Today is a day of mixed emotions.
For some, you are still on fumes from the emotional highs that opening presents and seeing family brought.
For others, you are feeling guilty for all the food you ate and already making resolutions to lose weight.
And for others, you may be dealing with the disappointment of another year gone by, another December 25 come and past, and still feeling empty inside.
The day after Christmas is cold. Bitterly cold. And unseasonably cruel. It haunts you like an apparition that never comes.
It teases: Next year will be better.
It lies: If you had only gotten what you wanted.
The crumpled paper and candy wrappers litter the floor like confetti. The living room looks like a circus. If you’re honest, it kind of was.
Bestselling author and creativity expert Jeff Goins dismantles the myth that being creative is a hindrance to success by revealing how an artistic temperament is, in fact, a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
For centuries, the myth of the starving artist has dominated our culture, seeping into the minds of creative people and stifling their pursuits. But the truth is that the world’s most successful artists did not starve. In fact, they capitalized on the power of their creative strength. In Real Artists Don’t Starve, Jeff Goins debunks the myth of the starving artist by unveiling the ideas that created it and replacing them with fourteen rules for artists to thrive.
