Creative Coach | Mark McGuinness | Since 1996
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Once upon a time, all art was mainstream art. Because materials were expensive and skilled artisans were relatively rare, and there was no mass media to boost profits via economies of scale, only …
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OK it's time for some solutions to the artistic and financial conundrums we've been discussing in the Creativity and Money series. :-) Having talked about the reasons creative people don't talk …
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Creative people are terrible with money We're dreamers, pie-in-the-sky merchants. We're no good with numbers. We're an accountant's nightmare, turning up with a shoebox full of receipts - and …
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You can't buy creativity, any more than you can buy love. But if you ignore money matters, as we saw earlier this week, it can seriously hurt your creativity. The good news is that although …
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Creative people have a love/hate relationship with money. We love it, because - well, who wouldn't want it? But we also hate it, avoid dealing with it, and avoid even talking about it. Here are …
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I'd be very suspicious of any artist or creative who claimed they didn't want an audience. Yes, we may start with the inner creative impulse, but we also want to connect, to share, to hear an echo …
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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