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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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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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By Tito Philips
Photo by Pablo Contreras. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. Rita Mae Brown We cannot continue to do the same thing every day and hope to …
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Jean Miélot, 15th Century writer I've always wanted to be a writer. Not just a hobbyist or dabbler, but a professional, earning my living from my writing. Over the holidays, the thought …
Photo of Piranesi engraving by Evil Preacher They say Rome wasn’t built in a day. And it was a full-time job. Think of lugging all that marble, laying pipes and foundations, raising columns and …
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The first bridge made entirely of iron spans the River Severn in Shropshire, England. It was erected in 1779, when new blast-furnace technology made it cost-effective to produce large quantities of …
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By Robert Vlach
Image by losmininos In 2005 I began puzzling over the success of some elite professionals I was fortunate enough to meet. They did not match any of my categories and yet they were more successful …
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Photo courtesy Chris Guillebeau Today sees the publication of a book that is essential reading for anyone who wants to create a lifestyle and business around their own passions and interests: The …
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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