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Creative work is often hard to budget for.
More often than not, we donāt see immediate returns or actually any returns at all. And you know what? Thatās totally fine.
Itās easy for us to want to attribute maximum returns to every action we do, particularly with #hustleporn being so central to our working lives now, but if you want to tinker away on a fun project you shouldnāt feel guilty about it being just for fun.
Being creative ā whether itās reading a book, adult colouring books, or writing a journalā¦in a book ā benefits us so much more than trying to monetise every aspect of our lives.
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ā¶ The case for socialised music streaming
I appreciate that the headline is a bit of a mouthful, but this article is a great argument for why music should be a public good, rather than something thatās sole goal is to create profits for executives. Tying profit to stream numbers is a race to the pop charts which I certainly donāt want.
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ā· The first industrial revolutionā¦from home
Apparently 43% of people in tech are pursuing side project businesses. Itās no surprise given that work is basically all weāre doing these days, but it signifies something much greater ā we have so much access now to tools and platforms that enable people to spin up their own projects in minutes from the comfort of our own sofas. Itās a revolution, thatās for sure.
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āø The vacuum of innovation
I really like this concept. The larger a business becomes, the more people it tries to satisfy, and therefore the more complex it becomes. As a result, a āvacuumā is created which can be filled by another business who wants to create a simple solution to the problem they are solving. This is basically how Trello became popular.
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Bonus round
If youāre looking for a new Instagram profile to follow, this awesome stop motion animator is definitely the one
I mentioned last week that Iāve launched a new podcast. This week itās time for my YouTube channel šŗ
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Decarbonising your business
Where do you start if you want to start becoming more carbon-conscious? Although our individual impact is miniscule compared to conglomerates, we can still do something.
Basecamp started with accounting, and took everything they do as a business and attributed an energy output. Whether it was travelling to the office, or what software they use. Fascinating stuff.
Listen to this podcast (30 mins)
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Have a great week,
Luis Ouriach
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