Illustrated Wisdom For The Middle: A Collaboration With Jessica Hische

Excited to launch a collaboration with Jessica Hische, an amazing lettering artist and illustrator I deeply respect and have known since…

Excited to launch a collaboration with Jessica Hische, an amazing lettering artist and illustrator I deeply respect and have known since the early days of Behance. Alongside the launch of THE MESSY MIDDLE, Jessica transformed three of the book’s 100+ insights into a limited series of illustrations. (and if you want one…read your way to the bottom).

THE MESSY MIDDLE distills 5+ years of interviews with legendary founders, artists, and executives about their middle journeys down to 100+ insights for founders, artists, and leaders of bold projects and new ventures. If you missed it, I shared an introduction to the book here and talked about the special “optimizing products” section here.

I sent Jessica an early version of the manuscript a few months ago, and she selected the three insights that resonated most with her. Today we’re thrilled to reveal the final illustrations…

“DTFW: Do The Fucking Work.”

Every journey has heavy, all-consuming moments. Firing employees. Extremely difficult clie…