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You just have to be as generous as you can, but selfish enough to get your work done.
when you’re in the middle of living out your life and career, you don’t know whether you’re up or down or what’s about to happen next.
You can’t count on success; you can only leave open the possibility for it, and be ready to jump on and take the ride when it comes for you.
If you look to artists who’ve managed to achieve lifelong careers, you detect the same pattern: They all have been able to persevere, regardless of success or failure.
Instead of taking a break in between projects, waiting for feedback, and worrying about what’s next, use the end of one project to light up the next one.
“If you never go to work, you never get to leave work.”
When you feel like you’ve learned whatever there is to learn from what you’re doing, it’s time to change course and find something new to learn so that you can move forward.
So don’t think of it as starting over. Think of it as beginning again. Go back to chapter one—literally!—and become an amateur.
