It's interesting to watch the world react to the death of an artist.
Each one gets attention, but some resonate more than others.
The artists whose deaths strike us hardest are not the most famous or talented - they're the most authentic.
Creators whose art was rooted in an ethos that never wavered, no matter how high their career soared.
Irreplaceables whose body of work could only have been created by them.
Prince. Robin Williams. David Bowie.
And now, Anthony Bourdain.
Appreciate his work, celebrate his life, and honor his memory.
But most importantly, be inspired by his authenticity to create art that reflects your own.
Now, on to this week's ideas...
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"This post features the best career advice I've found after consuming thousands of articles and videos about how to grow your career."
This may be one of the most valuable posts I've ever created.
It features summaries and links to 22 different articles and videos including advice on how to choose a career, how to get a job you want, how to advance your career, how to build a creative career and more.
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"The place where you're in trouble is not that you're not explaining the thing right, it's that you're not getting enrollment before you explain it. And gaining enrollment is the hardest part of teaching anything."
If you're struggling to convince somebody of something, chances are it's because you haven't gotten them on the same page with what the goal is in the first place.
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"Great artists are also writers. You may be a painter, photographer, or dancer, but writing is finding your center, whether journaling or writing long-form essays. It's not about having a popular blog that can become monetized; it's about having a platform to think. It's a conscious effort to find your center, to stretch a sore soul."
This should keep you busy for a while.
They tackle everything from grammar and writing as thinking, to professional blogging and the psychological benefits of writing.
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"Doubt each old thing you know. Require current evidence. Make it prove itself to be true today. Otherwise, let it go."
There's no shortage of advice out there to help you learn new things, but what if it's just as important to unlearn what you once believed?
Derek Sivers breaks down the importance of unlearning and suggests in a world changing as rapidly as ours is, it's crucial to let go of things you once believed were true and adapt to new realities.
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"Imagine if you took the mindset when you play games and applied it to your real life? Imagine how much better things would be."
If you grew up playing video games (or if you play them now), what's the first thing you do when you fail and your character in the game dies?
Probably just start over and try again.
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"I'm initiating a discount for speed. We'll agree on the deadlines. I'll go as fast as I can. And if you get me everything I need in the time frame I need it to meet those deadlines, you get the work for 10% off."
As someone who works with clients and enjoys working quickly, I loved this concept.
Josh Bernoff explains why he now offers clients a rush discount to incentivize them to make quicker decisions and limit the internal politics on their own end which enables him to do better and faster work.
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"I'm trying to not stare at my phone while I'm in line for coffee. I'm trying to wait a few minutes before I turn on a podcast in the car, or get ready in silence instead of listening to music."
If you feel like your attention span isn't what it used to be, here are some simple ways you can start to build it back up.
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"Focus the majority of your information consumption on a single topic for several months. Rather than letting the headline tides pull you along, pick a topic and focus your reading and viewing on that topic."
We're consuming more information than ever before and yet, we're not actually learning more.
The suggestions include to cycle between information feasting and fasting, put what you learn into frameworks, and focus on a single topic for several months.
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"You're not reading all those updated data policies flooding your inbox. You probably haven't even looked for your privacy settings. And that's exactly what Facebook, Google and other tech giants are counting on."
When you use social media platforms or purchase things online, you should never assume the privacy settings of those platforms are designed with your best interests in mind.
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"They called it violent, degrading, and profane. And in some cases it was. But that's not all it was. It was also educational, entrepreneurial, and inspiring."
If you're not following the For The Interested Facebook page yet, you might want to do so because I've started to share a series of mini-posts there which won't all make it into this newsletter.
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Josh
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