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Productivity

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…

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…

Our Creativity Has Never Been So Crucial

Our world has been turned upside down. It may be broken forever, given that we may never get back to…

Good Little Wolf and Other Stories with Nadia Shireen

This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative is Nadia Shireen, an award-winning and bestselling children’s author and illustrator. Her…

Where Does Your Creativity Thrive?

The poet Philip Larkin said that all his best poems were written in rooms on the top floor of a…

An Easy Way out of Writer’s Block

Have you ever got yourself tied up in knots while working on an important piece of writing? You spend ages…

How to Find the Heart to Start with David Kadavy

If you’ve ever looked at a blank screen or canvas or an empty rehearsal room or auditorium and felt paralysed…

A Simple System to Help You Finish (and Abandon) More Books

Reading is one of the easiest, most powerful and most enjoyable stimulants to creativity. Which is why so creators are…

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…

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…