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Become A Person Of Character
As I kick off the important lessons I’ve learned over the last 10 years of getting ready for my major career change, I knew that I’d be doing you a disservice if I jumped straight into the financials and skipped the character building skills you’ll need to be successful. Warren Buffett, when asked what you
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B+ Is It In Your Blood?
Let’s take a trip down memory lane for a minute. What was your childhood like? Assuming you came from a good family and life was mostly non-chaotic, you probably had a pretty good childhood. Of course that is assuming a lot. We didn’t all grow up with the ideal circumstances. And if that is you,
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Developing A Culture Of Success
When you think about culture, what crosses your mind? Do you think of nationality? Race? Identity? Often we think of culture as sacred, something that is meant to be preserved, no matter what. There is however another side to culture that we should consider, a darker side. I’m talking about successful vs unsuccessful cultures. But
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Why Should Anyone Care About Me (Or You) As Artists
Today’s article might be a little different. I dive into my own goals and processes to find my way. Follow along and see if this line of thinking can be valuable to you, as you work towards your goals as well. For this topic, I’ve been I’ve been asking myself a lot lately, who cares
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Diversifying My Income As An Artist
Have you ever wondered how you can make it as an artist, and still provide financially for you and your family? What if your career in the arts takes too much time to start getting noticed and generating money? These are real world questions that all of us need to answer if we want to
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Developing A Solid Work Ethic As Artists
If I was to die tomorrow, one of the biggest life lessons that I think my family, or anyone could benefit from, would be to develop a strong work ethic. I’m not just talking about showing up and working a full 40 hour work week either. Rare is the week when I only work 40
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Is Living Artistically The Crowning Achievement Of Human Kind?
Why would I be asking this? First off, let’s clarify. There are many crowning achievements a man can strive for. For me, personally living a life in service of others, and eventually, being worth to return to my God and have him proud of how I tried to exemplify Christ would be the ultimate end
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Ten Year Plan to Becoming a Full-Time Writer and Independent Filmmaker
Ten Year Plan to Becoming a Full-Time Writer and Independent Filmmaker About twelve years ago in 2013, I started writing my first book. About a year or two into that, and I found myself addicted. I had a promising career path ahead of me in the home construction world, but I’d just found a passion
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What Are Story Beats?
Often when it comes to plotting your stories, you hear people talking about the beats of the story. For me this was incredibly confusing. I’d google story beats, and get no clear answers. Yet, everyone seemed to know what they were and how to use them. Was I just so stupid that I couldn’t grasp
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Crafting Your Stories
Whether you’re writing a poem, short story, book, church talk, school lesson, song, or screenplay, crafting your story is an art that if you master, will elevate your story to incredible heights. It’ll make your corporate meetings more engaging, you’ll sell more product, you’ll inspire more students, and your children will want to spend more
