A practical, slightly mystical field guide for IMMachines creators who build by moving âThe work reveals itself as you go.âAlso: âWe are dealing in a magic realm. Nobody knows why or how it works.â If youâve ever taken one small step and found a door you didnât know existedâwelcome to the club. Creation isnât a [...]
A Rick-Rubinâish field guide for IMMachines creators, coaches, consultants, and solopreneurs âTalent is the ability to let ideas manifest themselves through you.â Most of us were taught that âtalentâ means you push harder, think smarter, and out-grind everyone. Nice story. Also wrong. The most reliable makers I know donât force ideasâthey host them. They reduce [...]
âThe ability to look deeply is the root of creativity.To see past the ordinary and mundaneand get to what might otherwise be invisible.â â Rick Rubin Most people skim life like itâs a terms-and-conditions page. Creators donât. We look deeper. Thatâs not woo-woo; itâs a practical competitive advantage. When you learn to see what others [...]
Introduction: Creativity Has a New Canvas For centuries, artists have expressed creativity through brushes, instruments, chisels, and words. Today, thereâs a new canvas: the prompt. Every time you write a promptâwhether itâs a single line or a structured sequenceâyou are making a creative choice. Youâre shaping possibility. Youâre saying: âThis is the world I want [...]
If youâve been feeling âstuck,â bored of frameworks, and secretly craving the thrill of making something only you could makeâthis is for you. TL;DR (but read it anyway, youâre a creator đ) The Creative Ambush argues that real creativity isnât summoned by sticky notes, frameworks, or polite meetings. Itâs born when you take radical responsibility, [...]
Freedom is not addition â it is mastery over desire We often say: âI want more.â More income. More followers. More comfort. More ease. But what we rarely admit is this: if we cannot resist the pull of any desire in us, then we are not free â we are owned by what we desire. [...]
If I choose the wide road, Iâll learn to love its noise.If I choose the narrow path, Iâll feel the hush of trees.If I choose to wait, the moment will choose me.If I choose wrongly, the wrong may ripen into right.If I donât choose at all, perhaps life has already chosen. If I wander off [...]
Introduction: Why Be a Blue Whale, Not a Unicorn? In todayâs business world, unicorns get all the hypeâstart-ups that rocket to billion-dollar valuations overnight. But for most creators, consultants, coaches, and solopreneurs, that path isnât just unlikelyâitâs unsustainable. Phil Teasdaleâs The Blue Whale Plan offers a different vision. Instead of trying to be a mythical [...]
Introduction: The AI Revolution Is RealâBut Most Get Stuck Weâve all seen the headlines: âAI Side Hustle Earns $1,579 a Dayâ âThis AI Will Replace Designersâ âThe End of Software Engineers?â For creators, consultants, coaches, and solopreneurs, itâs tempting to believe the hype. But as Tobias Zwingmann reveals in his book The Profitable AI Advantage, [...]
1. Tuning In System Principle: Ideas arrive like radio signals; your job is to tune your âantenna.â Practices: Create open mental space (silence, meditation, walks). Capture fleeting thoughts quickly (voice notes, jot in Notion). Stay sensitive to synchronicities â treat them as creative prompts. IMMachines tie-in: Quote To Action turns a random âsignalâ (quote, overheard [...]
