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33 Things I’ve Never Told You (cause it can’t all be about Marketing!)

August 3, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

33 Things I’ve Never Told You   This post is inspired by a blog post I came across by Corbett Barr who writes an excellent blog called Think Traffic. His post is titled: 33 Things I’ve Never Told You (or, How to Reintroduce Yourself and Kick Your Watered-Down Self in the Ass) []   The […]

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1 Week until the July Challenge begins

June 24, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

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8 Days ’till We Start! You ready to kick start your creative biz?

June 23, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

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The July Challenge starts in just 9 days!

June 22, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

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10 Days ’till the July Challenge: 31 Days to Kick Start Your Creative Biz

June 21, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

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Auditions/Meetings/Interviews: 5 Ways to Stay Sane When Dealing With Challenging Situations

June 20, 2013 by Steven Sparling 4 Comments

Last week I wrote about auditions and how gutting they can be when you don’t get them. This week I want to write about the value of showing up and being gentle with yourself. I’ve just come back from a casting for a corporate training film. For those of you not familiar with the casting […]

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Rejection Sucks – 3 Ways to Cope When the Gig Isn’t Yours

June 14, 2013 by Steven Sparling 2 Comments

Image by Rebecca One of the hardest things about what we do as creative entrepreneurs is that we don’t produce widgets. I’m sure there are some widget makers who care very deeply about their widgets, who put loads of effort into making the best widgets they can, who invest deeply of themselves into their widgets. […]

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Wise Words From Joni Mitchell

June 8, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

You wonder about people who made a fortune, and you always think they drank it up or they stuck it up their nose. That’s not usually what brings on the decline. It’s usually the battle to keep your creative child alive while keeping the business shark alive, too. You have to develop cunning, shrewdness, and […]

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David Gandy’s Perfectly Proportioned Plan

June 7, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

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Don’t Let Perfectionism Block Creativity

June 3, 2013 by Steven Sparling 3 Comments

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