Failing again. Failing better.
In my experience, when I get stuck and find it difficult to get my daily writing done, I start to beat myself up, and that only leads to increased pressure and decreased creativity. So what do I do? I change things up, and I have fun while doing it. In his book THE NERDIST WAY,…
At this point, I think it’s a fairly safe bet that television will increasingly become a service provided over the internet rather than transmitted over cable or satellite. Of course, there are quite a few questions that need to be resolved first: technical and financial ones mostly. But this hasn’t stopped Chris Hardwick of Nerdist…
When I worked at a law firm, the thing I hated the most was keeping a record of my time. I swear, the billable hour is the Devil’s favorite invention. Keeping track of everything you do in six-minute increments day after day after day is damn near torturous. But productivity experts like Ramit Sethi (@ramit)…
I’m a big fan of Chris Hardwick, AKA @nerdist. You may recognize him as the host of AMC’s “Talking Dead,” his website nerdist.com, his podcast (one of many on the Nerdist website) now touring around the U.S., or his book The Nerdist Way. Of if you’re a certain age, you might remember him hosting MTV’s…
I know what you’re thinking. Why in the hell would I take self-help advice from the former co-host of MTV’s dating game show “Singled Out”? Well, fair point, but consider this. Shortly after the show ended, Hardwick fell onto hard times: alcoholism, weight gain, wrecked credit, inconsistent employment, and the kicker: he was working as…