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

2022

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Entrepreneurship Handbook

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Herbert Lui

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12h ago

Don’t Check Your Blog Metrics Yet

Early metrics don’t tell you much. Instead, focus on author satisfaction.

Don’t Check Your Blog Metrics Yet

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The Writing Cooperative

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Herbert Lui

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Feb 15

Reflecting on My Failure to Write a New York Times Bestselling Book

What I learned about ambition, success, and the privilege of writing after chasing the wrong goal for many years

Reflecting on My Failure to Write a New York Times Bestselling Book

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Entrepreneurship Handbook

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Herbert Lui

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Jan 30

Why Working for Someone Else Made Me Better at Entrepreneurship

Three emotional skills you can’t learn when you’re the boss

Why Working for Someone Else Made Me Better at Entrepreneurship

Herbert Lui

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Jan 15

Against exploiting your life for content

Stop relentlessly looking for material, start being where you are

Against exploiting your life for content

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Jan 7

Montage fallacy

Personal transformation is boring, ugly, and nothing like the movies

Montage fallacy

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SIMPLE

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Herbert Lui

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Dec 29, 2025

The night my stomach had enough

“You take care of your stomach for the first 50 years of your life, and then it takes care of you”

The night my stomach had enough

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SIMPLE

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Herbert Lui

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Oct 13, 2025

10 Lessons from Derek Sivers that will transform your writing, business, and creative process

10 Lessons from Derek Sivers that will transform your writing, business, and creative process

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SIMPLE

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Herbert Lui

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Oct 9, 2025

20 lessons from 2 years in New York City

I spent a decade dreaming about New York City. Here’s what living there taught me

20 lessons from 2 years in New York City

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Apr 19, 2025

The jellyfish knows how to survive uncertain times

Applying ecology to entrepreneurship

The jellyfish knows how to survive uncertain times

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Apr 14, 2025

That lost feeling? It’s a sign you’re building a life that’s yours, not just copying somebody else’s

While there’s no map to freedom, feeling lost might be the clearest sign you’re on the right path

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

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