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I create a newsletter called GrowthCandy. Each issue shares one idea to help build and spread your work, delivered as a short comic. Fast to read. Easy to apply. Hard to forget!
I was talking with a friend who works in jewellery and luxury goods last week.
Good people are in short supply.
Some creators show up and get discovered. For these creators, the work got picked up and found a life of its own. Their works take off suddenly and significantly. Count yourself very lucky if you’re one of these, as luck played a huge role in the process.
Sometimes all your work needs is a little nudge.
“Oh people might not respond well to that…”
Ever find yourself agonising over a decision that isn’t, in the grand scheme of things, all that important?
Love isn’t supposed to be rational, especially among craftsmen:
Endurance teaches us more about success than success does:
I’ve had a lot of exposure to anonymous workers lately.
Some things benefit from speed… Competitive environments where everyone’s rushing hastily toward a singular goal in a zero-sum game.
Being noisy on social is the popular way to grow an audience. But if it doesn’t work for you, you won’t like it - and who wants to create work they don’t even like?
Projects with a community only work when the community shows up. The community decides whether it wants to go where you want to go.
The funny thing about ‘that thing’…
Either adversity eats you for breakfast,
Sometimes it’s the little things.
If you love creating, you’ve already won. The outcome and market response don’t affect you, you get to do it again tomorrow.
Industries have lines in the sand that define bodies of work from each other, so that the market knows roughly what to expect inside.
What do creators and runners have in common?
A great brand takes a long time to build and maintain. But that doesn’t mean it’s not worth the time… we need only decide if the brand is worthy of our time.
Sometimes, it’s better when the goal isn’t the goal.
The more you talk to popular brands, the more you realise:
That project you’re working on… are you doing it right?
You might worry about what people may think if your idea flops, or your post doesn’t hit…
I create a newsletter called GrowthCandy. Each issue shares one idea to help build and spread your work, delivered as a short comic. Fast to read. Easy to apply. Hard to forget!