I get the term, "passion project." I've used it myself. Ok. It's supposed to mean a project you're working on that you absolutely love and don't expect to make any money from. It's about passion, not profit
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Pinterest is not just a social media channel. It's a search engine. And it's incredibly powerful for marketing a wide range of brands that depend on growing and engaging a tribe -- especially authors, artists, musicians, and solopreneurs.
Read MoreGetting a book published these days is a lot different than it used to be. With the rise of blogs and social media, before you release your book, you've got to build an audience. OK. Ready now? Sure - go build your own website. Start a blog. Start a movement. Publish a book. Easy-peasy, right? Of course not. Here are some tips for being a blogger-turned-author from some of the best in the business.
It doesn't matter what department you're in, where you went to school, what you're doing today, or what you want to do tomorrow. What you do is art if you make a difference, make a connection, and care.
Read MoreCreating is only part of the story. What if that symphony is never heard, that painting is never seen, or that book is never read? There's a tribe out there waiting to experience your art, to be changed by what you have to offer.
Read MoreI have this theory that artists and entrepreneurs are one-in-the-same. Entrepreneurs seem to recognize this. But a lot of artists seem to be so steeped in their art that they aren't likening themselves to entrepreneurs and so aren't learning from the trails successful entrepreneurs have already blazed.
Read MoreThis book is for anyone who's weighed down by the knowledge that you're meant to be doing something more or something different than you are; for anyone who is painfully aware of problems unsolved or art not yet created. Here are 40 of my favorite quotes, the ones that help spur me forward when the Resistance rises up.
Read MoreYou expect a lot of yourself and you're so excited to do big things. All that drive takes a lot of fuel. That's where this trifecta comes in: pressure; purpose; constraints. With the right balance of these three magical gems, you're all you know you can be. You're free from that awful nagging feeling that you could and should be doing more.
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