Tag: quotes
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Is holding yourself accountable holding you back?
If you’re like most creative entrepreneurs, you started your career wearing all the hats. Along with that came a sense of responsibility for all the parts and pieces of your growing enterprise. That’s logical. After all, if the business isn’t making money, you’re not making money, and that’s a problem! But a bigger problem I’ve…
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The biggest blind spot of your Creative Type – and how to solve it.
“What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life?” Einstein was talking about how the very things that are crucial to our existence are very often the things to which we’re totally oblivious. They’re everywhere around us, we’re so entrenched in them, that they’ve become part of our life’s…
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Business advice from surfers? A review of “Surge” by Mike Michalowicz
First things first: I’m THRILLED to announce that the Creative Freedom Entrepreneur Types made their public debut this week over at Charlie Gilkey’s Productive Flourishing blog. If you’re a creative and you’re not familiar with Charlie’s work, I highly recommend checking him out. My guest post is an excerpt from my book, detailing the 3 different…
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Book Review: Self Made By Nely Galan
One of my favorite shows on PBS is “Finding Your Roots” hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. It’s always fun to learn about the ancestors and personal histories of some of the most well-known people of our time. I really enjoy getting to know how these people came to be who they are through the…
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How Winning The Lottery Changed My Life (It’s Not What You Think)
“You can’t win if you don’t play.” Mom used this sentence to justify a lot of behavior when I was a kid: learning to ride a bike, auditioning for plays, joining the cross country team (I took 11th place in the city meet). And yes, mom played the lottery. She had a winning streak where, with…
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When should you give up on your dreams?
[Note: This is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, Creative Freedom. If you’d like to be part of the advance team and get more sneak peeks of the book, contact me for more info.] There’s a quote often attributed to John Lennon: “Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not…
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Your Book Is NOT A Business Card!
[ALBUM UPDATE: We’ve got about half the album recorded and I’ve approached a couple of engineers about mixing and mastering the project – one of whom has worked with artists like Clapton, BB King, and Rod Stewart. This is getting REAL, yo! If you haven’t had a chance to pre-order your copy, there are only a few…
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The New Daffodil Principle
(NOTE: I’m just about finished with the Creative Freedom entrepreneur type quiz. If you’re not already on my mailing list, subscribe [in that handy box above] and be the first to get access!) This summer, I’ve been channeling my inner crafty woman. I’m a pretty good singer and speaker, but I never really thought of…
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My 4-Step Plan to Achieve More and Work Less
[Creative Freedom S1E10] At the beginning of every year, I sit down with my Dreamblazing program and set my goals – then I review them each quarter. But they also say that “life happens every 6 months” – and here we are at the middle of the year. It’s a great time to make sure…