If you have two or three real passions, don’t feel like you have to pick and choose between them.You never know where it’s going to lead you. As the artist Maira Kalman says, "Avoiding work is the way to focus my mind." Stare at a spot on the wall for as long as you can. If you’re out of ideas, wash the dishes.The manifesto is this: Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use-do the work you want to see done.Ĥ: Use Your Hands 5: Side Projects and Hobbies Are Important.The same principle applies to your life and your career: Whenever you’re at a loss for what move to make next, just ask yourself, 'What would make a better story?'.Write the kind of story you like best-write the story you want to read. The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like.What’s in there that makes you different? That’s what you should amplify and transform into your own work. The songwriter Nick Lowe says, "You start out by rewriting your hero’s catalog.".
You copy your heroes-the people you love, the people you’re inspired by, the people you want to be. Second, you have to figure out what to copy. First, you have to figure out who to copy.
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