Creative Careers

"The first few choices you make each morning determine whether you'll be productive and mindful all day, or whether the world will clobber you over the head." Marie Kondo performs a quick tidying ritual to quiet her mind before leaving the house. The president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation...

Meet queer, BIPOC, and women artists around the world as they discuss the gifts, costs, and redemptive power of pursuing a creative life Is the all-encompassing quest to become a self-sustaining artist worth the sacrifices it often requires? Throughout her 20s and 30s, Stephanie Elizondo Griest...

The fastest, easiest, and most profitable way to have a successful business is to work with your ideal customers. They value your offering and pay you what it's worth and they are a joy to serve. But how can you rise above the noise in a crowded marketplace to attract these customers? You learn to speak their lingo. In LINGO, serial entrepreneur, brand consultant, and host of Creative Warriors podcast Jeffrey Shaw reveals how to make your business irresistible to your ideal customers by showing them that you get them.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Learn how to recapture and harness your childlike sense of wonder to become more engaged, successful, and fulfilled, from the #1 bestselling author of On Fire and inspiration for the upcoming film Soul on Fire. “Engaging . . . O’Leary encourages us to see the world...

The most comprehensive book for freelancers ever written - Packed with proven freelance know-how, including advice from world-class experts like David Allen (Getting Things Done), Adam Grant (Give and Take), Austin Kleon (Show Your Work), and David H. Hansson (Remote: Office Not Required). The...

If you want to lead a creative team that can innovate anytime it wants, Deliberate Creative Teams is the catalyst you need to leverage the power of collective creativity. This audiobook empowers you to transform your team’s creative potential, translating into unmatched success.

Starting a creative company needn't cost you everything. If you agree, then you'll find wit and wisdom in this book for creative entrepreneurs. Author, artist, and graphic designer Patricia Arnold presents her best tips for starting a handmade business with this initial volume in her Creative Entrepreneur series. After starting a decade-old business with a shoestring budget and then founding a second business six years later, Patricia Arnold has a lot to say about building creative businesses from scratch.

From the author of The Anxiety Toolkit, a guide to creating your own personalized productivity plan, using self-science to make systems that work for you. There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all productivity plan. The tricks that work for your colleague may not work as well for you. Or...

Drawing on the personal experiences and uplifting stories of ordinary men and women. Campbell shows us how to put the healing power of music into action. And he recommends specific, easy-to-follow exercises to help you raise your spatial IQ, sound away pain, boost creativity, and make the spirit sing.

Discover the easiest way to leverage artificial intelligence with these 750+ ready-to-use ChatGPT prompts for common uses such as increasing work productivity, creative writing, fun and entertainment, and more. In this indispensable guide, Igor Pogany, Head of Education and partner of AI...

At the age of just 19, JW Murphey didn't have access to large amounts of private security industry experience, a bunch of cash, an audiobook, or the Internet to help him start his security guard company. But, he didn't want to spend years as another cog inside of a large security corporation. Instead of staying employed with a big corporation, he struck out on his own and started his own security agency. How to Start a Security Guard Company book includes Murphey's creative strategies for building a private security agency with a minimal up-front investment.

Want to make a living from your creative work? The "hows" are changing faster than ever, but the essential habits you need remain timeless. Inspiring role models can be a powerful factor helping you build a successful career. Inside The Wealthy Creative, you'll find example after example of real authors, artists, designers, and more (all enlivened by the engaging voice of narrator Elizabeth Austin). These creatives share the timeless habits that helped them forge their own successful and fulfilling careers in the digital age. Each chapter of The Wealthy Creative presents one of the essential practices or concepts that crystallized out of the author's analysis of dozens of interviews conducted with real creatives working in both the digital economy and in more traditional spheres.

As a musician, do you feel successful, respected, creatively fulfilled, supported in your creative goals, or inancially comfortable? If you answered no to any of these questions, you need to listen to The Happiest Musician.

To think critically is to use your brain strategically to understand, analyze, and make decisions based on the information you have available to you. It’s about being able to find that information from what you hear, see, and experience, and use it to come to a firm conclusion. This is something you can train yourself to do… and this comprehensive beginner’s guide to critical thinking is here to show you the ropes.

Marketing was destiny for Mat Zucker - the perfect cocktail of creativity, art, and salesmanship. Half-guidebook, half memoir, Bronze Seeks Silver surfaces 30 years of lessons from an ad veteran in selling brands, building relationships, and managing careers.

Most dentists don't go into practice to become marketers, but sooner or later, every dentist runs into the same painful question: "How much should I be spending on marketing, and how do I know it's actually working?" That's where this book comes in. Written by Jonathan Fashbaugh, a marketing strategist who has spent more than two decades helping dentists grow profitable practices, The Marketing Mix That Works cuts through the hype and confusion to show dentists what actually drives new patients into the dental office.

Learn the art-focused practices & tools to become a whole-brained entrepreneur working from a state of curiosity and creativity. Susie deVille, with her unwavering passion and contagious energy, is on a mission to unveil the transformative power of self-trust.

Traditional business structures love stability and predictability. Yet many organizations believe the two essential ingredients for long-term success are creativity and innovation. Kirsten May and Alex Varricchio, founders of the marketing agency UpHouse, call the relationship between these two opposing expectations the Proximity Paradox - the belief that those who are closest to a subject are best-qualified to innovate for it, when, in reality, intense proximity limits creativity.

Take the first step towards regaining control of your creative life. What if you could take control of both your life and your creative career, avoid recurring cycles of stress and burnout, and create the optimal conditions for your potential to flourish? The good news is you can, and Mindful Creative will show you how to cultivate mindful presence and develop resilience.

In the age of artificial intelligence, where the lines between human and machine blur, a new era of creativity and possibility emerges. Surviving Creative Evolution by Shannon Hayner is your compass in this transformative landscape, offering a unique blend of spirituality, philosophy, and practical self-care strategies to help you not just survive but thrive amidst automation anxiety.