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Martin Uhnak
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Good Work Is Enough

Attach to the act, not the result — I recently stumbled upon a post in a group for creators on Facebook. We encourage and help each other to challenge ourselves to make stuff and create on YouTube. A fellow member was sharing how he wasn’t happy about the way his channel was going. He was worried that the…

Creativity

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Good Work Is Enough
Good Work Is Enough
Creativity

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May 24, 2021

Cultivate motivation and performance through creative confidence

The words that come out of your mouth may squash someone’s dreams. They did mine for a long while. — Not too many people know this about me. I’m very passionate about certain things. I’m passionate about creativity. About humanity, about empathy, about design, about respect, about energy, about art, about responsibility, ownership and leadership. I weep sometimes. My wife had to get used to that. I weep when something…

Creativity

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Cultivate motivation and performance through creative confidence
Cultivate motivation and performance through creative confidence
Creativity

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Published in The Startup

·May 3, 2019

Speak less, say more

How much is enough? — I made a website for our studio and said very little. Some thought that anyway. There are those who get it. And there are those who don’t. Those who do are the ones we like. Those who care enough to think about the meaning. About the why. …

Branding

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Speak less, say more
Speak less, say more
Branding

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Published in The Startup

·Apr 27, 2019

What’s the ONE THING you cannot NOT do?

The opposite is doing nothing. — You’ve got all these ideas floating around. All these signals you pick up during the day. They are ready to play. They’re ready to become something. They are ready if you are. It’s the sitting down that makes you a creator. Sitting down, relentlessly, throughout the days and weeks. If…

Writing

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What’s the ONE THING you cannot NOT do?
What’s the ONE THING you cannot NOT do?
Writing

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Published in The Startup

·Apr 23, 2019

Should it be beautiful if it works?

On the balance of art and practicality. — I recently had a discussion with a business owner about a design contest. She was kind to offer a collaboration on a design that would touch thousands of products. We didn’t know about each other so I went on to askher questions about the designs they’ve used previously. She said…

Design

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Should it be beautiful if it works?
Should it be beautiful if it works?
Design

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Published in The Writing Cooperative

·Mar 27, 2019

Don’t Think

In titles. — Are you sitting down? You’ve done done the majority of what it takes. Writing is more about sitting down than having the right ideas and the right words to express them. Writing is more about sitting down than anything else. When you sit down and write, something will come out…

Writing

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Don’t Think
Don’t Think
Writing

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Published in The Startup

·Mar 1, 2019

Is Elon Musk weird?

It happened. Elon Musk hosts meme review. If you ever thought about what it might feel like seeing Elon Musk lol out about a dead deer in a pool, I will save you the trouble. It is strange and satisfying. I loled too.

Elon Musk

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Is Elon weird?
Is Elon weird?
Elon Musk

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Published in The Startup

·Feb 28, 2019

A dependable creative professional

A dream? — A designer who challenges global design trends? A person that provides customer service better than an agency? A world-class design expert with over 10 000 hours under his belt? Enter Michal, one of the true freelance professionals out of Slovakia. …

Design

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A dependable creative professional
A dependable creative professional
Design

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Published in The Writing Cooperative

·Feb 27, 2019

These 3 Tips Help Me Write Every Day

Type away with these dead simple tips. — When you read a lot of crap online, you’re not to blame if you write crap yourself. We are what we eat. Every high level writing advice ever written includes this: If you want to write better, read better. …

Writing

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Navigating Crap & Writing Better
Navigating Crap & Writing Better
Writing

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Published in The Startup

·Feb 26, 2019

Three Questions to Help You Decide Anything

It’s either a hell yea or it’s a no. I used to scribble that sentence on my forearm with a sharpie. It’s great advice. Even if you’re easily confused, drawn towards multiple directions at once. Even then, you must believe that what you’re about to do, is a hell yea. …

Entrepreneurship

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Three Questions to Help You Decide Anything
Three Questions to Help You Decide Anything
Entrepreneurship

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