π Hi! I'm Dan. I help makers, artists, entrepreneurs, and creatives find the clarity and motivation to get their work out into the world. If that sounds good, let's go! π Hi Reader, Summer is quickly passing us by! Welcome to Q3. Welcome to the heat. Today, we have some lessons on AI, recent content, and then some favorite things. Let's get into it! Lessons Learned I had a LinkedIn post go semi-viral. It had a great hook (the first two sentences), which is why it got attention. But it also...
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π Hi! I'm Dan. I help makers, artists, entrepreneurs, and creatives find the clarity and motivation to get their work out into the world. If that sounds good, let's go! π Hi Reader, I've been busy with some things that are coming your way shortly. Stay tuned! Today, we have a short lesson I learned the hard way (as usual...), our first ever SPONSOR (!!!) and then some favorite things β from YOU! Readers! And a few from me. Let's get into it! Lessons Learned I left the c-suite to build my...
4 months agoΒ β’Β 4 min read
π Hi! I'm Dan. I help makers, artists, entrepreneurs, and creatives find the clarity and motivation to get their work out into the world. If that sounds good, let's go! π Hi Reader, It's been a minute. I've been busy with some things that are coming your way shortly. Stay tuned! Before we begin, a quick note: We just passed 8k subscribers. π₯³ It's unbelivable! A decade ago when I started this, all I wanted was 10k subscribers. That's when the gurus said I'd have "made it". But it became clear...
4 months agoΒ β’Β 4 min read
π Hi! I'm Dan. I help makers, artists, entrepreneurs, and creatives find the clarity and motivation to get their work out into the world. If that sounds good, let's go! π Hi Reader, If you've ever felt like life has thrown you a curveball, this one's for you. I sat down with my good friend Raj to talk about the challenge and magic of transitions, embracing change, and betting on yourself. I love this conversation. It's deep. And I laughed a lot. It's like peanut butter and chocolate: the best...
5 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
π Hi! I'm Dan. I help makers, artists, entrepreneurs, and creatives find the clarity and motivation to get their work out into the world. If that sounds good, let's go! π Hi Reader, Why do we do hard things? Why do we have this urge β compulsion even! β to make things that have feeling in them? Where does that come from? And what should we do with it? I dive into these complex questions today on the podcast with my guest Raj Lulla. Raj is a friend and author of the book the Caring Place. And...
6 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
π Hi! I'm Dan. I help makers, artists, entrepreneurs, and creatives find the clarity and motivation to get their work out into the world. If that sounds good, let's go! π Hi Reader, Welcome to the second installment in this build in public series that we're doing with my good friend Raj Lulla about his debut novel, The Caring House. If you didn't listen/watch/read to the last episode, we talked about his career story and becoming a writer. Today, we're digging into what happens after you do...
7 months agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
π Hi! I'm Dan. I help makers, artists, entrepreneurs, and creatives find the clarity and motivation to get their work out into the world. If that sounds good, let's go! π Hi Reader, The podcast is back π I'm thrilled. Because we've got some great things ahead! I'm kicking off a build-in-public style series with my good friend and often co host Raj Lulla. We're pulling back the curtain on a book that he's written and is launching. We're digging into the writing process, the marketing efforts,...
7 months agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
π Hi! I'm Dan. I help makers, artists, entrepreneurs, and creatives find the clarity and motivation to get their work out into the world. If that sounds good, let's go! π Hi Reader,βIf youβre not taking hits, youβre not playing hard enough.βI've had to reinterpret every setback.Iβve been reflecting on the past year+ as Iβve set the trajectory for 2024,And one thing stands out over and over:The past year was brutal.There were some painful experiences that I would never want to repeat.But Iβm...
8 months agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
π Hi! I'm Dan. I help makers, artists, entrepreneurs, and creatives find the clarity and motivation to get their work out into the world. If that sounds good, let's go! π Hi Reader,In 2022 I was running a venture studio building multiple SaaS products.(Maybe that's how you found your way here even) We had one software that was doing great. It had done more than $500k in its first year and change.Then it hit a wall.So I pushed harder.Then one of my business partner stepped away.So I pushed...
8 months agoΒ β’Β 3 min read