I am so grateful for Benjamin Hardy’s article about his new culture wall, which Gaping Void created for him. Number 14 in his list of pictures is by far my favorite. It summarizes exactly my philosophy when it comes to making it as an artist and an author: “It’s better to be prolific than perfect.” — Joe…
Creativity
Prioritizing Projects with Index Cards
I organize all of the projects and tasks I have to do in Trello, which stacks “cards” vertically in lists. Within each card I can add checklists, notes, documents, links, deadlines, and almost anything else I would need for a project. It is an amazing tool that I have relied on constantly every day for…
Batching Your Work
I suffer from a problem that a lot of other artists and entrepreneurs deal with on a day to day basis. We have so many ideas and projects that we want to work on that we end up starting but not finishing many different projects at the same time. As a results, we tend to…
How to Remember What You Read
I set a goal this year to read fifty books. I’m up to twenty-eight books and seven ahead of schedule. That is a lot of books and most of them are nonfiction. Here is the challenge: reading more books means there is more to remember. Since I have increased the number of books I read,…
How Robert Mankoff Finally Found Success as an Artist
Robert Mankoff was rejected by The New Yorker 2,000 times between 1974 and 1977. He drew 2,000 cartoons during those three years and but didn’t stop drawing or submitting his work to the magazine. Finally, one of his cartoons was accepted. Then they accepted another one and another until he was invited to become a regular…
