{"id":727,"date":"2021-06-20T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.filippoboninsegna.com\/?p=727"},"modified":"2021-08-10T11:13:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T10:13:11","slug":"2021-06-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filippoboninsegna.com\/2021-06-20\/","title":{"rendered":"2021-06-20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_55 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\" role=\"button\"><label for=\"item-66029df705c15\" ><span class=\"\"><span style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input aria-label=\"Toggle\" aria-label=\"item-66029df705c15\"  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-66029df705c15\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filippoboninsegna.com\/2021-06-20\/#Free_Blinkist_book_summaries\" title=\"Free Blinkist book summaries:\">Free Blinkist book summaries:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filippoboninsegna.com\/2021-06-20\/#Seth_Godin_%E2%80%9CBusy_and_reliable%E2%80%9C\" title=\"Seth Godin: \u201cBusy (and reliable)\u201c\">Seth Godin: \u201cBusy (and reliable)\u201c<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filippoboninsegna.com\/2021-06-20\/#Advice_To_Writers_%E2%80%9CBlocks_are_temporary%E2%80%9C_Jhumpa_Lahiri\" title=\"Advice To Writers: \u201cBlocks are temporary\u201c, Jhumpa Lahiri\">Advice To Writers: \u201cBlocks are temporary\u201c, Jhumpa Lahiri<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Free_Blinkist_book_summaries\"><\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blinkist.o6eiov.net\/Vyb3bO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Free Blinkist book summaries<\/a>:<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.filippoboninsegna.com\/dusk-night-dawn-book-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dusk, Night, Dawn<\/a>\u201d (Anne Lamott, 2021)<\/li><li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.filippoboninsegna.com\/die-amino-revolution-book-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Die Amino-Revolution<\/a>\u201d (Ulrich Strunz, 2021)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Seth_Godin_%E2%80%9CBusy_and_reliable%E2%80%9C\"><\/span><strong>Seth Godin: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/seths.blog\/2021\/06\/busy-and-reliable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Busy (and reliable)<\/strong><\/a>\u201c<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When you serve other people (e.g. as a service provider), initially you\u2019ll take on any work, because you need it. Soon, if you\u2019re <strong>reliable <\/strong>(i.e. good, honest, clear), you\u2019ll be receiving way more requests than you can handle (<em>while providing the best service<\/em>) and you might end up damaging the very reputation you built by being reliable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s the solution? It\u2019s twofold.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saying no<\/strong> to some of the projects and being <strong>upfront <\/strong>about <em>why<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can you do these two things?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By taking on <strong>less <\/strong>projects and charging <strong>more <\/strong>for them, while making it clear that the customers will get <strong>more <\/strong>than they paid for anyway.&nbsp;And secondly, by being honest about <strong><em>why <\/em><\/strong>you cannot take on all the projects that come your way &#8211; which is that doing so would lower the quality of your work (<em>and therefore your reputation<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Advice_To_Writers_%E2%80%9CBlocks_are_temporary%E2%80%9C_Jhumpa_Lahiri\"><\/span><strong>Advice To Writers: \u201c<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/advicetowriters.com\/advice\/blocks-are-temporary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Blocks are temporary<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u201c, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jhumpa_Lahiri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Jhumpa Lahiri<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Writer\u2019s block is natural and to be expected. You need all the right conditions to be in place in order to be prolific, but sometimes they are not. The solution is sticking to a regular writing&nbsp; schedule, that will make sure that eventually those conditions will be there again. What we call writer\u2019s block might also just be the natural period of time that our head needs to process the ideas and come up with \u201csolutions\u201d. When you feel stuck or uninspired it is often useful to take a break from writing and do something you enjoy, because it will probably bring back the \u201cinspiration\u201d you were missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blinkist book summaries, Seth Godin on busy-ness and reliability, Jhumpa Lahiri on writer\u2019s block<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[31,47,182,29],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2021-06-20 - Filippo Boninsegna<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Blinkist book summaries, Seth Godin on busy-ness and reliability, Jhumpa Lahiri on writer\u2019s block\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filippoboninsegna.com\/2021-06-20\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2021-06-20 - 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