About three hour after I published the last LCS newsletter I could feel the anxiety that had been building up. I had been ambitious and trying to devour more information as well as increase the amount I was creating. My brain was struggling with all the thoughts and ideas and
Hello friends, it’s time for another edition of Learn Create Share, a weekly newsletter with inspiration to learn, create and share. In this edition I’m doing the final action on my list by sharing not just what I’ve learned this week, but a giveaway too! Win a
Somehow I’ve made it to 20 editions and have just over that number of email subscribers 🥳 so I thought I’d try something different. An Ask Me Anything. Leave a question and I’ll respond (I may spread them out over several newsletters). Ask Me Anything Ego is the
We all know we should be specialist, right? According to David Epstein in his recent book Range, that’s not always true. I finished the book last week and thought I’d give a mini review and some takeaways to kick off this week’s newsletter. The basic summary is
In her book, Hello, my Name is Awesome, Alexandra Watkins lists “legs” as a key criteria for a good name. By that, she means the name is adaptable for the future and doesn’t lock you in. She cites Amazon as a good example. Although it was originally just selling
“Your problem,” my brother explained “is the same as mine. We’re bad at self-promotion because we were taught not to be boastful.” My brother’s words came as we discussed the pros and cons of freelance work. As a freelancer, you have to self-promote to find clients, and as
Which would you choose? A trip to your favourite restaurant or the restaurant that just opened down the street? This simple question is presented in Algorithms to Live by, a book on how computer science and math(s) can be applied to our lives. Unsurprisingly, it has broader implications for
pre-script: the start is a little different (And longer). I’ve considered removing or shortening it, but… there’s a flow. Maybe it works. Let me know what you think. There are cool resources at the bottom. I don’t know if I should share this… My family and I
In this week’s newsletter. * A love letter to Olympus cameras * An interview with Ibram X. Kendi (not by me) * WWDC 2020 * A business plan for artists * and more links Olympus has fallen? I took my daughter to the park yesterday to see the “Duckies.“ We’ve been going down
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Last year I came up with a simple idea. What if, instead of going shopping for black Friday, we made some sketchnotes? In truth, it was heavily “Inktober” inspired, as well as the obvious sources of BuyNothingDay and unfortunately, due to one reason or another nothing came of the idea.
I’m not a great GTD-er. I use elements and principles behind it but I find the whole system to be too complicated. One of the elements I love is the weekly review. It’s also an element I’m often forget to do. But whenever I sit down on