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Comment on One Year of Bucking Dogma by Ariel van Spronsen

Ariel van Spronsen — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:29:33 +0000

Hear hear my dear! I once read a book called “A Reasonable Life” by Ferenc Mate. It was a turning point for me in accepting these weird constructs that are punitive and treat humans as if they are basically lazy. I think the opposite: I think we are basically industrious, and if we let ourselves flourish, we do our best work. Thank you for this post!

Comment on Milton Glaser On Art & Work by Joe

Joe — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:05:54 +0000

So good.

Comment on Milton Glaser On Art & Work by Matt Esau

Matt Esau — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:06:59 +0000

Ahhhhh nice. Thanks for this!

Comment on Magic Bullets by Tiffani Jones Brown

Tiffani Jones Brown — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:49:30 +0000

Melanie: I agree. I almost didn’t include Gary V in this, because he’s so sweet. But yeah, it’s just that landing on your knees part.

Rasmus: Totally agree that the first 2/3 of War of Art were awesome. Got me really pumped up. I’ll have to check out the last 1/3 again, cuz I don’t remember.

Thanks guys!
TJB

Comment on Magic Bullets by Rasmus

Rasmus — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:39:17 +0000

Steven Pressfield. Not man, man. Don’t know how I messed that up.

Comment on Magic Bullets by Rasmus

Rasmus — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:28:57 +0000

Beware indeed.

I read “4-hour workweek”, not because of the (awful) title, but because of the rave it was getting. To be honest, I was downright disgusted with the ethics proposed in it by mr. Ferris, who actively encourages people to lie and manipulate others. Not my style at all.

Often, these books are not for doers. They are for dreamers. I read maybe one or two a year if enough people I respect recommend it. Or if I know the person who wrote it. I would estimate that in two our of three cases, I can’t finish reading books like this. And when I do it’s always a struggle.

Last one I read was Steven Pressman’s “The War of Art”. First two thirds were awesome. Last part almost made me toss the book into recycling. Yet, as the arugula-munching creative elitist bastard I am, I keep looking…

Comment on Magic Bullets by Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:23:59 +0000

Tee hee. Thanks for linking that PS.

I find Gary V endearing. To be fair, he talks a lot about persistence, hard work, and sacrifice. But I do think that the reason he’s a sensation is that he pumps people up. So yeah, that may give people a false sense of flying, when they’re really about to fall on their knees.

Comment on Eyes On Your Own Paper by emily

emily — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:08:38 +0000

oh! you said it all, and you said it perfectly. thanks for sharing. i’ll come back later–i’m heading to the gym now.

Comment on FREE Content Strategy for FREE by Tiffani

Tiffani — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:45:53 +0000

Adam and David: Thank you! And David, I’m really happy to hear your client’s open to reading about Content Strategy!

Comment on FREE Content Strategy for FREE by David Horn

David Horn — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:55:18 +0000

Keeping it brief: This blog kicks ass. Thanks for the post.