Herbert Lui – Medium

Herbert Lui

Featured Book

75 Practical Exercises to Unblock Your Creative Potential in Your Work, Hobby, or Next Career

2022

Stories

Herbert Lui

50 Lessons I learned from 50 Cent

When I used to interview rappers like Post Malone and Ty Dolla $ign, I would ask them for advice about their creative work. I was never…

Jul 6

50 Lessons I learned from 50 Cent

Jul 6

Herbert Lui

Outsmarting Obviousness

Against the tyranny of split attention and surface-level thinking

Sep 7, 2023

Outsmarting Obviousness

Sep 7, 2023

Herbert Lui
in
SIMPLE

Asking Forgiveness, Seeking Permission

How each approach feeds a different part of your mind, and what that means

Sep 5, 2023

Asking Forgiveness, Seeking Permission

Sep 5, 2023

Herbert Lui
in
Better Marketing

To Increase the Value of Your Work, Contextualize It Purposefully

Unlocking the immense value of how people perceive your work

Sep 1, 2023

To Increase the Value of Your Work, Contextualize It Purposefully

Sep 1, 2023

Herbert Lui
in
SIMPLE

Life Is a Team Sport

When I interviewed Annie Duke, we discussed the writing process for her first book, Thinking In Bets. Duke had made writing a team sport…

Aug 28, 2023

Life Is a Team Sport

Aug 28, 2023

Herbert Lui
in
SIMPLE

If You’re Not Like Everybody Else, You’ll Need to Learn Different Things

e.g., If you save money like crazy, maybe you need to learn to spend a bit

Aug 27, 2023

If You’re Not Like Everybody Else, You’ll Need to Learn Different Things

Aug 27, 2023

Herbert Lui
in
SIMPLE

How the Award-Winning Creator of “American Born Chinese” Developed His Craft

Before it was a Disney show, American Born Chinese was a graphic novel. Here’s how creator Gene Luen Yang developed it

Jun 14, 2023

How the Award-Winning Creator of “American Born Chinese” Developed His Craft

Jun 14, 2023

Herbert Lui
in
SIMPLE

In praise of problems, and how to develop a taste for them

3 ways to make your work, chores, and projects more enjoyable

May 30, 2023

In praise of problems, and how to develop a taste for them

May 30, 2023

Herbert Lui

Much ado about names and descriptions

Describing your work so people know what to expect

May 17, 2023

Much ado about names and descriptions

May 17, 2023

Herbert Lui

Don’t compete with ChatGPT at its own game: Go way beyond the basics

Whatever someone is asking you, they’re asking ChatGPT first

May 15, 2023

Don’t compete with ChatGPT at its own game: Go way beyond the basics

May 15, 2023

Herbert Lui

Herbert Lui

Book Author

Covering the psychology of creative work for content creators, professionals, hobbyists, and independents. Author of Creative Doing: https://www.holloway.com/cd

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams