Lessons from the Work

Are you a consumer or creator?

Brad Hussey · January 17, 2019
From the archives. I wrote this one a while back. Some of the details, tools, or recommendations might be outdated, but the core lesson still holds. I'm keeping it here because this site is a living record of the work, and I like being able to look back and see where I was. If you're curious about what I'm working on now, start here.

As a society and modern culture, we are addicted to consumption & instant gratification. Smartphones are little miracle machines that have brought great joy, progress and value to our hyper-connected world. But the hours we spend glued to our screens are also destroying us, our focus, our productivity and our creativity (not to mention the negative affect it has on our children).

Today’s culture rewards the consumer (or so we think) with the “high” that comes along with checking that notification, binge watching videos, instant messaging, social media and more. Consume, consume, consume.

But what would happen if we traded those hours we waste feeding our addiction for making something? Creating? Building? Learning? This video is all about how embracing the “Producer (or Creator) Mindset” could be the best mindset shift you make this year.

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