I sent it to the kids I coach. It's the best way to approach life

i have no problem with the advice, suggestions, and warnings i’ve heard in this thread from folks i know by reputation, work, and communication.

i still think many folks give *that* author a far too sympathetic read given *his* credentials at the time were writing credits…

for ‘Cupcake Wars’ and ‘Wipeout Australia’ (one episode).

and… i’m not kidding. he’s on IMDb.

he framed his article based on advice he gave a college student about how working 17 hours a day wasn’t enough. At ‘Networking 101’ he advised people to stop socializing.

If someone says they don’t have enough time to write, and their goal is to write, but they’re at a networking class…

Then that’s exactly what they needed to hear.

If you say you want to write, but you’re doing something else, then what you’re really doing is procrastinating.

i don’t understand this. no-one in this thread to my knowledge gives the kind of career advice the author does in that article. you all to my knowledge talk about sacrifice, choices, balance, priorities. i don’t think any of those words are even in the article.

maybe any "encouraging" article that includes the forumalation (verbatim from the article): "if they can do it… why can't you?!"

just puts me into a state i shouldn't be in. sorry to be a sucj a party-pooper

I have given that advice to people. Not with profanity, but you have to sacrifice and make hard choices. It isn't about being the writer fro an Emmy or Oscar production. It's not the level of success.

It's moving into a new direction that works for you.

Some of those 80 at my job (most of them), some not.

I do preach balance. I preach making choices and making a plan. I preach doing more to achieve more.

I don't think 17 hour days for a decade make sense. For six months, sure.