Mike | StoryDrivenLife

Grayscale clothes, colorful life • Designer, dev, and documenter of things • Giving away the farm

[Mike | StoryDrivenLife @StoryDrivenLife]

I read "Anything You Want" by Derek @sivers yearly in December.

What other book, nonfiction or fiction, should I be reading yearly?

[Mike | StoryDrivenLife @StoryDrivenLife]

AI will not replace writers.

Writing is just speaking on paper.

Saying AI will replace writers is like saying AI will replace speaking.

[Mike | StoryDrivenLife @StoryDrivenLife]

My nuclear job used to require 8 hrs shut in a box of a room with 3 others.

One person in particular was a master storyteller.

18 years later, I still remember specific stories about:

Beetles
Macro photography
Fractal math (seriously..)

Learn to be "sticky" with storytelling.

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Want to tell great stories?

Tell a lot of okay ones and pay attention.

Which stories get the most questions?
What moments are they paying attention to?

This is editing in real life.

[Mike | StoryDrivenLife @StoryDrivenLife]

@AchvAssociation Listen

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Give your best info out for free

Charge (A LOT) for implementation & personalized guidance

[Mike | StoryDrivenLife @StoryDrivenLife]

@Tim_Denning Tim you’re really speaking my language lately.

I turned down a $100,000 bonus for this reason exactly.

At the end of the day, I just want complete ownership over my time and my outcomes.

[Mike | StoryDrivenLife @StoryDrivenLife]

@writes_eve You mean “cookie” right? 😂🤓 I kid.
Of course it’s Dutch shortbread.

[Mike | StoryDrivenLife @StoryDrivenLife]

@manastory Yes!
Books, courses, etc. are all great, I LOVE books.

But, great writing is knowledge, thought, time, and action all wrapped up in a nice bundle.

It won't sing until you've lived and breathed it.

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Don't be a "writer".
Be an explorer.
Play.

Find that thing you're curious about and chase it until you understand it.

Share what you've discovered.

This is the key to creativity

[Mike | StoryDrivenLife @StoryDrivenLife]

@FearlessLarsen Depends on which type of intelligence.

Emotional? -> spot empathy
Traditional "intelligence" -> Critical thinking, ability to articulate complex ideas, logic

And there's a 3rd type I can't define.
But some people are great at keeping things simple, wish I was one of them. 😂

[Mike | StoryDrivenLife @StoryDrivenLife]

@JoshuaShediak 😂🤓
I'm definitely not judging. Teslas are pretty sweet!

I've just learned that, for me,
Impact - #1
Money - #8(ish) 🤷‍♂️

But it's easier to have priorities like this when you've already set yourself up financially. No doubt about it.

It can be tough out there!

[Mike | StoryDrivenLife @StoryDrivenLife]

I don't want to get rich from Twitter.

Honestly, I just want to be the dude putting out free resources that actually help people change their lives.

A bit of money would be nice,
but I've always valued impact more than money.

Anyone else like me?

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@thejustinwelsh Yeah, but did he have 73 followers and a jacked up bio?

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@Alexmathers84 Anyone who thinks they have a personality problem really just has an expression problem.

It's tough to learn to translate the unique bits of yourself to others.

[Mike | StoryDrivenLife @StoryDrivenLife]

@Gia_Linhv Fiction-writing nuclear engineer turned tweet slinger. 🤓

[Mike | StoryDrivenLife @StoryDrivenLife]

@charliebennett I'm not the only one?
I traded rare pets and trinkets for the longest time.

Had to quit because it was literally a job. 🤣
I did have a LOT of gold though.

The pets market taught me everything I needed to know about stocks and real life collectibles trading.

Helped a ton!

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@glennwrites1 This one cut me..
I should spend more of my time there.

[Mike | StoryDrivenLife @StoryDrivenLife]

@getpaidwrite I'm learning that as well. 15 years in nuclear engineering. 4 in software.

Writing is just.. Different.
And more meaningful to me.

[Mike | StoryDrivenLife @StoryDrivenLife]

@smokefatsalt Why are you spreading this blasphemy?!

People don’t need to know these exist. 😂🤓