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  1. Issue · Sep 10, 2026

    Being seen isn’t the same as being known (opens the original)

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    “Get over your fear of being seen.” It’s the piece of advice on the tip of everyone’s tongue these days. Film the video, post it, share it everywhere. Build the thing you’ve been talking about, ship it, and also share it everywhere. Be visible, and everything you want will follow. It sounds simple enough but it ignores the fact that being visible and being understood are not the same.Visibility is discovery. It’s like the top of a marketing funnel, and most of what passes through it never conver

  2. Issue · Sep 3, 2026

    If you’re terrified of Saturdays, start here (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Aug 27, 2026

    How to be someone outside of the algorithm (opens the original)

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    The week Balenciaga announced it was sponsoring Substack newsletters, I was in a tiny village on Hvar, shaking sand out of a beach towel and realizing nobody there seemed to know what a trend was. Nobody was “maxxing” anything. Nobody was talking about AI, trend cycles, or the new “old money blonde” for fall. The biggest debate in town was which harborfront restaurant had fresher fi

  4. Issue · Aug 13, 2026

    The skill that got me hired and what it cost me (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Aug 6, 2026

    Excitement has no scoreboard (opens the original)

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    Two weeks ago, I sat in on a first-year conservatory class at Maggie Flanigan Studio with my acting partner, mostly out of curiosity. Six weeks into the summer acting intensive, we were still doing the famous repetition exercise where, in the middle, our teacher would frequently snap his fingers to shock us back into the moment. Act before you think.<a class="im

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