3-2-1: On cheat codes, love as a creative force, and how to make something great

Happy 3-2-1 Thursday!

Here are 3 ideas, 2 quotes, and 1 question to consider this week...

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"There are all kinds of cheat codes lying around, but they usually look boring. People will routinely ignore things that already work for the hope of a slightly easier path. The cheat code is the work you're avoiding."

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"Try to disprove your best loved ideas."

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"Don't just imagine doing things someday. Do them now.

Get out of your head and take action."

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Graphic designer and painter Paula Scher on how to make something great:

"Less is more and more is more. It's the middle that's not a good place."

Source: Interview with Creative Chair​​
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Playwright and poet Sarah Ruhl on love as a creative force:

"There was once a very great American surgeon named Halsted. He was married to a nurse. He loved her—immeasurably.

One day Halsted noticed that his wife's hands were chapped and red when she came back from surgery. And so he invented rubber gloves. For her. It is one of the great love stories in medicine. The difference between inspired medicine and uninspired medicine is love...

[He] loved her to the point of invention."

Source: The Clean House ​

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A four-pack on love:

• In what ways is it easy for you to show love?
• In what ways is it hard for you to show love?
• In what ways is it easy for you to receive love?
• In what ways is it hard for you to receive love?

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Until next week,

James Clear
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p.s. Excellent advice, very strategic.

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