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BlackBird's Bullets #29
YouTubers as essential workers; Hermits; net-zero cities; 99 rules to live by; and Bill Burr.
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YouTubers as essential workers; Hermits; net-zero cities; 99 rules to live by; and Bill Burr.
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Man's Search for Meaning; FutureMe; Ode to Excel; Ridiculous job candidates; and a Dutch parking solution. Another edition of the BlackBird's Bullets [https://www.peterkos.org/bbb-newsletter/bbb-blackbirds-bullets/]. If you're not subscribed yet, you're missing a whole intro above which is delivered
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Simple life; Kevin Kelly; Brain Pickings; Biden's Peloton; and a creative derivatives This time I'm sharing my latest book impression, and expect more to come as I'm working through years of my kindle highlights and marginalia in the paper books. I call these impressions
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This is a wonderful book [https://amzn.to/2NaPFE1] if you're looking to simplify your life. Written at the beginning of the previous century, you might find it dated, but I enjoyed following the author's path towards living a simpler life. He wanted to escape busy
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I'm super fascinated by this new creator economy. Everyone (and yours truly) has a newsletter nowadays, but while for me it's just a fun hobby to cater to my writing itch, it's a survival plan for many journalists across the globe. We read the
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I enjoyed reading and scribbling into Austin Kleon [https://amzn.to/3djp7L8]’s Steal Like An Artist [https://amzn.to/3uVCyqq]. I ordered this one via Amazon for my wife and then stole it from her (lesson learned). [https://www.amazon.com/Artist-Turtleback-School-Library-Binding/dp/0606368868?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1618557338&
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I had a super-creative weekend, and so I scheduled more book impressions that will get published over the coming weeks, amongst them: The Quest of the Simple Life [https://amzn.to/3sAPeSa], Steal Like an Artist [https://amzn.to/3auheR4], The Stranger in the Woods [https://amzn.to/2RHTh2c], and
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When I think of California [https://www.peterkos.org/on-the-road-by-jack-kerouac/], I think about Steve Jobs [https://amzn.to/3tyEXHD] and Bob Dylan [https://amzn.to/3sjekEP]. The former is California's favorite son, while the latter is ... from Minnesota. I'm not sure how I made the initial
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Twenty-third edition. I was expecting to have at least ten chapters drafted by now, but I'm making slow progress. There is so much other writing ideas popping up and I'm letting them flow. Yes, there is a third book sketched-out, but I have to take it
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Micromanager is Latin for a boss who can't delegate. —Peter Kos There is a reason why I repeated the word Delegate three times. Delegation is the thing that every first-time manager struggles with, yet very few consider it being their weakness or an area to figure out. Having
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Welcome to the 22nd edition of BlackBird's Bullets newsletter. Someone asked me Why I'm writing this, and my reply was, "Why not?!" Writing is a wonderful hobby or a calling to have. I'm collecting interesting reads over the week and then curate
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"Do what you love" is for amateurs. "Love what you do" is the mantra for professionals.
The Elements of Lifestyle
I wrote this chapter of The Elements of Lifestyle [https://amzn.to/2Plkc3i] after realizing I have to wrap it up. I decided to stop being afraid and accept that it's time to publish the book. That was a moment of creative enlightenment. Finding my Writer's
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Finding Enough: How far are y'all going?; The War of Art; transparent salaries; digital minimalism, and detaching bodies.
The Elements of Lifestyle
> "How far are y'all going?" Ruby asked us with a sigh. "We're going all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn." —Bob Dylan, Brownsville Girl The Foreword really sets the pace for what The Elements of Lifestyle [https:
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This is one of the cult books [https://amzn.to/3cqybgI] for artists in all fields, and it’s been on my list for a while. I pulled the trigger for the paperback on Amazon after Seth Godin [https://amzn.to/3tYyZPN] mentioned he practically stole from Steve. The War