Practicing excellence & flow is not a privilege
In this disrupted economy rich with entrepreneurial king and queen makers, it’s tempting to slip into some fantasy, really a siren’s call, of luxury and easy routes and comfort.
Books That Matter to Sharon Oard Warner
“Family” is not something you often feel at writer’s conferences. But when I first spoke to Sharon Oard Warner back in 2003 about the Taos Summer Writer’s Conference she founded in 1998, I told Warner that it seemed as if…
“The Eureka Factor” and Your Creative Brain
A creative insight can be as small as landing on an angle for a blog post or as big as discovering a fresh angle for a new book or business launch.
The moment you gain such an insight flashes like lightning – and vanishes like lightning. If you are not prone to pay attention to such moments, you likely will lose the insight and certainly not be able to replicate the conditions to have such insights again.
But can you become aware of such moments? And can you replicate them?
Books That Matter to Justine Musk
In this Books That Matter interview, Justine Musk clues us in to recognizing herself in a Stephen King character, the admiration she has for characters that own their flaws, and that she is just getting started.
Books That Matter to Chris Brogan
In our first Books That Matter interview of 2015, Chris Brogan shares his love of Ender’s Game, his disdain for marketing and business books, and his desire to live in the world of Marvel Comics.
Your public engagement time and private create time
As business artists, we’re tugged by oppositional forces. On one tug, you might savor your solitary creative time but protect and hoard your public engagement time. That’s why my team and I show several writers and designers in this ilk ways…
Own your brave medicine (poster).
To be a brave artist or business artist means you challenge the World of Buzz and deliver a different kind of medicine than the white noise being broadcast.
Here’s to the true creative heroes.
Here’s to the creative heroes – the people you admire and who reflect the best in you back.
The people who risk their comfort to make part of the world a little better.
The people who will not be hushed, squashed, or swept aside in service of their creative medicine.
The people who still work hard every day because they find value in real work and in the soul of craft.
I Promise to Give
Maybe we hold back because we fear we’ll be taken from or that we’ll run out of ideas.
The funny thing is this: When you create something, the very process of creating creates more ideas. When you see that something you created makes a difference to someone, you wake up driven to create more. When you solve one person’s problem, you feel fueled to discover other solutions.
8 Books for Your Best Work (+ Publishing Insights)
STAND UP FOR YOUR BEST WORK To be a business artist, you’re called to shape your hours and days in ways that support your taking regular action on the work that matters. Whether you work from a corporate office, a…
