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Be Brave – A Poem-Film for Authors & Business Artists
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Be Brave – A Poem-Film for Authors & Business Artists

ByJeffrey Davis

You may have a Story burning inside you. It’s a Story about a new way of living. A Story about a girl who gets whisked into another world. A Story about a new way of leading or of investing in what matters. A Story about a young man who loses everything but his hope. A Story that only your business, your brand, your imagination, your life unfolds.

It’s a Story that needs to rise above the World of Buzz and a Story that someone out here needs to hear.

Books That Matter to Wild Writing Author Tina Welling
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Books That Matter to Wild Writing Author Tina Welling

ByJeffrey Davis

  We know that writers walk and that walking can aid in creative insight. But what is the link between, say, walking in the woods and your innate creative energy? The woods and writing have wedged a union in my imagination since I was a boy scribbling notes beneath trees and carving initials on bark….

Books That Matter to Susan Piver
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Books That Matter to Susan Piver

ByJeffrey Davis

It’s not easy living in questions. We’re wired to favor facts and certitude. If you’ve stoked your creative wits at all in the past ten, twenty, thirty years, you know though that living comfortably with uncertainty is where we find depth and meaning that gives rise to our best creations. Those best creations might be…

Books That Matter to Jennifer Lee
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Books That Matter to Jennifer Lee

ByJeffrey Davis

“Creativity” and “business” have become inextricable for surprising reasons. Not only have corporations appropriated creativity as their flag for uniqueness. The revolution I’m witnessing also comes from another direction – business artists and creative shakers & makers who are changing the way we make business. Three factors have helped shape this revolution: 1) The Internet…

Books That Matter to John Dufresne
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Books That Matter to John Dufresne

ByJeffrey Davis

If you think the ingredients for a great story include Southern accents, unlikable likable characters, crime, and surprising yet inevitable twists with generous doses of dark humor, then you probably know John Dufresne’s work. About his fifth novel – No Regrets, Coyote –  the New York Times describes John as “an original talent” whose “humor…

Warning: You Cannot Plug in Your Potential
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Warning: You Cannot Plug in Your Potential

ByJeffrey Davis

Every writer has dormant potential to be realized. Potential is not static, and pre-programmed It’s not an, “Either you have writing potential or you don’t” proposition.

Your potential is like dynamic water.

When harnessed, your potential rises and rushes forward in full power.

And it serves entities far greater than your little self.

You have a book running through you. If you can find the methods, habits, and support to harness it, you can step out of the Amateur Bubble and step into the Apprentice-Artist Arena and ultimately flourish in the Artist-Maestro Stadium.

Anyone can do this.

Myths About Writing Talent vs. The Writer’s Inner Game
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Myths About Writing Talent vs. The Writer’s Inner Game

ByJeffrey Davis

Myth #1: Successful, gratified writers mostly have talent. Myth #2: Marketing & platform-building are the most important qualities for any writer to have a long-term career these days. A few years ago, a question troubled me. Among the many creatives and professionals, especially writers or aspiring writers, I noticed that some writers prevailed over the…

How Seth Godin’s Book The Icarus Deception Works
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How Seth Godin’s Book The Icarus Deception Works

ByJeffrey Davis

  There are thought leaders, and there are Thought Leaders.(1) And Seth Godin is the latter. Why? Godin is a Thought Leader not only because he’s smart. It’s not only because he’s prolific and creative. Godin is an archetypal Thought Leader because he understands the nature of Thought itself. He gets what drives human beings. He understands…