Without a Map

When the Egyptians built the pyramids, there were no blueprints to follow at first.

You Are Not a Computer

If you're doing a job that a computer or robot cannot, then you are more than the sum of your mechanical parts.

1,000 True Fans

If you can consistently get a relatively small number of people to pay you a modest amount of money, you can find success as a creator.

Destination Addiction

If the source of your unhappiness is internal, you're unlikely to find an external solution for it.

Self-Delusion

After years of struggling to make ends meet as a comic strip artist, Bill Watterson created one of the most acclaimed comic strips of all time.

The Stories Left Behind

If you're trying to launder money, running a laundromat is a great way to do so.

Convergent vs. Divergent Thinking

Thomas Edison famously said. “I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor."

Do the Opposite

Popular wisdom is often correct. But if you only ever do what everyone else is doing, you'll find yourself on a crowded playing field.

Duct Tape

Kintsugi is the Japanese concept of making pottery better in the process of repairing it.

Subtractive Solutions

One study showed that when tasked with making a pattern of blocks symmetrical by either adding or removing blocks, only 20% of people chose to remove them.