Creative Coach | Mark McGuinness | Since 1996
Helping you thrive as a 21st Century Creative
EDIT: Registration for the Creative Entrepreneur Roadmap has now closed for 2011 and I've started working with the group to take their creative businesses to the next level. If you'd like to be …
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Photo by raneko A few years ago I felt like a liability to my business. I was working as a consultant, running coaching and training programs for large corporations. I worked really hard to do a …
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The book industry is in turmoil and many publishers are tearing their hair out. But the changes have created some amazing new opportunities for writers - and CJ Lyons is living proof. CJ is a …
Once upon a time, I saw business as The Enemy. As an aspiring young writer and poet, my worst nightmare was becoming a corporate zombie, sleep-walking to work in a faceless office block. I …
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If you could choose any place and time in history in which to live and realise your creative ambitions, which would you pick? A few years ago, if you'd asked me that question, as a poet, I'd have …
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If you earn your living as a creative professional, you'll be familiar with what Todd Henry of Accidental Creative describes as "the pressure to be brilliant at a moment's notice". While we can …
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Photo by Szilveszter Farkas Once upon a time, I was frustrated on a daily basis by my computer. It kept crashing, refusing to connect to the internet, and interrupting me with asinine pop-up …
Buy a book, save someone’s life. How often do you get to do that? Seth Godin Well today's the day we all get to do it. End Malaria: Bold Innovation, Limitless Generosity, and the Opportunity to …
I'm serious. It might sound a strange claim to make after having written an entire series on overcoming creative blocks, but there really is no such thing. Think about it. Have you ever seen a …
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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