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# This Week - Apr 12, 2013
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/this-week-2013-04-12/
- Published: 2013-04-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T03:11:11.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: link, elle, fast company, salon, seth godin, this week, vulture, #import-blog-backlog-2026-09-13

> What are the stories you want people to tell about you?  
>  
> — [Steven Soderbergh on Quitting Hollywood, Getting the Best Out of J-Lo, and His Love of Girls](http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/steven-soderbergh-in-conversation.html?src=longreads&ref=drewshannon.net)

> Life is actually far better than it is in the movies. And it takes longer.  
>  
> — [We are not living in a movie](http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths%5Fblog/2013/04/we-are-not-living-in-a-movie.html?ref=drewshannon.net)

> But then something began to shift: My thin resources started to bump against some serious pent-up consumptive desire. I wanted to buy things, mostly shoes, but also vacations, a dog, organic produce, dinners out, drinks...What I didn't understand when I graduated college was that following your passions wouldn't always be enough. Sometimes you'd want those other things, too.  
>  
> — [I'm For Sale](http://www.elle.com/life-love/society-career/creative-ambition-versus-financially-stable-job?ref=drewshannon.net)

> You have a right to be a creative person. This is a universal law.  
>  
> — [Raskolnikov seeks mentor](http://www.salon.com/2013/04/03/raskolnikov%5Fseeks%5Fmentor/?ref=drewshannon.net)

> Media agency MEC offered a happiness workshop to a group of workers in its Manhattan office. Co.Create looks at the thinking behind the effort and the results.  
>  
> — [How One Company Taught Its Employees How To Be Happier, and What Happened Next](http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682068/how-one-company-taught-its-employees-how-to-be-happier-and-what-happened-next?ref=drewshannon.net)