Posts Tagged ‘success’

Whatever you do, don’t avoid writing because of fear of pain and suffering.

The entire time I’ve been in LA, I’ve had a huge fear of getting fired. It’s like an opposing army blowing up the bridge on your road to success.

We found this great article by Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert) with good against-the-grain advice. Everyone talks about goals, but he’s like, screw goals, work on your system.

We all envision the entrepreneur who invests all her money in an idea, only to see her dreams go up in a fiery fiasco. I don’t want to be that woman.

Not like I know anything about acting, but doesn’t it take like 107 auditions before you even get one gig?

When I started my first business I didn’t know a gross margin from a gross mistake.

The assertively patient Miller is from the school of thought where you don’t allow yourself a backup plan to fall on. He goes after what he wants and gets it, all the while feeling like he hasn’t achieved anything particularly special.