How Writing Regularly Can Improve Creativity and Clarity
Starting or running a business is a risky endeavor. Entrepreneurs and artists deal with a storm of surprises and self-doubt, and they need to constantly learn and adapt to steer the ship to safety....
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How to Coach a Friend Through Pain and Adversity
When I think about how my long-lasting friendships have developed over time, I realize that our biggest leaps of growth didn’t happen in moments of happiness, but in moments of pain. These were...
View ArticleHow To Push Forward When Your Skills Have Plateaued
The path of least resistance? Chances are you’re strolling up it right now. Don’t blame yourself; as humans, our natural tendency is to seek security and minimize risk. We instinctually build comfort...
View ArticleReal Talk
Real talk is when we drop the armor, cut the bullshit, and speak wholeheartedly. Real talk is when we say things that aren’t being said out loud. No wasting time, no beating around the bush. It pushes...
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7 Lessons Learned from My Journey into Photography
As a writer, I see the world in words. The architect sees things differently than I do, as well as the designer, construction worker, and florist. My craft influences how I see my surroundings and the...
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What It Means to Find Your Community and How It Impacts Your Creativity
I grew most of my writing career quietly, in the suburbs of New Jersey, comfortably behind a screen. It never occurred to me that I wasn’t part of a community or that I needed one; community meant my...
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One Year in NYC and Other Notes on Staying Sane
Photo by me “The true New Yorker,” said John Updike, “secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding.” Seeing the New York skyline from the hills of New Jersey...
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Change Your Scenery, Change Your Life
At the beginning of this year, my two friends Bobby and David invited me on their annual, month-long trip to Colorado. We would drive across country for four days, leaving from Brooklyn and arriving...
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Transferrable Creativity
Every one of us is creative. Whether you’re an engineer and you write really elegant code, or you’re a writer who researches and imagines and writes a book of fiction, or you’re a home cook who loves...
View ArticleHow Writing Regularly Can Improve Creativity and Clarity
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View ArticleHow the Ancient Philosophy of Stoicism Can Help You Smash Creative Blocks
Act on your principles, not your moods. The post How the Ancient Philosophy of Stoicism Can Help You Smash Creative Blocks appeared first on Paul Jun.
View ArticleHow to Push Forward When Your Skills Have Plateaued
Comfort begets complacency. How do you keep growing your skills? The post How to Push Forward When Your Skills Have Plateaued appeared first on Paul Jun.
View ArticlePart 1: Don’t Grow Your Garden in Someone Else’s Yard
Stop housing your work on platforms that you don't own. The post Part 1: Don’t Grow Your Garden in Someone Else’s Yard appeared first on Paul Jun.
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