Doing more than you think you can
Oh, hi friends!
You can do so much more than you think you can.
You can do so much more than you think you can.
You can do so much more than you think you can.
I know this because I’ve seen it.
From what you’ve accomplished before.
And from what you’re about to do.
"Be so good they can’t ignore you.”
Steve Martin said this.
People ask him the secret to being successful. He’s given the same advice over and over again—"be so good they can't ignore you"—and no one wants to hear it.
What people want to hear is…How do I get an agent? How do I get more followers? How will people find me?
But the idea is that if you’re really good—and if you consistently share your good work—people will come to you. (Cal Newport wrote a book with the same title.) Thinking on this a lot these days.
Who we keep in our orbits. Thought-provoking.
Winners are just people who know when to quit—and do it often. What's the last thing you quit? (h/t Aunt Gina)
The best productivity tool is already on your phone. (My latest!)
A Google doc aggregating editors looking for story pitches over Twitter. Helpful!
Live to make. A (literal) sign. (h/t Swissmiss)
“A timely, anxiety-inducing Brechtian meta-performance.” Reviews are rolling in for David Levine’s exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, where my brother Eric Cotti is one of the actors performing a 45-minute monologue about…well…you gotta see it to believe it. Next week you can catch him Thursday 6/21 at 7pm, Saturday 6/23 at 3pm & 5pm, and Sunday 6/24 at 5pm!
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Thanks, as always, for reading.
Love, Kara