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Wow! I am so inspired by the comments left on the post for the July class giveaway. Today, I promised to announce the winners. Each one of these lucky people is the winner of a July class here at my SF Bay Area studio.
Drum roll please… And the winners are:
Manon, Lisa Griffin, Nicole Austin, and [...]

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Note: This article is Part 4 in a 5 Part series called Mini-Journaling to Max Your Creativity. Just tuning in? Start with Part 1 here, or just go back a read it later.
How hard do you try to get everything just right before you take action?
Do you abandon projects before you complete them?
Or do you [...]

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Jennifer Lee, Kimberly Wilson, Britt Bravo and I were on a call the other day talking about how fun it would be to put together an event for creative women entrepreneurs to connect, create, and learn together.
We came up with our own description of what an event like that would look like, but we want [...]

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We get so many stories from people who are using The Creative Entrepreneur to advance their creativity and work in the world. So instead of just keeping them to ourselves, we’re going to (with their permission, of course) share them.
 This idea has been kicking around from some time. The Creative Entrepreneur is filled with examples [...]

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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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Today I’m facilitating a workshop in creativity and business for a class at the University of Wisconsin Business School. The class is a brand new addition to the curriculum and is called Arts Enterprise: Art as Business as Art.
While I knew that my book, The Creative Entrepreneur was required reading for my workshop, what I [...]

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This week, I am the featured “Tranquilista” on Kimberly Wilson’s Hip, Tranquil Chic Tranquility du Jour Podcast.
Here is a link for your listening pleasure:
http://www.kimberlywilson.com/blog/2009/09/tranquility-du-jour-161-creative.html
As of today, I haven’t yet listened to the recording. Why? Because I feel shy about these sorts of things. I guess you could also chalk it up to my introverted nature. [...]

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This Weeks Inspiration

by Lisa on September 4, 2009 · 0 comments

in Uncategorized, creativity

#followfriday*
 When you’re following 3,757 people, it can get a bit unwieldy to keep up with #followfriday suggestions.
I’d like to make an attempt to not add to the noise, yet still just mention a few people who make my week more enjoyable or informative, and therefore my world a better place.
Of course, I very much [...]

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Artheals.org Survey

by Lisa on August 27, 2009 · 0 comments

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Yesterday I was chatting with Artheals.org and they mentioned that they are giving away 20 copies of my book in a drawing from those who participate in their Online Survey.
Wow! I had no idea they were such big fans of The Creative Entrepreneur, and no idea they were doing this. They made my day. Truly.
If [...]

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I’m Chicken Shit

by Lisa on August 25, 2009 · 0 comments

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(or, would that be, “I’m so Chicken Shit”, or “I’m a Chicken Shit”)
The photo is from sporp.com and I found it on Flickr. I hope I didn’t break any rules, and if so, I will fix it. The usage policies were a bit confusing to me.
You can see, that already, in the very first sentence [...]

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