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Seth’s The Practice: “7. How to Draw an Owl”

01.04.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Embrace uncertainty.

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Seth’s The Practice: “6. Learning to Juggle”

01.03.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Someday I’ll try this.

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Seth’s The Practice: “5. Finding a Practice”

01.02.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Leaders or artists have similar practices, even when their output or circumstances are different.

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Seth’s The Practice: “4. Askida Ekmek”

01.01.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

A super short chapter, in which Godin re-contextualizes a common phrase: “on the hook”

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Godin’s The Practice: “3. Are You Searching for Something?”

12.31.2022 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

I’m not 100% sure I understand the chapter title….

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Godin’s The Practice: “2. The Pattern and the Practice”

12.30.2022 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Industry v. creativity.

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The best, etc., of 2022

12.29.2022 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

2022
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Somehow I missed my “best, etc. of” post for 2021.

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Godin’s The Practice: “1. It’s Possible”

12.29.2022 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

“It’s possible” seems like a good place to start.

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Godin’s The Practice: “Trust Your Self”

12.28.2022 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

An important premise, which serves as epigraph for the whole book: “The magic of the creative process is that there is no magic.”

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Approaching Seth Godin’s The Practice

12.27.2022 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Young archer aiming at a target.

I don’t finish enough things.

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