Make & Shine

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The indie maker's complete guide to growing your audience and getting press coverage, focusing on affordable, proven methods.

A transformative guide to rethinking your approach to goals and life itself from neuroscientist and creator of the Ness Labs newsletter.

It’s time to replace the old linear model of success with a circular model of growth, in which goals are discovered, pursued, and adapted—not in a vacuum, but in conversation with the larger world. Tiny Experiments offers not just practical tools to make sure your most vital work gets done, but a guide to reawakening your curiosity and drive in a noisy, busy, disaffected world, so that you can discover and pursue your most authentic ambitions while making a meaningful contribution. Anne-Laure Le Cunff is a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and writer. A former Google executive, she went back to university to earn a Ph.D. in Psychology & Neuroscience from King’s College London. As the founder of…from nesslabs.com

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