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New Creativity Course launching 21st of June

The Coaching Blog

We are extremely happy to announce the release of a new programme called Creativity Coaching. Creativity coaching is a type of coaching that focuses on helping individuals, usually artists, writers, and other creative professionals, to achieve their creative goals and overcome creative blocks. Is it for you?

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“Don’t Try” – Charles Bukowski’s Advice to Creators

Lateral Action

In a world of 101 things to do the idea of waiting for your creativity to come and lend a hand might seem absurd or luxurious at best, but as creative people can we learn from the journey he travelled following his philosophy of “Don’t Try"? There was water in the creative well once more. Photo by Hryck. Too Soon for Success.

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10 Creative Lessons from Bowie in Berlin

Lateral Action

It's a great read and full of lessons for the aspiring artist and creative entrepreneur. Takeaway: Multiply your talents with creative partnerships. Takeaway: If you're stuck in a creative rut, go somewhere that will disorient you. Here's what I've got from it so far: 1. Zag When Others Zig. Give Yourself Culture Shock.

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How to Create a Breakthrough Strategy with CEO Coach and Author, Patrick Thean

Crestcom

A Quest to Help Companies Execute Their Breakthrough Strategy Patrick Thean ( 03:50 ): And around that time in 1999, an article came out on Fortune Magazine about why CEOs fail, or I should say why companies. I had a CEO tell me once, he said, Hey Patrick, I really want you to come in here and help me with my creative process.

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ART IS WAR: An Interview with Hazel Dooney, Renegade Artist

Lateral Action

Three years ago, as nearly every Australian newspaper and glossy magazine delved into some aspect of Hazel Dooney's young life and career, a headline on a full page article in the Australian Financial Review read, "Hazel Dooney walks the razor's edge between respect and celebrity in today's art world". It hasn't worked. I get up early.

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T.S. Eliot’s Path to Success

Lateral Action

Sir Terence Conran, quoted in The Creative Economy by John Howkins). Early in his career, he was putting in a full day's work as a banker at Lloyds in the City of London, before returning home to write essays, lectures and book reviews - eventually taking on the editorship of a new literary magazine, the Criterion , in his spare time.

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