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I've worked hard to create deep candid friendships with many people. My friends tell me when I'm dreaming too big and when I mess up. They help me choose between shifting priorities and forks in the road. Sometimes they just tell me everything's going to be fine :)

I suspect that not everybody has relationships like these. For people without candid friendships or mentors, I suspect that a life coach would be incredibly helpful!

If you're looking for a life-coach, email me at hello@taylor.town :)

I honestly have no idea what I'm doing, but I really want everybody to thrive with the same level support that I have! I'll do 3-month "sprints", and I won't accept any payment.

EDIT: You can also schedule a 30-min chat with me at https://calendly.com/taylor-town/30min

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> My friends tell me when I'm dreaming too big

I read this somewhere: "If noone's told you your ideas are crazy lately, you aren't being creative enough."

Ha! My friends like my "crazy" ideas, but they kindly remind me of my history of starting ambitious projects and giving up as soon as things becomes boring/tedious.

Ideas are easy; honing discipline is hard as h*ck!

I really enjoyed this video recently, Jack Conte telling his history of failed projects. I'd only heard of the 2 or 3 successful ones before, but this made me aware of his 10 or 20 failed projects, or projects no-one else enjoyed, for every 1 hit. I don't think it's a coincidence he had a few hits. Also the way he says they all felt the same while doing them, the wildly popular and the ones none noticed, is interesting. Also I heard Gershwin wrote 20 songs for every 1 good one. It seems people mostly fail, even the most successful.

Patreon CEO shares his most epic failures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf5rKTCMNnU