If you think about overhearing something, you probably think of listening to someone else’s conversation, whether deliberately or accidentally, and picking up a titbit of information that you would …
The Adventure of Writing with Emily Kimelman
Today’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Emily Kimelman, a thriller author who has travelled the world in a boat and criss-crossed the USA in an Airstream trailer while writing and publishing her …
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Systems Can Set You Free
Today I want to persuade you that systems can set you free. You might not associate systems with freedom, but bear with me while I explain. This morning I’m writing this article for you. The …
Naomi Dunford on Marketing for Creatives
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Naomi Dunford, a contrarian marketing guru who has been ‘helping weirdos sell things on the internet’ for many years. So if you’re the kind of …
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Pick up a Poem Instead of Your Phone
Like many people you may have a love-hate relationship with your phone. On the one hand it gives you a world of information, entertainment and diverting pastimes at your fingertips. But it can …
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Making Music Sustainable with Steve Lawson
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Steve Lawson, a musician described by Bass Guitar magazine as “Britain’s most innovative bassist, no contest”. Instead of playing in a band as …
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Joanna Penn on Productivity and Audio for Creatives
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative Podcast is Joanna Penn, an Award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers and dark fantasy, which she writes as J.F. Penn. …
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The Normal Rules Are Suspended
This is something I’ve found myself saying over and over to coaching clients in the past few weeks. For some of them, it’s because they’re being challenged to reinvent themselves in the face of …
Traditional Crafts in the 21st Century with Nick Hand
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative Podcast is Nick Hand, founder of The Department of Small Works and The Letterpress Collective, where he does amazing work with antique letterpress …
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