Not long ago, after my marriage had ended but while we were still too polite to say so, I awoke one morning to the soft song of birds. Exiting the bedroom, I descended...
Articles
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...