Morgan Housel had lots of sound advice. I agree on pruning. There’s a time for brevity and for letting the florid language flow. I personally find it important to at least try to make the leader chuckle a few times.
The bit about writing for yourself especially resonates with me. If I wrote for my readers, I’d probably bore them, because I don’t know what they want to read. But writing for myself feels like play, and it shows.
Morgan Housel had so many gems. It's impossible to know what others want to read, but if you write something YOU want to read you always know you'll have an audience of at least one (and probably many, many more).
Your list looks like my list. Good job, Arman!
Great minds think alike! I missed your list. Where is it?
Not an actual list. I've written about and follow and linked to most of those writers.
Sivers: https://pau1.substack.com/p/one-thing-090523
Seth: https://pau1.substack.com/p/seth-godin
Morgan: https://pau1.substack.com/p/one-thing-082923
I subscribe to Perells podcast...
Love this Arman. Thank you for curating it. I'm saving it to test my writing against these ideas.
Glad you enjoyed it James! If even one of these nuggets help, it's worth it.
"Whoever says the most stuff in the fewest words wins." My favorite words in this essay.
Agreed (see what I did there?).
yep
Morgan Housel had lots of sound advice. I agree on pruning. There’s a time for brevity and for letting the florid language flow. I personally find it important to at least try to make the leader chuckle a few times.
Someone wiser than me once said something like "laughter is the sound of comprehension".
The bit about writing for yourself especially resonates with me. If I wrote for my readers, I’d probably bore them, because I don’t know what they want to read. But writing for myself feels like play, and it shows.
Morgan Housel had so many gems. It's impossible to know what others want to read, but if you write something YOU want to read you always know you'll have an audience of at least one (and probably many, many more).