Many moons ago, I let one project after another drive me. You know the impulse. You or your team can chase after one project after another. An Etsy shop. A new tool or product. A new book. A new studio. A…
Hyperbole repels me. Still, call it a movement. A wave. A surge. A revolution. An evolution. A tide of creative people and business people are driving one another to do business as unusual. To do business as art. We’re not bonded…
Business artists take small risks for great gains. Sometimes that means looking a little foolish when underneath there might be a shred of wisdom. One hopes. Sometimes that means appearing to act a little out of character when in fact you’re…
Every once in a while a feeling seizes me. It often comes while writing something seemingly different from the feeling. Last April, I kept feeling something not just about me but about us. Something to do with our mutual frustration with…
Sunni Brown, named one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, nailed the problem this way: “Discerning which opportunities to pursue has been a bogeyman in my creative work for years. I just couldn’t settle on the criteria for choosing.”
Business artistry is about learning. It’s about craft. It’s about doing something well.
But how do execute that idea? More, how do you scale it in a way that’s sustainable beyond being a one-hit wonder?
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.
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.
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….
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