I don’t know how much we ever leave the concept of being “cool” behind. I think it just changes shape into other manifestations of the same metric that all mean “is the impression I’m leaving behind worth what I’m putting in.” And I don’t mean the smart assessments that every author should be making as needed, like, “Can I afford this conference?” or “Can I afford these bookmarks?” and figuring out not just whether you have the money but how and whether they’ll pay off, and how much something is an investment in your career, and all that stuff I’m sure I’ll talk about another day.
How Cool Does this Make Me?
How Cool Does this Make Me?
How Cool Does this Make Me?
I don’t know how much we ever leave the concept of being “cool” behind. I think it just changes shape into other manifestations of the same metric that all mean “is the impression I’m leaving behind worth what I’m putting in.” And I don’t mean the smart assessments that every author should be making as needed, like, “Can I afford this conference?” or “Can I afford these bookmarks?” and figuring out not just whether you have the money but how and whether they’ll pay off, and how much something is an investment in your career, and all that stuff I’m sure I’ll talk about another day.