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Creative Thinking

Helping you to live your most creative life

Start strong

Start strong with your next creative project

Five exercises to help you get started. To keep going. And then get your work out there.

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Your next 90 days

Your next 90 days

Want to get something substantial done - and make time for some fun stuff too? You need a 90-day plan.

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the trouble with goals

The trouble with goals

If New Year's resolutions and goal-setting doesn't work for you, try this instead.

Read moreThe trouble with goals
Rest reflect recover renew

Rest. Reflect. Recover. Renew.

It's twixmas. And winter. A time for rest, reflection, recovery and renewal.

Read moreRest. Reflect. Recover. Renew.
Thinking shouldn't be a luxury

Time to think shouldn’t be a luxury

For creatives, thinking time is essential. Bill Gates had a regular Think Week. Could you adapt that to your life?

Read moreTime to think shouldn’t be a luxury
How to be generous

Be generous. Because givers always gain

The world needs a little fairy dust right now. So be generous. Be kind. The results can be surprising.

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Gp deeper, not wider

Go deeper, not wider

The online world encourages us to go wide, to be everything, everywhere, all at once. But what if we choose to go deeper, instead?

Read moreGo deeper, not wider
The stories that stop you selling your work

The stories that stop you selling your work

Eight limiting beliefs that stop you from marketing your creative work well. And how to change them.

Read moreThe stories that stop you selling your work
Seven things to share about your work

Seven things to share about your work

We need to tell people about our creative work. But where to start? Here are seven things to share about your work on socials - and beyond

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Fear of finishing

Fear of finishing

We all know about the creative blocks that come at the start of a project. But the final stretch can be just as tricky. This might help.

Read moreFear of finishing
Want to handle your money better?

Want to handle your money better?

Build a library of books that can help. Here are the best I've found – plus a few other resources for handling your finances

Read moreWant to handle your money better?
Confessions of a recovering perfectionist

Confessions of a recovering perfectionist

How I stopped polishing, and started publishing. Because sometimes done really is better than perfect.

Read moreConfessions of a recovering perfectionist
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