How are you enabling belonging?
At our core, every human being longs to belong.
That’s not a claim this former lone wolf artist makes easily, but it’s what I want to get perspective on with you as we advance your business artistry.
Fantasies of freedom can trap creatives & entrepreneurs
What if our perceived lack of freedom has less to do with our “online 24/7” times?
What if our experience of freedom has everything to do with how we regard our time, direct our mind, and guide our actions each day and week strategically or not, artfully or not?
What if the Artfully Scheduled Life, when shaped artfully and strategically, could actually lead to more fulfillment and a different kind of freedom?
Less Labor Works Better: The Value of Mind-Wandering
“The United States is the only advanced economy in the world that does not guarantee its workers paid vacation. … The gap between paid time off in the United States and the rest of the world is even larger if…
Own how the world sees your creative genius.
“It is not generally acknowledged or discussed, but the personality we project to the world plays a substantial role in our success and in our ascension to mastery.” – Robert Greene, Mastery A young Sally Hogshead’s genius wanted to stand…
Business not as usual but as art
They shape hours, days, and weeks like clay – even if what comes out is not what they envisioned.
At the end of the day they do not want to feel like the walking dead.
They want to feel utterly, wildly alive.
Why Crowdfund Your Book Project?
I sneered at the idea of funding a book via “crowdfunding” when I first heard about it a few years ago. But that sneer was a cognitive trap. Crowdfunding (gathering finances from groups of people) a book trips authors out…
How Business Artists Quest on the Job
The creative life is romantic and problem-free? Myth. The creative mindset, the questing mindset, expects problems as part of the job. So much depends upon “how” those problems are approached.
Essential Tools (&Tips) for Digital Publishing
Opportunities for authors in e-book publishing are boundless and a bit overwhelming. As Digital Book World’s Editorial Director Jeremy Greenfield told me, it’s the Wild West of Publishing.
The 30-Day #NoAmazon Challenge
Business artists create, act, and choose with integrity. Easier said than done. I’ve given myself a 30-day challenge not to purchase anything – flash drives, batteries, paper clips, and definitely not books – from Amazon. Other authors are joining me….
unedited: 4 writing tools & a trick to stay focused
I am a master of distraction. I’m also an artist of deliberate distraction. Many people come to me for a variety of ways to cultivate a deliberate writing practice. Penguin and Monkfish published my book on the subject that includes…
