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The image above of my work table shows a scene I cherish:
50 new paintings completed,
a stack of under paintings at the ready,
a brand new project journal to document the process,
(in background) huge stack of frames ready for sanding, priming, painting,
a full up project journal from the first seven months of the project, jammed with notes, [...]
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Why I wish the EBK had been around before I got an MBA, why I think it’s so important for the folks reading this site and my book, and how I’m jealous of Chris Guillebeau.
Today I’m doing a little infomercial article about The Empire Buiding Kit from Chris Guillebeau. Tivo through this is you’re not [...]
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love vs. fear: the gloves are off!
Note: This article is Part 2 in a 5 Part series called Mini-Journaling to Max Your Creativity. Just tuning in? Get Part 1 here.
In Part 2, Fear Itself, I brought up a few points about our friend, Fear:
Fear stops us from doing, and then stops us from dreaming. [...]
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Recently I’ve gotten back into the habit of setting intentions on the new moon. It’s supposed to be time of strong energy for new beginnings.
The idea is that the intention you set at the new moon will come to fruition at the next new moon. So if you try this, and are working on your [...]
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Photo by Tamsim Slater.
In Part 1 of this series on Goal Setting for Creatives, I introduced the annual planning process I use to create and track my goals for the coming year. Out of this process, I create my own Strategic Planner, which is a portable, visual booklet that serves as a beautiful and practical [...]
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As I toil away on Part 4 of the Strategic Planner series on Goal Setting for Creatives, I keep thinking about how much it’s the small, seemingly insignificant things we do on a daily basis that are the most powerful in moving us forward toward our goals.
Or away, as the case may be.
So, because I [...]
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In Part 1 of this series on Goal Setting for Creatives, I introduced the annual planning process I use to create and track my goals for the coming year. Out of this planning, I create my own Strategic Planner, which is a portable, visual booklet that serves as a beautiful and practical reference of the [...]
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Pre-Flight Announcement
This post will make even more sense if you download the spreadsheet I’m referring to. Plus, the spreadsheet contains a bunch of specific details from my actual 2010 Strategic Planner. In case you want to know how much weight I’m planning to lose as a Health strategy….ugh. Or, if you’re curious how I’m going [...]
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For this weeks’ Journal Peek, I’ll take you inside the pages of my 2010 Strategic Planner. And in three more posts, I’ll share tips and techniques for making your Strategic Planner that you can use to make 2010 your best year yet.
Speaking of your best year yet, for the last five years I’ve been using [...]
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I’m about to launch a new website and brand based on the work I do with The Creative Entrepreneur. You see, this website was just meant to be a more or less temporary landing page for the book.
I thought I’d have the brand and website up much sooner. Like, oh, a year ago. But it [...]
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Howdy! I’m Lisa Sonora Beam, author of The Creative Entrepreneur. I teach people how to get unstuck and use their creativity to make a living doing what they love. 
