Creative Coach | Mark McGuinness | Since 1996
Helping you thrive as a 21st Century Creative
I'm pretty sure that up in the clouds there lies a 'Dream Bank' that has way too many deposits in it, from years of people's dreams being left untouched. It's time we started drawing down on those …
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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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Modern society has conditioned us to believe that having a job is the safe route; that the artist's or entrepreneur's life is only for those fearless few who don't mind the …
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Image by Khristich Yury via BigStock Venturing out on your own to start a creative business can be a scary experience. There are so many things that could go wrong. What if you fail? What if …
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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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Image by danadauta How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank People often ask me why I decided to share my eBook From Apps …
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Image by Radhika Bhagwat Are you spending the majority of your time keeping up with business-related tasks rather than creating? Are you lacking the passion you once felt for your …
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When you set out to earn a living from your creative talent, you will inevitably encounter obstacles. Over the past week, I've been hearing about plenty of these, from students in the process of …
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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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