Editor’s Note: The team at Trello asked me to participate in their #InspireWithTrello campaign. I’ve been using their tool since 2012 (obsessively), and I was thrilled to do so. You can see tons of creators’ Trello boards on their Inspiration Page. I pushed the door gently, and it crashed to the ground, debris flying everywhere […]
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This story originally appeared in “Damn the Best Practices,” my newsletter sharing one new idea or story every week for being better than best practices. Subscribe here. Mikael Cho (@mikaelcho) is the founder and CEO of a company called Crew. Or at least, he was. A few years ago, the Montreal-based entrepreneur faced a tough […]
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This article originally appeared in my weekly newsletter, Damn the Best Practices. Get one new story every Monday morning to be better than best practices. Subscribe here. I went to college with a grand total of 2,200 students. That wasn’t my graduating class. That was the entire school. During the summer before my freshman year, I made a […]
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This article originally appeared in my weekly newsletter, Damn the Best Practices. Get one new story every Monday morning to be better than best practices. Subscribe here. Alec Brownstein was miserable. He was working his butt off at a lesser-known creative agency in New York City. At night, he’d dream of working for one of the biggest firms […]
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Today on The Maker Channel, a distant memory, a mad fisherman, and a metaphor for creative work. I’m cracking open my Monday morning newsletter to perform one of its most popular stories in audio form for you. If you like what you hear, consider subscribing to the weekly newsletter. You’ll get a new story and idea […]
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“It’s a long time to spend on something that means absolutely nothing. But that’s what I do.” This is how Jerry Seinfeld explains his development process for a bit in his act. As a standup comedian, you might think that Seinfeld is great because of this innate gift to articulate something in a funny way. […]
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In audio, I abide by a Golden Rule: Get them to the end. When you click play, my one goal is to ensure you don’t hit stop. But then I consume most business shows, and they frontload the worst parts of their episodes … for some reason. They forget the Golden Rule. Instead of hooking you […]
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This article originally appeared in my weekly newsletter, Damn the Best Practices. Get one new idea or story every Monday for being better than commodity work. Subscribe here. Every month, I like to do a handful of 1:1 video calls with people who support my work. I spend the first half asking questions to try […]
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This article originally appeared in my weekly newsletter, Damn the Best Practices. Get one new story every Monday morning to be better than best practices. Subscribe here. My grandfather eyed the man who was eyeing me. I was young, maybe 6 or 7, and my Poppie had proposed we walk down to the water while my […]
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This is an excerpt from the weekly Unthinkable Mondays newsletter: one new story or idea for being better than best practices. Subscribe here. Ever encounter an awful attempt at winning your attention or loyalty that you immediately and viscerally hate? (“Wait, Jay, from marketers? Never!”) You’re right, it’s impossible, but suspend your disbelief so I […]
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