{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Love Your Work or Don\u2019t Ship It","description":"Hey friends, Chase here This episode is short and honest: if you don\u2019t love the work you\u2019re making, don\u2019t ship it \u2014 or better yet, figure out how to love the work before you ship it. I know that sounds blunt, but the market \u2014 and more importantly, your audience \u2014 can smell half-hearted work a mile away. You can\u2019t fake the stuff that matters. Loving the work isn\u2019t about perfection. It\u2019s about clarity, curiosity, and being willing to do the uncomfortable thing: choose a direction, commit to it, and then grind the craft until you actually love the result. That\u2019s the difference between noise and meaning. Here\u2019s the core idea: If you\u2019re not excited to promote what you made, you probably didn\u2019t make what you love. Shipping is great \u2014 but shipping love is better. Two common traps I see: Approval chasing: You try to design for everyone and end up designing for no one. Activity without affection: You\u2019re busy making lots of stuff, but it never lights you up. That work will struggle to find real fans. So what do you do about it? Make the work you can\u2019t not make \u2014 and build a tiny system to ship it. In today\u2019s episode I cover: Why loving what you make makes promotion natural instead of gross Three practical moves to fall back in love with your craft: pick one obsessive idea, do the research that excites you, and iterate publicly How to find the small group (10\u201350 people) who will sustain you \u2014 and why that\u2019s all you really need A quick playbook to ship work you love: Choose one thing: narrow the focus until you feel a pull, not a push. Make it daily: small consistent steps beat sporadic heroics. Share early: get feedback from the right 10 people, not the loud crowd. Listen, then iterate: love grows when you respond to the craft (not the vanity metrics). If you want to make a living doing what lights you up, stop designing for a mythical \u201ceveryone.\u201d Build for the people who get it \u2014 and love the work enough to tell others. Thanks for listening. Tag me with what you\u2019re shipping next \u2014 I read as many replies as I can. And remember: ship less stuff, but love the stuff you ship. ","author_name":"The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show","author_url":"https:\/\/www.chasejarvis.com\/project\/chase-jarvis-live-podcast\/","html":"