How to Find yourself When You Didn’t Know You Were Lost Before you can figure out your niche in the creative scheme of things, you need to understand yourself, your strengths and weaknesses, your true desires, your personal definition of success. The following questions are designed to make you think about yourself from various angles….

People spend their whole lives working against their strengths. It is like swimming against the current. Go with the flow and use what God gave you. Your best chance for success is to select a career that allows you to use your talents and do the things you most enjoy doing. All too many people…

You have an inner guide (if you’ll pay attention to it).  It is a little voice. It is seldom very loud, but there is a lot of wisom in there.  So, as you answer the following questions, run them by your inner guide. Don’t think about your answers for more than a second or two….

Take a look at your past life as if it were a world away, in another dimension. What things worked for you, and what things did not? What did you do that helped you to succeed? What lessons did you learn from past missteps? If you retrace your steps this way, there are clues about…

As a creative professional you are less able to separate your work and your life than most people. You cannot ignore your values when looking at a career path. Your values, your needs as a person, should direct that path. Should point you toward the right career for you. You can’t be a success if…

Self realization is the first step in choosing a general direction for your life, one that will bring you happiness and peache of mind – in tune with what you really want, deep down. When you figure that out, you have taken the biggest step toward getting it. In the following exercise, you will end…

“Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, there lies your vocation” Aristotle said. The same can be said about going into business for yourself. Finding  your niche and then filling it as a freelancer may seem like the best way to go for the right – brainer. There is a downside to…

You can have anything in your life you want; you just can’t have everything you want. (Where would you put it all?).  Many things will catch your eye but very few will catch your heart. Those are the things we are trying to identify here. Career related decisions are the hardest to make and have…

When I ask most people what their quest is they stammer, who me?. Yeah, you. Do you have a quest? You do? Good. Just give me one goal in your quest for this year. When? NOW!  Uh, I want to make more money this year. Okay, if I give you one euro, you have satisfied…

Wish List You have primed the pump, now let it pour out. What do you want to be, do, have, share in the future? Don’t worry about how you will get it. Just give yourself ten minutes and list everything that comes to mind. You can think in terms of what you want next year,…