101 - How to Prove Your Creative Genius

Creative Pep Talk

English - September 07, 2016 13:00 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratings
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Caught / turn yourself
Basquiat secret genius

As a creative progressional you are incompetent until proven genius.

Once your lucky, twice your good?
Once your lucky, twice your lucky, three times meh.

Seth Godin / Pick Yourself

Stack the deck

1. Commit the Crime - Make the Work
Walk the walk

Good will hunting
Non creatives
Ben Affleck

Examples value proof
- Editorial sell magazines
- Logo designer / start pro company / field notes
- Kids book author / kickstart
- Soundtrack short film
- CPT strategic content

2. Evidence - Metrics

Mike birbiglia - rotten tomatoes
Qualitative

Not lottery, paycheck -
social media, pick one / two max
Sales / listens

3. Witnesses - Relationships

Quantitative - Ira Glass
Nothing's changed. SpongeBob. Vouch.

Build relationships : ppl still want to know you
Pitchfork
Be you - hang out

4. Testify - Start reaching out.

Light the fuse.
Avoid bottle neck / Pixar
Shane snow
John lennon
Provide value where it's needed first

Verdict
hide subjectivity.
Take the test

Easy to heckle / critique
Open mic vs audition

Steve Martin quote.

www.patreon.com/creativepeptalk

Joey Ellis
http://www.joeyellis.com/#/new-gallery-3/

Luke Flowers
http://www.lukeflowerscreative.com/

Seth Worley
http://www.sethworley.com/

Thanks to Yoni Wolf and his band WHY? for our theme music.

Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! www.soundcloud.com/metavari

Jayro Design
jayrodesign.com/

Jayro Music
www.soundcloud.com/jayrodesign
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caught / turn yourself

Basquiat secret genius

As a creative progressional you are incompetent until proven genius.

Once your lucky, twice your good?

Once your lucky, twice your lucky, three times meh.

Seth Godin / Pick Yourself

Stack the deck

1. Commit the Crime - Make the Work

Walk the walk

Good will hunting

Non creatives

Ben Affleck

Examples value proof

- Editorial sell magazines

- Logo designer / start pro company / field notes

- Kids book author / kickstart

- Soundtrack short film

- CPT strategic content

2. Evidence - Metrics

Mike birbiglia - rotten tomatoes

Qualitative

Not lottery, paycheck -

social media, pick one / two max

Sales / listens

3. Witnesses - Relationships

Quantitative - Ira Glass

Nothing's changed. SpongeBob. Vouch.

Build relationships : ppl still want to know you

Pitchfork

Be you - hang out

4. Testify - Start reaching out.

Light the fuse.

Avoid bottle neck / Pixar

Shane snow

John lennon

Provide value where it's needed first

Verdict

hide subjectivity.

Take the test

Easy to heckle / critique

Open mic vs audition

Steve Martin quote.

www.patreon.com/creativepeptalk

Joey Ellis

http://www.joeyellis.com/#/new-gallery-3/

Luke Flowers

http://www.lukeflowerscreative.com/

Seth Worley

http://www.sethworley.com/

Thanks to Yoni Wolf and his band WHY? for our theme music.

Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! www.soundcloud.com/metavari

Jayro Design

jayrodesign.com/

Jayro Music

www.soundcloud.com/jayrodesign

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices