Think Week #27

How artists make (or beg for) money

Dec 22, 2024

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S: How artists make (or beg for) money
M: How To Exploit The Four Pillars of Modern Leverage
T: Before you plan next year, do this one thing
W: collecting memories, not milestones
T: How Did We Get So Dumb?
F: If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?
S: I was a writer and an influencer. I am still a writer.

SUNDAY

How artists make (or beg for) money

Written by

Alex Dobrenko`

Art is fiction, but this is like, no, you gotta pay your rent.

The Sublime

How artists make (or beg for) money

We put artists, especially those from the past, on a pedestal. Their works are great, sure, but their lives are… weird and messy and incredibly, deliciously human…

5 months ago · 17 likes · 1 comment · Alex Dobrenko`

MONDAY

How To Exploit The Four Pillars of Modern Leverage

Written by

Michael Lim

The world runs on leverage. Exploit it or be exploited by it.

Solopreneur Launch

How To Exploit The Four Pillars of Modern Leverage To Get Everything You Want In 2025.

I never understood the power of leverage…

5 months ago · 9 likes · 2 comments · Michael Lim

TUESDAY

Before you plan next year, do this one thing

Written by

Lizzie Mulherin

Self-doubt is a clue, not a stop sign.

Create Your Living with Lizzie

Before you plan next year, do this one thing

Before you rush into planning your goals, resolutions, or “big year ahead,” I want to suggest something counterintuitive: stop…

5 months ago · 7 likes · Lizzie Mulherin

WEDNESDAY

collecting memories, not milestones

Written by

Marco Marquez

Life isn't about being Thanos, collecting milestones like infinity stones.

Your Friendly Obsession

collecting memories, not milestones

I used to be hyperfixated on reaching life’s milestones—treating them like items on a to-do list, constantly adding to my collection of accomplishments to prove to myself (and maybe to others) how successful I could be, how much of life I was living. But somewhere along the way, I realized: it’s not all about the dest…

5 months ago · 6 likes · 2 comments · Marco Marquez

THURSDAY

How Did We Get So Dumb?

Written by

Amy Roberts

We are the proverbial fish, oblivious to the water we swim in.

Becoming Skookum

How Did We Get So Dumb?

In the last two decades, an explosion of technological change in Western society has left us utterly submerged in technology…

6 months ago · 263 likes · 79 comments · Amy Roberts

FRIDAY

If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?

Written by

Adam Singer

True wealth lies not in escape but in presence: being in shape and having enough time to climb a hill and enjoy the view, having friends and family who laugh at your jokes, doing work that directly creates real things.

Hot Takes

If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?

If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? I hear this phrase all the time, so let’s talk about it. It’s the memeification of a modern tension between intellect and wealth, one that wants us to confront an assumption money-obsessed people have: intellige…

5 months ago · 73 likes · 5 comments · Adam Singer

SATURDAY

I was a writer and an influencer. I am still a writer.

Written by

Dia Lupo

I knew nothing about how the world worked but I knew that I was born to write. That I could spin my lowly existence into emerald silk and perhaps, one day, it would be worn by someone important.

FIN

Thankful for love to share, health to spare, and friends who care.

— Daniel

P.S. Happy Holidays!

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