Marlow's Musings
Here is a list of what I’m pondering and exploring.
I had an idea…
It turns out, it wasn’t a good idea. More on my terrible, no good, very bad idea in a bit.
Welcome to the brand-new Sunday format, where I'll be sharing a blend of my musings, intriguing finds, and the week's most compelling snippets you might have missed.
Each week, I'll be curating an assortment of reads, insights, and thought-provoking takeaways that have caught my attention.
I'll be drawing inspiration from various sources, including the articles I'm devouring, books I’m reading, intriguing conversations I've had here with some of you, and even my occasional musings on platforms like LinkedIn.
Here goes…
One Piece of Advice that Changed This Artist’s Life
Not sure what led me to this as I don’t watch a lot of videos. The advice in this one is so compelling I watched it three times end to end.
Draw the same thing every day for a year.
What?
Draw the same thing every day for a year.
That’s the advice a mentor gave this artist.
He decided to draw an ibis like the one above.
That’s when it gets interesting!
This video is packed with fantastic advice for anyone wanting to unleash their creativity.
It's filled with catchy and effective principles (and yes, some alliteration too and you know how I love alliteration!) for those who want to kick procrastination to the curb.
Here’s the video…
My Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea
I tried an experiment this week. My inbox is overwhelmed with emails from newsletters I follow. My thought was maybe yours was a s well and this week I’d try an experiment by posting my almost daily updates and not sending out the email to you.
As it turns out, that was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea.
Many of you count on that reminder and article coming right to your inbox. Not only was I not doing you a favor, I was adding work and stress to your life.
And many of you let me know it.
YIKES! Not what I had in mind at all.
Like all good experiments, I learned something.
The emails have returned and will continue for the foreseeable future.
In the event you missed this week’s posts here they are…
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