Around the Bonfire — Brand, marketing, creativity

Around the Bonfire — Brand, marketing, creativity

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Waiting
How to be patient without losing your cool
Aug 10 • Kevan Lee
The myth of The Moment
Why your dreams probably won’t be realized “all at once”
Aug 3 • Shannon Deep

July 2026

The actual hard thing about hard things
How to be a leader without losing yourself
Jul 27 • Kevan Lee
How much creative debt are you carrying?
Interest compounds on the things you never start
Jul 20 • Shannon Deep
The post-career movement
Work is changing, and careers are changing right along with it
Jul 13 • Kevan Lee
Pivoting careers isn't a competency problem
It's all about how we tell the story of behaviors vs. skills
Jul 6 • Shannon Deep

June 2026

What can I get away with?
Productively questioning what you’ve always thought to be true
Jun 29 • Kevan Lee
Let’s play 20 questions
Digging into your values when you're at a crossroad
Jun 22 • Shannon Deep
Create what you wish existed
How to navigate the paradox of originality, authenticity, and imitation
Jun 15 • Kevan Lee
Your future, 3 ways
How to create your Odyssey Plan, no cyclops or shipwrecks required
Jun 8 • Shannon Deep
Disagreeing with Rick Rubin
The limits of audience-first thinking
Jun 1 • Kevan Lee

May 2026

Success isn’t about effort. It’s about tolerance.
How to identify what you're uniquely willing to sacrifice—and whether it's setting you up to succeed
May 25 • Shannon Deep
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