Austin Kleon. If you just focus on getting really good, people will come to you. “Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.” - Henry Longfellow. “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked.” - Steve Jobs. “In order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen.” - Brene Brown. “If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive.” - Kenneth Goldsmith. A good pitch is set up in three acts: the first act is the past, the second act is the present, and the third act is the future. The first act is where you’ve been—what you want, how you care to want it, and what you’ve done so far to get it. The second act is where you are now in your work. The third act is where you’re going, and how exactly the person you’re pitching can help you get there. Always keep your audience in mind. Speak to them directly in plain language. Value their time. Be brief. Learn to speak. Learn to write. “Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful.” - George Orwell. Don’t get cute. Don’t brag. Just state the facts. If you wanna to be interesting, you have to be interested. No one has ever died from a bad review. “We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make movies.” - Walt Disney. What really matters is doing good work and taking advantage of every opportunity that comes your way. When you throw out old work, what you’re really doing is making room for new work