How is your financial health? Is it in critical condition (bankruptcy)? Intensive care (moving back in with Mom?? Burn unit (loaned money, ripped off).  Cancer (bad debt)? Just a common cold (too many payments)? Clean bill of health (savings are growing)? If you want to be wealthy (healthy), study self made wealthy people and the…

Negotiation is an area you’re likely to be very good at. At the same time you are likely to be very uncomfortable with it. Many creatives can use a professional to do the negotiating for them and in most cases that is a good idea. But if you are a freelancer, or a wage earner,…

Don’t decide you’re too good now to do the things that made you a success in the first place. How many opportunities could you be missing out on.  You don’t always have to be the star. You just have to make the most of the opportunities you have. Be nice to people on the way…

Lack of focus can make you feel like a loser. Everyone is disappointed because you have so much potential but you are all over the place. You are not a bad person if you like to juggle several things at once. it is not an excuse for bad behavior and never following through. It is…

I admire people who always knew what they wanted to be when they grew up.  Not everybody knows exactly what is the best thing to do at any given time. Concentrate on what brings you the highest reward both financially and emotionally. You will have to make some tough choices, many times between better and…

The only way to rise to the top is to defeat your weaknesses.  For many, that means doing the work and staying with it despite being distracted. Learn to love your work – even the pricky bits – and you won’t be so distractable, and self discipline will feel more like self indulgence, which is…

Perhaps the worst failing common to creative people – and the one that leads to many of the others – is dishonesty.  Not being honest with yourself. Face yourself. Recognize who you are. Understand who you want to be and why. That is the first, most vital step toward setting goals, and setting goals is…

Do you ever feel as though your life is like being in a boat without a rudder and at the mercy of the winds? Being unemployed or underemployed does not help. You must keep your head above water. Stay away from the rocky shoreline and keep the boat afloat with positive storytelling to yourself about…

Wherever you are in your quest for creating the career (and life) you want, you must stay positive to stay afloat.  Fall in love with yourself. What you believe to be yourself, you are. Trust yourself. You will remember  your lines, you will perform well, you will do a good job. You must believe that….

Expect the best. If all you can focus on are negative outcomes, your possibilities shrink and eventually you will need to seek professional help. The story you tell yourself, good or bad, manifest themselves in your external world. People who believe they deserve success and happiness usually attract it. If you believe you’re worthy of…