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Mindset principle: Aspire for beauty

Mindset principle: Aspire for beauty

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Mindset principle: Aspire for beauty

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- The elite writer fundamentally views himself or herself as an artist. They view the page they write on as a blank canvas on which they begin with a sketch, and on which they proceed to paint a beautiful picture. Now, whether it's a report, an essay, or an article that you're writing, you've got to regard yourself as a sculptor of words, a painter of sentences, a composer of narratives. Now, the mind of an artist is usually directed at creating something of beauty, and that's exactly how I encourage you to approach your writing, with a commitment each time to creating something of beauty, even if you're composing something as basic as a cover letter for a job application. At the beginning it has no depth, no structure, no style, but as an artist, you have to progressively give it all of those other dimensions. Your job is to turn it into a beautiful picture by trimming things down where you've been too, you know, perhaps long-winded, by moving points and ideas around to get the ideas…

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