Creative Coach | Mark McGuinness | Since 1996
Helping you thrive as a 21st Century Creative
Image by Hugh MacLeod We are condemned to be free. (Jean-Paul Sartre) The great thing about working on your own is that there's no-one to tell you what to do or when to do it - when to …
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In the mid-nineties I made a decision to dedicate my career to helping creative professionals. At the time I was working as a hypnotherapist in a fancy West End therapy clinic. As well as the …
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Illustration by Oscar Ramos Orozco We all know vegetables and exercise are good for our health - but who'd have guessed boredom was good for creativity? My latest piece for The 99% is about Why …
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The list of business books I can wholeheartedly recommend to artists and creatives is sadly very short. Most of them don't take account of the fact that creative people are more interested in …
When I first saw Pinterest, it almost made me wish I were a visual artist. "What a fantastic idea!" I thought. It brought to mind all my artist coaching clients who had said to me: Twitter's all …
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If you're a writer, this is a great time to be alive. Don't be fooled by the wailing and gnashing of teeth emanating from the publishing industry. Just because traditional publishers are in crisis …
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Of all the writers I know, I have learned the most about how to be a productive creative person from Mark. His tips are always realistic, accessible, and sticky. It’s not just talk, this is productivity advice that will change your life.
~ Jocelyn K. Glei, author, host of the Hurry Slowly podcast, and Founding Editor, 99U