Creative Inspiration
The Groan Zone
Let’s talk about The Groan Zone. There's a time in every project where the bottom falls out. The beginning is so great because it's got so much enthusiasm, and even if you're scared of it, even if you're doing something that makes you nervous, there's a lot of energy...
Create A Winter Goal-Setting Community
I sent an email this week that talked about how it's going to be a long winter. I don't care how you slice it. I don't care what happens. It's going to be a long winter and it can also be a joyful and productive winter, if you take time to do the work that you love…...
What Would You Like To Share With The World?
What would you like to share with the world? What do you wish other people knew? Here's the thing- people want to pay you. People want to give you money. People want to hire you. They like you already. We like to do business with people we like. This is one of the...
Your Network Is Your Net Worth
The thing that I wanted to talk to you guys about today is relationships. We were talking the other week about a growth mindset, and what a major indicator that is to success. Reminder: a growth mindset is looking at mistakes as learning, understanding that there's...
How To Be Good At Anything
This is sort of a funny talking topic for highly creative people, because highly creative people are good at a lot of things. That's one of the characteristics of the highly creative person is we've got a lot of interests. We have a lot of talents and skills. We are...
Disappointments & Remembering That Nothing Bad is Happening
What I’m inspired to talk about today is disappointment and dealing with disappointment, because there's a lot of disappointing news out there. There are heartbreaking things, and then there's other people's responses to the disappointing news, which is also...
The One Thing That Determines The Quality Of Your Life
The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships. The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships. I'm going to say it one more time, and I want you to write it down- the quality of your life is determined by the...
Disconnect From Your Phone & Connect With Yourself
Everywhere you turn, it seems there is some new version of disaster. There is some new, horrible news. There is some new tragedy. There is some new loss. There is some new atrocity happening, and I just want to remind us of a couple of important things. One is you...
Finding the Real Problem (It’s Not The One You Think)
The problem you think you have is not the problem that you have. The problem you think you have is a symptom of the actual problem that you have. Here’s an example of this: my friend, Ryan Chapman (who's a CEO of a very successful tech company) was talking about how...
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