be outsourcing.

If everyone has access to the same ambiguous, potentially incorrect information, it’s no longer an advantage.

As a younger person, I loved compromises. What’s not to love about people agreeing on a plan they can both accept? Why does one person always need to win? 

Where can I incorporate switches instead of dimmers? How can I be fully present with one thing, and turn the rest off—even for an hour?

“I don’t think it has anything to do with the amount of work you are doing.”

When you look for a certain kind of car on the road, you start seeing it everywhere. This explains manifestation.