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Stop Benching the Artists While the World Burns
This Substack may cost me followers ... but I had to get this thought down on paper.
 • Erik Løkkesmoe
Why Many Entrepreneurs Hate Weekends
(Or Is It Just Me?)
 • Erik Løkkesmoe
Why We Need to Hear Each Other’s Dreams
A beautiful text I received from a friend.
 • Erik Løkkesmoe
Why Your Message Is Like a Car Alarm in a Black Friday Mall Parking Lot
How To Make People Actually Care Again About Your Message, Idea, or Offering
 • Erik Løkkesmoe
The Long Game: Why the Real Creative Hack Is Thinking in Centuries, Not Seconds
The long game is punk ... others can chase, race, and grasp to win the day ... how about we win the next century?
 • Erik Løkkesmoe
Creative Surplus vs. Side Hustle: Why They're Not The Same Thing
Side hustles are about survival. Creative Surplus is about flourishing.
 • Erik Løkkesmoe
A Toast To The Almosts, The Not-Yets, The Maybe Somedays, The Any Moment Nows ...
Don't let their swagger fool you. We are all "not yets."
 • Erik Løkkesmoe
Offense or Defense? The Creative’s Choice
Our creativity was never meant to be a defensive sport.
 • Erik Løkkesmoe
The Art of Finishing: The Last Foot of the Last Mile
I believe the last foot of the last mile demands more grit than the first hundred.
 • Erik Løkkesmoe
When Kindness Had A Moment: My Personal Story of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
The moment the middle space audience roared, cried, and sang together.
 • Erik Løkkesmoe
Some Assembly Required
Some Assembly Required
From Erik Løkkesmoe, Some Assembly Required is for creators, founders, and makers who are ready to stop starting and start finishing.

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