EP. 120
Keeping going when the work goes quiet
Director Elena Marsh on the two-year stretch in the middle of every film when the footage isn't working and nobody's clapping yet — and the small rituals that got her through it.
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EP. 119
Charging what it's actually worth
Furniture maker Marcus Bell on the years he undercharged out of fear, the order that nearly broke him, and how he learned to put a real number on slow, careful work.
EP. 118
The art of actually finishing
Novelist Priya Raman on the drawer full of 80%-done manuscripts, the difference between a perfectionist and someone who's afraid to be judged, and how she finally shipped book one.
EP. 117
Launching to crickets (and continuing anyway)
Founder Theo Nakamura on the launch that got eleven signups, the eighteen months of quiet that followed, and why the boring middle is where his product actually got good.
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