Stephen Collar

Largest public works project anybody's ever done. I live in a freaking swamp for three months, middle of the Everglades. The only place to get dinner is the raunchiest strip club. I mean, like, it's like the worst thing you've ever... I've never seen anything like what was going on in the strip club in the middle of the Everglades. It's the only place to eat.

Largest public works project anybody's ever done. I live in a freaking swamp for three months, middle of the Everglades. The only place to get dinner is the raunchiest strip club. I mean, like, it's like the worst thing you've ever... I've never seen anything like what was going on in the strip club in the middle of the Everglades. It's the only place to eat.

There's a gas station and a strip club. And it's like scientists and people who are killing alligators for a living and selling boot skins and things like that. Nobody else is out there. It's a tough story to report. I spend four or five months writing it, turning it to my editor. He calls me up. He's like, Stephen, there's just one thing I didn't understand. I read your story.

There's a gas station and a strip club. And it's like scientists and people who are killing alligators for a living and selling boot skins and things like that. Nobody else is out there. It's a tough story to report. I spend four or five months writing it, turning it to my editor. He calls me up. He's like, Stephen, there's just one thing I didn't understand. I read your story.

There's just one thing I didn't understand. And I am just like my ego. that good i just one thing i got i was like what's that adam he's like every word you wrote and i had to start over like literally like and that comment in editors editors speaking to writers like that that was what i did for 15 years i had people just

There's just one thing I didn't understand. And I am just like my ego. that good i just one thing i got i was like what's that adam he's like every word you wrote and i had to start over like literally like and that comment in editors editors speaking to writers like that that was what i did for 15 years i had people just

rude to me all the time because they're overworked they got to get the pieces in and they don't have time for crap writing it's easier for them to be rude to me and hire another writer to put them on the story than it may be to help me fix it sometime and this is way before the world of ai where people could yeah and and this is also by the way this was my here's the part of that story that i left out i told you i bankrupted myself in lyme disease this was my comeback story

rude to me all the time because they're overworked they got to get the pieces in and they don't have time for crap writing it's easier for them to be rude to me and hire another writer to put them on the story than it may be to help me fix it sometime and this is way before the world of ai where people could yeah and and this is also by the way this was my here's the part of that story that i left out i told you i bankrupted myself in lyme disease this was my comeback story

So I needed this money so desperately. Like I was so poor and I needed them to accept this story. My point is that I've gotten like, it's funny because there are one-star reviews and I, you know, people say all kinds of crap, but I don't take any of the personal stuff personally, but it's like, I always assume if somebody doesn't like something, this is when I work with editors too.

So I needed this money so desperately. Like I was so poor and I needed them to accept this story. My point is that I've gotten like, it's funny because there are one-star reviews and I, you know, people say all kinds of crap, but I don't take any of the personal stuff personally, but it's like, I always assume if somebody doesn't like something, this is when I work with editors too.

And, or really I do it in business too. If you don't like something of mine, I believe that there's probably something wrong on the page where you were like, yeah, I really, I got lost here. I don't get what you're doing. I'm not into that. I don't think you know what you're talking about. I just think something's wrong there. You don't have any clue.

And, or really I do it in business too. If you don't like something of mine, I believe that there's probably something wrong on the page where you were like, yeah, I really, I got lost here. I don't get what you're doing. I'm not into that. I don't think you know what you're talking about. I just think something's wrong there. You don't have any clue.

You don't know enough about writing or my story or whatever. Be accurate with your, but something's wrong there. So I take the criticism as, okay, there's something here. Like I'm in the neighborhood. I don't trust your opinion because I don't think you have enough expertise about my thing. You have to tell me the exact thing that's wrong. But I trust enough that you're in the neighborhood.

You don't know enough about writing or my story or whatever. Be accurate with your, but something's wrong there. So I take the criticism as, okay, there's something here. Like I'm in the neighborhood. I don't trust your opinion because I don't think you have enough expertise about my thing. You have to tell me the exact thing that's wrong. But I trust enough that you're in the neighborhood.

And I just take it and I'm like, okay, how do I do it better next time so that this neighborhood doesn't want to revolt against me, right? That's how I sort of think about it. But I don't know. You know, I'm an old school punk rocker. So like, I'm kind of used to you not liking me, right? I grew up in Ohio with a Mohawk. Like the whole state wanted to beat me up for 20 years.

And I just take it and I'm like, okay, how do I do it better next time so that this neighborhood doesn't want to revolt against me, right? That's how I sort of think about it. But I don't know. You know, I'm an old school punk rocker. So like, I'm kind of used to you not liking me, right? I grew up in Ohio with a Mohawk. Like the whole state wanted to beat me up for 20 years.

I actually speak at this in a flow way. So people ask me like, what is the goal you're training? Training in flow, what's a win? What do we call success? And so I'm going to use a couple of technical terms, then I'll explain. So what success to me is, as I said, clear goals are a flow trick. So a daily to-do list, well set. Well, and we can talk about what that means, what that looks like.

I actually speak at this in a flow way. So people ask me like, what is the goal you're training? Training in flow, what's a win? What do we call success? And so I'm going to use a couple of technical terms, then I'll explain. So what success to me is, as I said, clear goals are a flow trick. So a daily to-do list, well set. Well, and we can talk about what that means, what that looks like.

I wanted to dive into that. We'll dive into that because it's probably important. But to me, there's a term in flow. So flow is defined, psychologists define flow. It has six core characteristics. How do you know if you're in flow? How do you know if your team's in flow? Complete concentration on the task at hand.

I wanted to dive into that. We'll dive into that because it's probably important. But to me, there's a term in flow. So flow is defined, psychologists define flow. It has six core characteristics. How do you know if you're in flow? How do you know if your team's in flow? Complete concentration on the task at hand.