Have you ever felt like the work you’re doing is not important? Do you sometimes feel like an amateur pretending to be a professional? I feel this way all the time.
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Creativity
092: Pat Flynn: Validate Your Idea Before You Leap
Creatives have no shortage of ideas. We get them in the shower, during a workout, washing dishes, or driving. But not every idea is a good idea. People have wasted yea...
The Untold Story Behind Vincent van Gogh’s Success
Vincent van Gogh led a life of madness, one with many starts and stops that looked as frenetic on the outside as they must have felt on the inside. Only during the fin...
088: Three Stages of Personal Development Borrowed from The Middle Ages [Podcast]
After his first mentor died, young Luke Skywalker showed up to apprentice under Master Yoda. Luke thought he was hot stuff and even cut his training short. Incidentall...
081: Your One True Calling Doesn’t Have to be One Thing: Interview with Emilie Wapnick [Podcast]
The unspoken assumption behind the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” is that the what is just one thing. Once you become a fire fighter, accountant, ...
080: Finding Your One Thing: Interview with Jay Papasan [Podcast]
The quickest way to tell the difference between a writer and someone who wants to write, is the one who actually writes.
Creatives of all shades struggle with the ten...