to every artist/person out there, your life & career will hardly ever just be vertical, and the purpose of art goes beyond charts, sales, analytics, algorithms. this shit has its natural & unnatural ups & downs, but the best thing you can do is create things that are honest, so that you never look back & have regrets. everyday you’re breathing you get an opportunity to reintroduce yourself & put something meaningful out into the world. do the work. have fun doing it. everything else is a bonus.
Probably the most pointed & insightful answer I’ve ever heard from Paolo. Very proud of him.
When asked by @philiprr_OMD on how to get the team to the next level
“You create an environment where losing isn’t acceptable…. it shouldn’t be comfortable in the building, it should be everybody on their P’s & Q’s feeling pressure to be great, because this result is not good enough”
🎥: @OrlandoMagic
Steph Curry after an NBA Play In Game Win — on finding joy in the work, what it feels like to be in the "zone", and how to earn the right to have success:
😄 Joy isn’t something you wait for at the finish line. It’s something you build into the repetition. When you learn to enjoy the rep itself, the work stops feeling like a cost and starts becoming the reward. This is a life hack with exponential returns.
🧾 TRUE CONFIDENCE can only come from your work! Confidence is not a mindset, it’s a receipt. It’s built quietly through preparation, through unseen reps, through promises kept to yourself you followed through on. What shows up in the light is simply the echo of what was done in the dark.
🤫 Outcomes are loud, but progress is quiet. The goal is not to chase the result, it’s to earn the next rep. Win or lose, you go again. Over time, stacking those reps earns you something more durable than success. It earns you the right to expect it.
True confidence and lasting success come from finding purpose in the work itself: Showing up, doing the unseen reps, and earning the right to WIN, and believe in what you’re capable of.