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Based in Chicago, Omerisms is a blog by Omer Abdullah. His posts explore Ideas, perspectives and points of view across business, sales, marketing, life and (sometimes) football (the real kind).

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Aug 26

Aug 26 Omerisms Podcast - Episode 48

Aspirations, Careers, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Life, Strategy

This month's podcasts delve into the seeds of entrepreneurship, where these crazy ideas come from and what they mean for us, as entrepreneurs.

In today's episode, I reflect on article I read about Lauryn Hill and the importance of creating art for yourself and not for anyone else. This is true of all truly great creators - not simply in the Arts but in business as well.

Jan 8

Jan 8 Why You Should Create For Yourself, Not For Anyone Else

Omer Abdullah

Aspirations, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Life, Personal Codes

Talib Kweli Greene wrote an article recently on Medium called In Defense of Ms. Hill. The article is, as the title suggests, about Lauryn Hill, who first rose to fame with The Fugees, and specifically about what rights and expectations we can have of her as as an artist.