Gavin Purcell On Creativity Under Pressure
Why systems beat inspiration when it comes to creative output (with @gavinpurcell).
Why systems beat inspiration when it comes to creative output (with @gavinpurcell).
Writing every day has tremendous benefits to your creativity, your emotional state, and your career. On this episode, I share some tactical tips for establishing a daily writing practice, including how to commit the resources, choose your tools, and find the right format to help you turn information into wisdom.
Every idea - even a great one - needs an editor. Someone to help sift through the fluff and get to the heart of it all. For a band, it's the producer. For an agency, a creative director. And for an author, it's the editor. On this episode, renowned book editor Niki...
Jeff Goins is a writer who challenges others to get moving on their dreams. His new book, The In-Between, is about living in the space between where you are and where you want to be.
I connected with Aaron Goldfarb over e-mail a few months back and was immediately hooked by the ingenious promotional strategy he used to get the word out about his novel How To Fail: A Self-Hurt Guide. I caught up with Aaron to ask how he took his idea from an...
Are your goals effective, or just vaporous visions of some distant, ideal self?
By popular demand, AC #122 features the return of AC favorite Lisa Johnson. Lisa is working on an exciting new project called FreeAgent Formula for those who want to learn how to "break away" and start their own business. Whether it's a design shop, a free-lance practice or whatever, Lisa has some great advice for how to make it work.
Steven Pressfield is a warrior. He gets up everyday and fights resistance to put words on a page and bring art to life. Steven's book The War of Art is a masterpiece on how to thrive in the create-on-demand world. Steven is also the author of several bestsellers...