Ideas are worth twenty five cents. I can come up with hundreds of ideas a day. But unless I act on them they aren’t worth any more than that. If you happen to act on something I came up with you need to give me my quarter.
Say no. If they really want it bad enough you’ll get paid to change your answer to “okay, yea, I can do that.” Otherwise you get to work all weekend for free.
Saying “that’s easy!” is not allowed.
Question everything.
Good, fast, or cheap. Forget picking two. Pick one.
Sketch, doodle, draw. On paper. Get away from the computer.
Always carry a pen and paper.
A contract won’t protect you from an asshole.
Don’t tell them when you are going to leave. Tell them when to show up.
Sleep. Eat. Act. Also known as “Stop, look, shift, play.”
Know your town so when guests arrive you can show or advise them what to see and do.
Watch baseball.
Long weekend away.
Read all the time.
It’s a hardware problem. Really.
Super glue.
21. Give into the nap.
Learn something new everyday. Then teach it back to someone.
Repurpose old stuff. Okay, an example. I wanted a better alarm clock so I wrote one and ran it on a Quadra 605.
If you are late, don’t apologies. Every excuse is lame. As the premise is, “the show must go on.”
Everyone person you meet is an opertunity. Always have business cards.
Be prepared to pay.
Learn how to learn.
Get rid of old stuff. Computers, cameras, paper, books, tapes, CDs, DVDs. If you aren’t using it don’t keep it. In other words, de-clutter.
Put art on your walls. Not posters. Art.
Don’t eat lunch at your desk.
Turn off the TV.
Remember the roses.
Call in well.
When in Rome.
Only solutions.
Bail.
Can you save the day?
Ideas are worth twenty five cents. I can come up with hundreds of ideas a day. But unless I act on them they aren’t worth any more than that. If you happen to act on something I came up with you need to give me my quarter.
Say no. If they really want it bad enough you’ll get paid to change your answer to “okay, yea, I can do that.” Otherwise you get to work all weekend for free.
Saying “that’s easy!” is not allowed.
Question everything.
Good, fast, or cheap. Forget picking two. Pick one.
Sketch, doodle, draw. On paper. Get away from the computer.
Always carry a pen and paper.
A contract won’t protect you from an asshole.
Sleep. Eat. Act. Also known as “Stop, look, shift, play.”
Watch baseball.
Long weekend away.
Read all the time.
It’s a hardware problem. Really.
Super glue.
Give into the nap.
Learn something new everyday.
Then teach it back to someone.
If you are late, don’t apologies. Every excuse is lame. As the premise is, “the show must go on.”
Everyone person you meet is an opertunity.
Always have business cards.
Be prepared to pay.
Learn how to learn.
Get rid of old stuff. De-clutter.
Put art on your walls. Not posters. Art.
Don’t eat lunch at your desk.
Turn off the TV.
Remember the roses.
Call in well.
When in Rome.
Only solutions.
Can you save the day?
Bail.