7 reasons you are not successful – and what to do about it. Actually, there are probably many more reasons you are not as successful as you want to be.
But let’s start with these. 1. You don’t know what success looks like – for you. You measure your success using someone else’s yardstick. If you do this, you will almost always come up short, since you see the great results of their work but you don’t see them actually struggling to get things done. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. And if you are wondering how I know all this, it’s because I’ve made all these mistakes myself. Like this: Like Loading... 25 Things You Should Know About Character. Previous iterations of the “25 Things” series: 25 Things Every Writer Should Know 25 Things You Should Know About Storytelling And now… Here you’ll find the many things I believe — at this moment!
— about characters: 1. Without character, you have nothing. 2. A great character can be the line between narrative life and story death. 3. Don’t believe that all those other aspects are separate from the character. 4. The audience will do anything to spend time with a great character. 5. It is critical to know what a character wants from the start. 6. It doesn’t matter if we “like” your character, or in the parlance of junior high whether we even “like-like” your character. 7. It is critical to smack the audience in the crotchal region with an undeniable reason to give a fuck. 8.
You must prove this thesis: “This character is worth the audience’s time.” 9. Don’t let the character be a dingleberry stuck to the ass of a toad as he floats downriver on a bumpy log. 20 Ways to Find Your Calling. Joe Kraus Blog. A few weeks ago I gave this rough presentation on a topic called “SlowTech”.
I wanted to cover three things We are creating and encouraging a culture of distraction where we are increasingly disconnected from the people and events around us and increasingly unable to engage in long-form thinking. People now feel anxious when their brains are unstimulated.We are losing some very important things by doing this. We threaten the key ingredients behind creativity and insight by filling up all our “gap” time with stimulation. And we inhibit real human connection when we prioritize our phones over our the people right in front of us.What can we do about it? I’ve pasted the text of the speech below (sorry, it’s a bit rough). Remarks for SlowTech talk – CONSTANT CULTURE OF DISTRACTION I want to start with some imagery of the way we live today.
I want to talk three things tonight As a culture, we’ve got a crisis of attention. Part 1. I don’t think I have a healthy relationship with mine.