Dickie Bush Quotes

The two enemies of creativity:

Money worries and other people's drama.

Corollary: the most creative people seek financial security and give no mental bandwidth to other people's bullshit.

I'm convinced prolific writing comes down to one habit:

Effortless and constant capturing of ideas.

Every writer I look up to talks about how little they rely on their mind to "remember" ideas.

So they set up inboxes to capture ideas everywhere, then review them later.

Focusing on one thing leads to quality, consistency, and credibility.

The old way: writing once you've figured it out.

The new way: writing as you figure it out (and building an audience along the way).

See yourself as a bridge.

Wherever you are, there are people to learn from and people to teach.

Be the bridge between these groups of people.

Excellence is nothing but an intolerance for mediocrity

Reasons to tweet:

1. Refine ideas -> every essay I write starts as a tweet. 280-characters is the ultimate creative restraint.

2. Create a learning flywheel -> learn, share, discuss, repeat.

3. Attract like-minded people -> show people I see the world the same way they do.

The world is rigged in favor of those who believe it is rigged in their favor.

Consistency is not 100% for 30 days, it’s 90% for 365.

Writing is 10x easier when you're solving a problem the market is begging you to solve.