Creative Coach | Mark McGuinness | Since 1996
Helping you thrive as a 21st Century Creative
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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Drawing by Hugh MacLeod The tortured artist is one of the great cliches of creativity. And like all cliches, it contains a grain of truth. Look at the work of any truly great artist, and you …
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Creativity is exciting, but it's also scary. Whenever you set out to do something new, you never know how it's going to turn out - you can't predict it, plan it, or control it. Creativity is …
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Out of all the blog series I've written over the past six years, I've never had so many requests for an ebook version as for the Creative Blocks series. And your wish is my command. :-) I've …
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You need to be tough to succeed in a creative career. Unless you're the exception to the rule, you will be criticised, rejected, ridiculed, cheated and disappointed - many times. So I wasn't …
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If you ever feel stuck on a problem or overwhelmed by the challenges you face, here are five powerful tools that can help you get unstuck fast. I've tried and tested them with hundreds of coaching …
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Success is hard. And we usually think of it as the finishing line, the end of the story. But once they achieve success, many people are surprised to find it brings a whole new set of …
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Creative people tend to have wide interests - it's part of what makes us creative. But sometimes this blessing can turn into a curse, when we feel pulled in so many different directions that we don't …
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I've been meaning to write about procrastination for ages, but I never quite got round to it. :-) This is one of the most frustrating and puzzling obstacles we encounter whenever we set out to …
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