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Such remembering, the late poet John O’Donohue reminds us, is an essential element of adult leadership. “When someone fails or disappoints you,” he writes, “May the graciousness with which you engage / Be their stairway to renewal and refinement.”
Abloh’s friend, creative director Justin Saunders, [said to GQ](https://www.gq.com/story/virgil-abloh-cover-story-spring-2019), “What I knew about creativity was saying no to things, but he’s on the opposite flip. It’s like when Virgil convinced me to be a DJ—I still don’t know how to use a mixer. I said to Virgil, ‘I don’t know how to DJ,’ and he said, ‘It doesn’t matter. Let’s just go have some fun.’ And then eventually we were DJ’ing at Coachella.”
Creative Doing
Herbert Lui
“So those make sense to me and aren’t terribly different from what I thought you would have said, but I think you’re leaving some things unsaid.” Translation: I’m not impressed so far and think you’re holding out on me.
And: “Let me get a little more narrow there because I still think you have constraints that aren’t said out loud, which is fine.” Translation: Apparently you’re not getting it, and I still think you’re holding out on me.
And, before delivering a pointed opinion (in this case, that a friend is misdirecting his time trying to be too broad): “This might sound terrible and I don’t think many people will tell you this…” Translation: This might hurt a bit but it’s for the best.
After the Process: Meet Sam Hinkie 2.0
Chris Ballard
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