Find Your People
In the Wild West of creativity, there exists a powerful force that fuels inspiration, growth, and fulfillment: connection. For us creatives, finding our people – a community of kindred spirits, collaborators, and supporters – is not just a luxury but a necessity.
The Habit of Planning
Scheduled Incubation
The truth is, our naiveté about deep work is probably just jealousy. Jealous that they were somehow able to carve out the time to make such strides on a project or vision that we wish we had the time for.
Batching Tasks
Fractional Help
The Lost Art of Completing
We don’t have a shortage of ideas, but we do have a shortage of completion. We tend to give up or move on to the latest great idea before we ever complete anything. What’s left is a pile of half-realized concepts that never see the light of day. Think of all the things you thought about, maybe even began, creating only to abandon ship before it arrives at port.
The Secret To Your Greatest Creative Success
We often think that in order to counteract this perception we must get louder, bolder, stronger; and establish our dominance as the almighty creative who doesn’t get questioned: “Don’t look behind the curtain! Fear me!”
The reality is the secret to your greatest creative success isn’t you proving or producing anything else.
Think BIG and Follow Through
Creativity is the lifeblood of innovation, and for creative professionals, thinking big and following through are crucial steps in turning imaginative ideas into reality. In a world that constantly craves fresh perspectives and novel concepts, creative individuals have the power to shape the future. Let’s explore how creatives can cultivate a mindset that encourages thinking big and the strategies to ensure those grand ideas come to fruition.
From Chaos to Clarity: Unleashing Your Creative Potential
Are you tired of juggling multiple clients and feeling overwhelmed by the demands of your creative work? After 20 years as a creative professional, let me be your guide to turning creative chaos into clarity.
I believe that creative work should thrive, not just survive. You can get there. It IS possible. You CAN experience the freedom to create at the level you know you can.
You can do it. I can help.
Increase Your Creative Output
Creatives don’t face an idea generation problem, we face an execution problem. You have some of the best ideas that many will never know about because of your weakness in execution. I can help you fix that. After 20 years as a professional creative, I’m turning my attention to the creatives who need help turning their ideas into reality.
New Year, New Opportunities
We’re a full week into the new year. What new opportunities have you already begun creating for yourself?
Often, we as creatives get stuck in a mindset that if we are faithful to creating the right environment for an opportunity to come, then it will come when the universe is ready for us to have it.
I don’t believe that. I believe opportunity comes PER what we prepare, execute, and repeat.
Read 21 Books In ‘24
Many people have resolutions to read more in the new year. Let’s put a plan in place for that so it actually happens, You can do hard things and you are stronger and more resilient than you know.
THE EISENHOWER MATRIX
This, Not That
A tool that I have used for many years to help brands further define their identity is one that I believe we could all use in our own creative work.
“This, Not That” is simply a small list of protocols usually, but limited to, terminology. For brands, it’s important to be consistent in messaging, both internally within the organization and externally in market messaging. Unfortunately, like many creatives, not many organizations define the lane of their lingo or practices. This is where a small, repeatable list comes in handy so well.
How I Determined My 2024 Goals
Begin With The End In Mind
One of the things that often keeps creatives from doing their best work is completing their best work. Eventually, they lose focus, get overwhelmed with what’s next, and give up. There’s a way through it, but they can’t see it.
The problem lies before the creation ever began. They never had a plan on how they were going to see this thing through. They rely on their creative whimsy and woo to pull them through and justify the end results not being what they imagined as a turn of mystic events by the creative Gods. In reality, if we can plan the work and then work the plan we will hit the originally intended target more than we are currently.
There’s a simple method to this planning: Begin with the end in mind.
Creativity Made Easy
Creativity can be easy. You just have to find a process that works for you and keeps you accountable to see it through to the end.
The Problem We’re Trying To Solve
Todd Henry says all the time, “Creativity is problem-solving. Nothing more. Nothing less.”
So simply put: What is the problem you’re trying to solve?
Asking this question at the beginning, middle, and end of your creative project will always lead to greater success.
How to Get MARGIN
