I'm a project manager, not a magician. Magicians have way cooler hats. — Merlin Mann Hats Copy Share Image
People either make things or they don't. Inspiration is a poster. — Merlin Mann Inspiration Copy Share Image
Don't just play with your phone: go out and produce something. — Merlin Mann Inspirational Copy Share Image
Feeling creative produces great work in approximately the same way that "feeling like a doctor" makes you a gifted thoracic surgeon. — Merlin Mann Creative Copy Share Image
Thing is: the internet's made of IP addresses, opinions, and assholes. It's what's there. That's the basic equipment. — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
Like tornadoes and cold sores, good work happens with total disregard to whether I'm 'into it.' — Merlin Mann Cold Copy Share Image
Although your time and attention are finite, the demands on your time and attention are infinite. — Merlin Mann Attention Copy Share Image
People will always despise you if you end up doing less stupid BS than they choose to suffer. — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
Joining a Facebook group about creative productivity is like buying a chair about jogging. — Merlin Mann Buying Copy Share Image
You got to be careful to not get too comfortable with incremental improvement. I think sometimes you just got to jump off… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
Creative work, summarized: In the time you set aside each day to work your ass off, ignore anything that makes you consider… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
I think all of the best nonfiction that has ever been made comes from the result of someone who can't stop thinking… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
“In talking with happy people, I found they've all figured out ways to focus on three things: Good Decisions, Good Relationships and… — Merlin Mann Good relationship Copy Share Image
Go a little easier on yourself, and in so doing, be prepared to make and do things that might seem silly at… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
The mindless junk of your past crowds out opportunities and sets pointless limitations. Move out the junk, and you create room for… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
My narrative is that I've never known what's coming next-I still don't. I fell down the right set of stairs and have… — Merlin Mann Anxious Copy Share Image
Distractions have never prevented a Writing Writer Who Writes from writing; distractions are an excuse proffered by Non-Writing Non-Writers Who are Not-Writing… — Merlin Mann Distraction Copy Share Image
It's just that it's mind-boggling to me how many people I encounter every day who are struggling to subsist on a diet… — Merlin Mann Advice Copy Share Image
You're gonna die. You're gonna die. And nobody's gonna care which version of the iPhone you used to make something on Twitter,… — Merlin Mann Alive Copy Share Image
Email is such a funny thing. People hand you these single little messages that are no heavier than a river pebble. But… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
Before you sweat the logistics of focus: first, care. Care intensely… Obsessing over the slipperiness of focus, bemoaning the volume of those… — Merlin Mann Care Copy Share Image
Trying to talk somebody out of the stuff that they enjoy in life is like trying to talk them out of their… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
Thinking can really be the enemy of action, and thinking can be the enemy of reality. — Merlin Mann Action Copy Share Image
Stop. I’m not going to take any more input until I’ve made something with what I got. — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
Never let the guy with the broom decide how many elephants can be in the parade. — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
People with tiny glasses and costly shoes can always find a couple of hours to explain how you did it all wrong. — Merlin Mann Couple Copy Share Image
“Put plainer, my sense is that western culture would be a damn sight poorer today if John Lennon had been forced to… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
“Getting organized just means you’ve glued handles onto the various stuff in your life — you’ll still need to pick it up… — Merlin Mann Life Copy Share Image
Creative work only seems like a magic trick to people who don't understand that it's ultimately still work. — Merlin Mann Creative Copy Share Image
A priority is observed, not manufactured or assigned. Otherwise, it's necessarily not a priority. — Merlin Mann Funny Copy Share Image
Typing in all lowercase is popular among young people, SMS users, and anyone who feels literacy has become too time-consuming. — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
Personally, it's changed my game - it's how I think now. Can't imagine writing more than a paragraph in anything that doesn't… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
