“If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.” – Susanne Langer, Born Dec. 20, 1895. In groups I run about copywriting, a lot of newbies ask the exact same questions. How do I start? What books do I need to read? Is this course I found any good? […]
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“The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.” – Jean Genet, Born Dec. 19, 1910. Let’s talk about idols. Idolization. Idolatry. Let’s talk about you in that role. It’s yours if you want it. But most people don’t understand how
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“If you have extraordinary bread and extraordinary butter, it’s hard to beat bread and butter.” – Jacques Pepin, Born Dec. 18, 1935. Something simple, like bread and butter – can be elevated to a level that is sublime. All it takes is for the two components of that simple recipe to be extraordinary. I love
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“We have nowhere else to go… this is all we have.” – Margaret Mead, Born Dec. 16, 1901. What are you waiting for? Some new software to be released? A new laptop to work on? One more big client to fund your escape? A perfect idea to put your passion into? Another golden once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
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“A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.” – Freeman Dyson, Born Dec. 15, 1923. We work in a field that frequently tries to force creativity and invention
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“Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but less by assimilation than by friction.” – Heinrich Heine, Born Dec. 13, 1797. I don’t think I am a genius. You’re probably not one, either. But discounting that, there is something for everyone to grab onto in this quote. Whatever your craft is, study
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“Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.” – Hector Berlioz, Born Dec. 11, 1803. Write. Everything. Down. It’s a lot easier if you are already writing when you’re having the idea. So write all the time. Even if you don’t have an idea.
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“Writing can’t be taught.” – Susanna Moore, Born Dec. 9, 1945. Well, Susanna. I’m going to go ahead and call bullshart on that nonsense. If writing couldn’t be taught, we wouldn’t have civilization. Of course writing can be taught. The desire to want to write well and excessively, perhaps even as a full time vocation?
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“The want of education and moral training is the only real barrier that exists between the different classes of men.” – Susanna Moodie, Born Dec. 6, 1803. What is the difference between you and the expert at the top of your field? The difference between you, and who you want to strive to be? Is
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“What counts isn’t the frame, it’s what you put in it.” – Otto Preminger, Dec. 5, 1906. I used to do it, too. Get caught up in whatever the next trend is, and think my fortune would be made by following suit. Write an ebook. Start a membership site. Do a joint venture launch. Then
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