If your business becomes famous tomorrow, and clients are kicking in your door to work with you, what is the most amount of money you could make with your current model?

Even the chill guys need to be obsessed if they want what most can’t achieve. 

This is something I’ve been thinking about as I prepare to write the first draft of my second book in a few weeks. I know it sounds obvious.

Being nervous isn’t a sign that you’re wrong. It might just be a sign that you don’t have much experience yet.

I don’t just use these concepts in business negotiations, to make more money. I use them with friends and family.

When I started my career, I was obsessed with the idea of setting up multiple income streams. Looking back, I can describe what was going on with two words: fear and distraction.

When I started making content, I did it as a self-documentarian. Fresh off a terrible year of freelancing in which I made about $18,000 total (while paying $12,000 of that in rent), I started blogging.

If you read this blog post, you’ll learn everything you need to know about day rates, including who uses them, why freelancers use them, when to use one, and how to calculate a day rate for yourself.

The reason you find it so hard to stay consistent with your creativity is because, for years, your creative self was told to stay in the corner, to not take any risks; to only speak when spoken to. 

Many of us have no problem dreaming big, but when it comes time to take a swing at our big dreams, we do so with reservation and doubt.

On December 31, 2021, I published my 465th blog in 465 days. I successfully wrote and published an article every single day for an entire calendar year—plus one hundred days on top of that. But it wasn’t always like this. I used to be a serial quitter.

AI art is not, by definition, art. The definition of art is “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination.”

Both are great business models, but they are virtual opposites in their approaches. One sinks in, while the other flies above.

Be wary of low-paying clients who tell about their “big plans” for the future, or who ask you to “grow with them.”

If you create a work of art, particularly something robust and lengthy, you don’t need to worry about people you know getting upset by it.

There are consequences of trying to pursue non-optimal goals and failing, from anxiety to stress to low self-esteem.

Think of someone who said something mean about your creative work.

Here are four things I’ve learned about creativity since I started my blog in January 2018. 

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

“While creativity can seem like magic, like every magic trick there is a method behind it. A timeless creation will not simply appear.”