We’ve all had crazy ideas, haven’t we? Maybe most times we dismiss them, thinking they’re just that—crazy. But *what if* we actually chased after those crazy ideas, and tried to make them happen? Phil Knight, the creator of Nike, said in his memoir “Shoe Dog” that Nike started out just like that: with a crazy idea.

Do you ever notice that when you spend too much time with someone, you begin to pick up on their habits? Maybe it’s the way they speak, the slang they use, or even their hand gestures and sense of style. We’re naturally drawn to people we like, and subconsciously begin to imitate them a little bit. Dale Carnegie used this human phenomenon to explain how people can people influence others by changing their own behaviors.

Sharing your work can be daunting. Maybe it’s a photo you took, an article you wrote, or a school project you worked on for a semester. Sharing it with others, whether online or in person, can be scary. Why? Because it requires vulnerability. Once your work is open for the public to see and engage with, it’s open for discussion, feedback, and maybe even judgement. Arthur Kleon, author of Show Your Work, says that sharing your creative work can become a way to learn, find your audience, and improve your work.

We all want to be successful, don’t we? We can look at someone and attribute their success to their talent. And others, to their hard work. So which is it? Does talent matter more than hard work, or vice versa?

Life is not fair. We’re all born with different talents and skills: different things that make us unique. We tend to think that everyone else is always better than us. That they always have the upper hand. But Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba shows us that we can switch our mindset, to focus not on our disadvantages, but on our unfair advantages—which we all have.

We know creating new habits are difficult, but we are, in fact, creatures of habit. Atomic Habits by James Clear may give us the insight to our behaviors, and how we can change them to our advantage.