Tony Michaels
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Find Your If: The Greatest Advice My Art Teacher Ever Gave Me
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August 2, 2026
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8:00Now PlayingMy high school art teacher gave me one of the greatest pieces of advice I’ve ever received.
The funny thing is—she first gave it to me twenty-five years ago.
This week on Along the Way, an old art portfolio, a new sketchbook, and Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If—” helped me understand where this show truly begins: inside the notebook.
We spend a lot of our lives aiming at what we desire—money, recognition, applause, success. But a desire is not a task.
You cannot do fame.
You can return to the page. You can shape the cup. You can tell the story.
Find the work that—if you keep doing it—will carry you toward the life you desire.
Find your if.
What is the work you keep returning to? Tell me in the comments.
Along the Way with Tony Michaels is a weekly journal about the challenges, discoveries, and lessons found while doing the work. New episodes every Sunday.
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