by Linda | May 26, 2016 | my creative journal
This month I decided to watch the video interviews on CreativeLive by Chase Jarvis and get some daily inspiration, motivation and wisdom. I’ve decided to blog about the series, logging my thoughts and takeaways…
Day 25 creative genius – James Altucher.
I have not heard of James Altucher before, but it does seem like he has a long history “in the biz” and is really personal in telling his experiences, lows and highs. I found him really easy to listen to and relate to. He doesn’t claim to be a genius or anything of that sort. He talks about failing a lot… just try things and see if it works!
At one point Altucher touches upon Amazon and the fact that you can self-publish so easily these days. He talks about experimenting with a book one weekend to see how it would do. It’s amazing to me to hear these stories and gets me wanting to do something in that vein – simply because it seems cool. I mean, it’s about potential and possibility.
I think ultimately the attractiveness of creative living, is really about the endless possibility out there. Don’t you think?
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by Linda | May 25, 2016 | my creative journal
This month I decided to watch the video interviews on CreativeLive by Chase Jarvis and get some daily inspiration, motivation and wisdom. I’ve decided to blog about the series, logging my thoughts and takeaways…
Day 24 creative genius – Tina Roth Eisenberg.
Tina Roth Eisenberg is also known as swissmiss and she’s definitely a design icon. I’m amazingly in awe of her as a person and all her work. I’ve followed her blog for many years now, because it provides lots of interesting things – seriously just all kinds of great stuff.
What works for you?
Listening to her interview, I found her laugh to be infectious. No wonder people say her super power is enthusiasm. I think she’s definitely very realistic on the issue of creativity and finding what really jives for you personally. We all have things we are good at, that we like or don’t like… the key is finding what’s the right fit for us personally.
Side projects become your main thing…
Eisenberg’s success has always been her side projects, becoming successful and being a business. She talks about how when money is not the issue in a business, you approach it differently and it’s a lot less pressure to start something up in that way. It’s way more fun, yes?
You can watch this interview by signing up for FREE – 30 Days of Genius at CreativeLive. Enjoy!
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by Linda | May 24, 2016 | my creative journal
This month I decided to watch the video interviews on CreativeLive by Chase Jarvis and get some daily inspiration, motivation and wisdom. I’ve decided to blog about the series, logging my thoughts and takeaways…
Day 23 creative genius – Neil Strauss.
I’m actually not familiar with Neil Strauss and his work. But this interview was definitely captivating and introduced me to his personality and cleverness. I think that he’s an amazingly interesting person to listen to, if not also talk to!
There were lots of nuggets of wisdom and chatter about the creative process. However, there’s nothing new in what Strauss is trying to tell us. The age old tips that most creative professionals will tell us about are all the same. In a nutshell…
Neil Strauss says… Embrace your fears, accept them and do it anyway.
You can watch this interview by signing up for FREE – 30 Days of Genius at CreativeLive. Enjoy!
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by Linda | May 23, 2016 | my creative journal
This month I decided to watch the video interviews on CreativeLive by Chase Jarvis and get some daily inspiration, motivation and wisdom. I’ve decided to blog about the series, logging my thoughts and takeaways…
Day 22 creative genius – Austin Kleon.
I’m familiar with Austin Kleon’s blackout poems and his two popular books I have read – Steal Like An Artist and Show Your Work – I’ve blogged about it previously. He’s super laid back and I love his general philosophy of being an artist. Refining all that we intake to create our own version, our own interpretation. He also encourages you to create lots, no matter if it’s bad, because that’s part of the process to arrive at what’s good.
Choose to find the inspiration.
I loved Kleon’s point about how his life is probably pretty mundane to many. He lives in the suburbs, he has kids and does all the normal family things. It’s a bit how I feel in taking care of little kids. We are super busy with just that part of life, it’s not like we are out trekking the mountains or hopping bars at night to get inspiration or “live it up.” Yet even in the everyday and seemingly mundane, there are gems of inspiration. It’s a frame of mind really. Perhaps that is the challenge, to find the inspiration and interesting bits that are worth mulling over and exploring – whatever our lives are like – wherever we are. Very cool.
There are many other amazing nuggets of wisdom. I suppose Kleon is very quotable… ahah!
Live below your means.
Monetary freedom is creative freedom.
Instead of do what you love, just love what you do.
Instead be yourself, be your best self.
Forget the noun, focus on the verb.
So many great tidbits. You definitely should listen to this interview.
You can watch this interview by signing up for FREE – 30 Days of Genius at CreativeLive. Enjoy!
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by Linda | May 22, 2016 | my creative journal
This month I decided to watch the video interviews on CreativeLive by Chase Jarvis and get some daily inspiration, motivation and wisdom. I’ve decided to blog about the series, logging my thoughts and takeaways…
Day 21 creative genius – Daymond John.
I was not familiar with who Daymond John was, until I heard FUBU. I remember the brand, sure thing. His story is definitely inspiring… of one who did choose the road less travelled… of one who chose the more difficult road… but followed his heart. He was humbled and admits his faults, but always forges onward. Pretty cool.
People make things happen.
I really like how Jarvis pins this point in the interview. That ultimately, people get things done, it’s not that it happens to people or some kind of magical event. No, it’s just the hard work of people, who follow their passion to see it through.
Who are your friends?
Another great point about how important the people around you are… when it comes to psychology of things. The idea is that we can lift each other up and help inspire each other. Motivation and excitement feeds off each other and certainly we don’t want negative people around us either.
Visualize your future.
A classic for many of the successful folks out there is all about visualizing what you want. You have to be able to imagine it to achieve it. Not that it happens without work though!
You can watch this interview by signing up for FREE – 30 Days of Genius at CreativeLive. Enjoy!
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