For centuries, historians believed the great Renaissance master was just another Starving Artist, struggling to make ends meet. Michelangelo himself embraced this imag...
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10 Ridiculously Simple Steps for Writing a Book
The hard part of writing a book isn’t getting published. It's the actual writing. In this article, I offer 10 steps for writing a book along with 10 bonus steps to getting your book done. Books don’t just write themselves, after all. You have to invest everything you are into creating an important piece of work.
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Peak Performance Every Day: Interview with Eric Partaker
How do we live a life and pursue a creative career where we don’t end up with a long list of regrets having succeeded at the wrong thing? There is no one I know ...
The Artist’s Life: Interview with Elida Field
On The Portfolio Life this week, I’m talking to Elida Field, a professional artist whose work has been featured in the White House and on magazine covers. She’s curren...
Am I Still Me? (On Creativity and Changing)
The act of finding the deeper part of you that never fades may be the most important task of your life. It is certainly the best place from which to create.
10 Steps to Getting Paid to Create
Last week, I taught a live workshop on what I’m calling “The Paid Creator Path,” which is a new teaching I’m rolling out about the ten steps it takes to make a living ...
Why We Make Things
I believe we make things because that’s what we were made to do. Not even to make things, but to be making things. We are the little creators of our lives and the worl...
Before You Build Your First Product, Do This
So far, we’ve identified why we create, the importance of making money off our art, how to know what to sell, and to whom, and so now… it’s time to sell.