How each approach feeds a different part of your mind, and what that means — Generally, if you wait around for permission to change in your professional career, to start a creative project, or to improve yourself in some way, you’re going to be waiting a long time. …

Unlocking the immense value of how people perceive your work — Over a decade ago, researchers ran an experiment, starting by generating hundreds of pieces of art and splitting the art into two groups (source, backup). One group was labelled as being part of a prestigious art gallery, and the other was labelled as computer generated. The researchers recruited fourteen student…

When I interviewed Annie Duke, we discussed the writing process for her first book, Thinking In Bets. Duke had made writing a team sport, firstly by recruiting a friend with a Juris Doctor degree, who was also a writer, to be her editor — outside of her editor at her…

e.g., If you save money like crazy, maybe you need to learn to spend a bit — If you’ve been recognized as a high performer by someone, you’ll probably need to learn different things than everyone else. For example, while other people can let go of their work very easily, you may have trouble doing that; you can’t stop thinking about it when you get home. This…

Before it was a Disney show, American Born Chinese was a graphic novel. Here’s how creator Gene Luen Yang developed it — On May 24, Disney debuted the TV series American Born Chinese. Here’s my 2017 interview with the creator of the original graphic novel, and executive producer of the TV series, Gene Luen Yang: It’s one thing to tell someone to do what they love. It’s entirely another thing to actually…

3 ways to make your work, chores, and projects more enjoyable — “What if You Had a Universal Remote… That Controlled Your Universe?” The premise of Adam Sandler’s film, Click, is simple: the protagonist is granted a remote control that allows him to change the speed of his life (e.g., he can fast forward, slow motion, even rewind, etc.). …

Describing your work so people know what to expect — What’s the difference between a book, an ebook, a digital book, a pamphlet, a booklet, a brochure, and a bulletin? By strict definition, they share a lot of common traits. They are all documents that hold words on them. The main difference is what each word leads a person to…

Whatever someone is asking you, they’re asking ChatGPT first — A good friend of mine was waiting for a branding plan from an agency. A few days before the agency was sending it over, and presumably presenting it, he prompted ChatGPT: “What does a good branding plan look like?” If the marketing agency came up with the same plan, he…

These are the skills you’ll want to develop — Some friends of mine have recently asked me, “What do you think of A.I.’s implications for your field of work?” I work professionally in marketing, editing, and writing. I also wrote a book, and I write every day at my blog. My initial response was to discuss the difference between…