Pixar on Embracing Failure
It goes without saying that Pixar Animation Studios knows a thing or two about success. In the book, Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, [...]
Think Wrong: Quantity Generates Quality
I’m currently reading the book Think Wrong: How to Conquer the Status Quo and Do Work That Matters, and came across a sobering paragraph that I thought summarizes the ideation process and [...]
Making More Time for Reading
Reading has been a huge source of self-education and inspiration for me over the years. It wasn’t until last year that I decided to make it even more of a priority in my daily life. Last [...]
What I’m Reading: The Vignelli Canon
This week I finished reading The Vignelli Canon, a short collection of design advice from Italian modernist designer, Massimo Vignelli. As one might guess, it’s a beautifully designed book [...]
The Most Important Book I’ve Read About Creating Art
I’ve recently finished reading the book the War of Art. This is a book I’ve heard Seth Godin refer to in a podcast a while back—Might’ve been the Ted Talk Podcast—as being an [...]