Behind HBO's Industry, are showrunners Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, two ex-bankers who walked out of London's finance world to create one of TV's most compelling modern dramas. Here are the 6 creative lessons I learned from them about redefining your identity and doing great work...

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:56 The Journey: From Banking to HBO

00:12:45 Rule 1: Write What You Know

00:17:31 Rule 2: Give People a Peek Into an Inaccessible World

00:23:21 Rule 3: Study Human Nature

00:32:17 Rule 4: Create Something Shocking

00:40:32 Rule 5: Steal Like An Artist

00:46:35 Rule 6: Don't Stop Making

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Art mentioned:

Industry - TV show, HBO (Mickey Down and Konrad Kay)
Mad Men - TV show, AMC (Matthew Weiner)
The Wire - TV show, HBO (David Simon)
The Sopranos - TV show, HBO (David Chase)
Game of Thrones - TV show, HBO (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss)
Mastery - book, Robert Greene
Gregor - indie film, Mickey Down and Konrad Kay
Edinburgh TV Festival - panel/interview
Keep Going - book, Austin Kleon
Hayao Miyazaki - Make Like The Greats episode 2
Bruce Lee - Make Like The Greats episode 8
The Godfather - film (1972), Francis Ford Coppola
The Social Network - film (2010), David Fincher
"Industry's Unintelligible Finance Jargon" GQ article by Jack King

Television Academy - interview, Mickey Down and Konrad Kay
The Prestige - film (2006), Christopher Nolan
Indiewire - interview/podcast, Mickey Down and Konrad Kay
Tasteland - podcast, hosted by Daisy Alioto

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Mickey Down and Konrad Kay (How To Make A HBO Show)