It is actually true that life is all about "who you know". But who you know is largely dependent on who you are and what you do, and the people you k… - Austin Kleon

As Salvador Dalí said, “Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

Stock and flow” is an economic concept that writer Robin Sloan has adapted into a metaphor for media: “Flow is the feed. It’s the posts and the tweets. It’s the stream of daily and sub-daily updates that remind people you exist. Stock is the durable stuff. It’s the content you produce that’s as interesting in two months (or two years) as it is today. It’s what people discover via search. It’s what spreads slowly but surely, building fans over time.” Sloan says the magic formula is to maintain your flow while working on your stock in the background.

A successful or failed project is no guarantee of another success or failure.