Questions that changed my Life
1. The Keys to a Good Life I’ve always wanted the “answers”. I wanted to have things “Figured out”. But I couldn’t. 😑 I soon realized that the key to getting good answers are in asking good ‘Questions’! So, lesson learned – “Want good answers? Ask good questions” 🧠 Most people start with answers and […]
How to Build Confidence?
What’s a SIMPLE way to Build Confidence? In art and in life? 1. What is Confidence? I think I’m pretty confident when I sit down to draw. That’s probably because I’ve done this over a 1000 times. Over many years. I still feel nervous, still feel scared. But I’m also confident that I can draw […]
Good Things Take Time…
1. Good Things take Time So Stick with it. The Difference between these two drawings is a year.. 1 Year Before 1 Year Later (Now) These two drawings are made by a good friend/mentor of mine, Calin. He’s also a student of Drawing Camp, with whom I had the chance to personally work with to […]
Born with NO TALENT
1. You don’t “NEED” Talent to Draw? This is a common belief that people hold. (And that I held for many years) “I need to be BORN with talent to draw” It’s Not true. The EVIDENCE says otherwise. Yet, why do we have this ‘Belief’? • When People See someone do something impressive (such […]
Take your own Advice?
1. I took my own Advice. I was finding it hard to find the time/motivation to draw lately. I was in a bit of funk. 😵 More like paralysis by analysis on “what to draw” Then I found the magical secret that helped me get out of the funk and draw more! And it was […]
Dream in Years but SHIP daily
1. How to think about your life. DJ Patil, a former US Chief Data Scientist used to have these four lines written in a card. “Dream in Years, Plan in Months, Evaluate weekly, Ship Daily” Dream in Years: Think long-term and imagine the life you want to live. Plan in Months: Break your Multi year […]
How to Set GOALS 2024 🎯
1. The Yearly Review Before we even set goals, it’s important to review the past. “Those who fail to study history are often doomed to repeat it” – Some wise guy. Here’s how I review the Last year. • I look at and list all the things that has happened. • This includes […]
WIN 2024
The new year is in the horizon and the next couple of newsletters are all gonna be about my thoughts on how to WIN 2024. 1. How to LOSE 2024 If we wanna WIN something, it’s best to define ways to screw it up. So here’s how you lose 2024 👇 1. Don’t define what […]
23 Lessons from 2023
1. What I’ve learned in 2023? Here are some of the lessons I’ve learned in 2023. 1. Have 3 clear goals that are ambitious and specific for the year. Vague goals = Vague results. 2. 10 Year Rule – Most meaningful things take AT LEAST a decade to come to fruition. Expecting things to workout […]
Why even make Art?
1. My Manga/Comic Pages I’ve been working on my Manga/comic for the past week and here are some pages from it.. I’m putting all my effort into making each page look good on this 21 page Manga and I’m so happy with how it’s turning out. But as I was drawing this… I was thinking.. […]
