lessons from NYC's hot 25

Last week's Time Out featured NYC's "hot 25" with the lovelicious Conor Oberst on the cover. (He looks older on the actual cover, I swear.) Now while it may be depressing to read about all the NYC hotties when you're preparing to leave lukewarm, I thought it would be an important endeavor to try to take some lessons from these upstarts.

In no particular order:

10. Start young &/or start now.
9. Appeal to a person's heart and mind.
8. Help other artists do their best work.
7. Put your finger in a few pies.
6. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
5. Don't be in too much of a hurry.
4. Learn how to work at home.
3. Collaborate.
2. Have supportive parents &/or partners.
1. Fight your own boredom by creating a new world.