linchpin in training
In: Art|Creativity|Linchpin
5 Jul 2010The words used in the title of this post are all words that came from my thesaurus for the word “mediocre.” mediocre |ˌmēdēˈōkər| adjective of only moderate quality; not very good: a mediocre actor It makes me wonder if this is the way my English teachers would have explained my skills to my parents during [...]
Have you ever had a great idea? Have you ever told someone your idea, and they told you that your idea was stupid? Maybe they looked at you like you were nuts. Maybe they thought you were a little bit of a weirdo. Maybe they told you to stop daydreaming and get back to work. [...]
I stole the title of this post from Hugh MacLeod‘s book, “Ignore Everybody“. This is just one of Hugh’s keys to creativity. Thankfully, he’s even drawn a picture to hammer the point home. Hugh want’s you to know that while you may be pouring your heart and soul into your art, or your business, or [...]
In the final piece of the four new prints I got from Hugh MacLeod‘s linchpin series, this one turned out to be my favorite one of all. To me, this piece brings it all together. If you look back over the past four days, you’ll see that each peice of art tends to bring us to this last and super important message [...]
The third piece of art on my office wall from, Hugh MacLeod‘s linchpin series, reads the following: “all artists are entrepreneurs. all entrepreneurs are artists. linchpin”. (click here for a better look at the print) I love this print. I’ve always felt that I’ve had the “entrepreneur” bug; but I haven’t thought about myself as [...]
A print from the Linchpin series by Hugh MacLeod now beautifies my office walls and reads: “linchpin. It was either that or the insane asylum” Print #2 (click here for a better look at the print) Yesterday we spoke about the fight. The need to fight like hell. However, as we’ve seen, the easiest option [...]
After a nice break, I’m back in my office and ready to get back at it. I’m a little more excited to be back in my office today, because my office has been upgraded with my new artwork from Hugh MacLeod. I thought over the next four days, I’ll share a little bit about each [...]