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Sharron Bassano's avatar

"I worry that we’re devolving into a world of mediocrity—where the raw humanity and life is sucked out of our creative work in the name of “producing content” that only adds to the noise." Yes. I worry about that, too. And then add on a layer of AI stupidity and it is even more concerning. Thank you, Lyle, for always meaningful work. Now I am thinking of going into my archive and deleting all the mediocrity... and keeping only those pieces I am very proud of. Sigh...

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Lyle McKeany's avatar

Thanks, Sharron! I’m personally not going to delete anything, even if I later think it’s mediocre. Because it’s a reminder of how far I’ve come.

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Nicole Saldívar's avatar

As a beginner (in publishing) when I first published I wasn’t expecting anything from my results and I was surprised when it resonated with others... but soon after I realized it’s not always like that, even when I expected a piece to be “a really good one” - It kind of discouraged me to keep publishing, because I (like many others) unconsciously associate the value of my work/art with the feedback (external validation)... I kept writing but I was too conscious about the result and that didn’t let me enjoy it like I normally used to- Reading this now was a great and needed reminder to (in your own words) “allow myself to separate the creative from the result” and free myself again. “To let whatever happens, happen”. 🫶🏽

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Lyle McKeany's avatar

That sums it up so well, Nicole. I feel like sometimes I catch myself chasing that feeling of wanting to write “a really good one” that goes viral or whatever. But then I remind myself that it’s more important to stay true to myself

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Nicole Saldívar's avatar

Let’s keep staying true to ourselves 🙏🏽 thank you

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Nicole Saldívar's avatar

Well this resonated so much with me. I came across this when I needed it the most ✨

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Lyle McKeany's avatar

Glad it helped, Nicole! I'm curious what about it resonated for you (if you feel comfortable sharing)

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

Pumped about foster and about trying audiopen it seems dope

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Lyle McKeany's avatar

AudioPen is really well done. Louis is an awesome dude too

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Rick Rollins's avatar

Cool idea! I really liked this piece too, so nice job doing some pretty darn good writing in one hour!

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Lyle McKeany's avatar

Thanks!

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Nicci Kadilak's avatar

Lol I have a very complicated relationship with golf, but I definitely opened last week’s email *because* of the title. 😂

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Lyle McKeany's avatar

Super interesting! I feel like every golfer has a complicated relationship with the game lol

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Nicci Kadilak's avatar

Hahaha or every golf pro’s ex? 😂

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Lyle McKeany's avatar

Ohhhh, *that* kind of relationship 😬

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Nicci Kadilak's avatar

😂

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

Currently writing a piece about how we might be thinking of goals the wrong way. Your piece gave me some food for thought, too, and I might link to it if I find the appropriate place to put it. Great job for 60 minutes, Lyle!

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Lyle McKeany's avatar

Thanks, Andrei!

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Sarah Wood González's avatar

So excited about this!!

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Lyle McKeany's avatar

Me too! Looking forward to your session because I want to get my stuff publish elsewhere and feel a bit overwhelmed when I even begin looking into it.

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Lyle McKeany's avatar

Thanks, Mike! I would love to chat with you about the season! You can reply to this post in your inbox or email me at lyle@substack.com. Either way it’ll get to my inbox.

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