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When I was young, @haroonmeer taught me two super important things
1) Stop lying about your motivation. Don’t pretend you aren’t doing it for fame or validation from respected peers or whatever floats your boat just because it doesn’t sound lofty and beautiful. 1/5
6/6/2019, 7:28:10 PM 🔗
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Knowing what triggers your dopamine hits will help you endure through long hard days of getting “good work” done. 2/5
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2) Some people cut through their barriers faster than others, but few are truly born to do the epicness you see from them. They get there by making a pile of crap. 3/5
6/6/2019, 7:28:11 PM 🔗
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He showed me this text from Ira Glass on what nobody tells beginners, and it was a bit revolutionary for my thinking https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E1oZhEIrer4 (don’t tell H that) 4/5
6/6/2019, 7:28:12 PM 🔗
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Glass was talking to new writers, but the links between creatives and hackers are legion. And the resoundingly common refrain is “keep working” not “wait for magic to strike” https://x.com/singe/status/729174881217171456 5/5
6/6/2019, 7:28:13 PM 🔗
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