If you’re a creative service provider of any kind, then to sign the right kind of clients -- for the right kind of projects at the right kind of fees -- then you basically need to do two things. …
Don’t Just Sell Something: Do Something! with David Hieatt
This week’s guest on the 21st Century Creative podcast is David Hieatt, entrepreneur, author, speaker and founder of The Do Lectures. In 1995 David and his wife Claire Hieatt founded Howies - …
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The Healthy Creative with Joanna Penn
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author, under the name JF Penn. Meanwhile as Joanna Penn, she is an expert on …
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The Creative Power of Envy
Have you ever found yourself looking at one of the rising stars in your field and thinking: What’s so special about them? My work’s at least as good as theirs! Why are they getting all the …
Tyler Hobbs: an Artist Who Paints with Code
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Tyler Hobbs, a artist who creates stunning images by writing a computer program to generate each new artwork. A few months ago I was …
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Find Your Medium, Choose Your Media
One of your first tasks as a creative is to find your primary medium — your means of expression. This is composed of the raw materials and artistic forms you use in your work. If you’re a novelist, …
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Steven Pressfield on The Artist’s Journey
Today we kick off Season 3 of The 21st Century Creative, the podcast that helps you thrive as a creative professional amid the demands, distractions and opportunities of the 21st Century. A new …
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My New Book: 21 Insights for 21st Century Creatives
Today I publish my new book, 21 Insights for 21st Century Creatives. You can pick it up from the usual bookstores. So what's the book about? It's a compilation of the most powerful insights …
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Creating a Business You Are Proud of with Patricia van den Akker
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Patricia van den Akker, the Director of The Design Trust, an organisation based in London with a mission to help designers and makers 'create …
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