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The Inspiration Paradox: Your Best Creative Time Is Not When You Think

By Cindy May — 2012

Innovation and creativity are greatest when we are not at our best, at least with respect to our circadian rhythms.

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Coaching the Artist Within: Advice for Writers, Actors, Visual Artists, and Musicians from America’s Foremost Creativity Coach

Creativity Coaching Essentials shows people how to become more effective creators by guiding them through 12 self-coaching lessons.

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Eric Maisel
2005
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Living and Sustaining a Creative Life: Essays by 40 Working Artists

In this day and age, when art has become more of a commodity and art school graduates are convinced that they can only make a living from their work by attaining gallery representation, it is more important than ever to show the reality of how a professional, contemporary artist sustains a creative...

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Sharon Louden
2013
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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Now, in this powerful, straight-from-the-hip examination of the internal obstacles to success, bestselling author Steven Pressfield shows readers how to identify, defeat, and unlock the inner barriers to creativity.

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Steven Pressfield
2012
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The Power of Daily Practice: How Creative and Performing Artists (and Everyone Else) Can Finally Meet Their Goals

Eric Maisel knows from experience and observation that the single most crucial element of success for any endeavor is a regular, daily practice. Dr.

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Eric Maisel
2020
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An Actor's CONCENTRATION - Acting Tips with David Strasberg

Send us your questions for David Strasberg and we will answer some of them in an upcoming video.

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2019
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POMODORO TECHNIQUE - My Favorite Tool to Improve Studying and Productivity

The Pomodoro Technique is one of my favorite ways to beat procrastination and maintain productivity and focus. The pomodoro technique utilizes alternating focus and break times of 25 and 5 minutes, respectively.

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2016
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How I Learned to Focus with ADD

In this video, I share the ways in which I have refined my focus over the past few years to get the most out of the hours I dedicate to drawing. From the Pomodoro technique, to sleep, hygiene, exercise, diet and mindfulness, I hope there is something for everyone.

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2019
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Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad

In his previous books Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work!, both New York Times bestsellers, Austin Kleon gave readers the keys to unlock their creativity and showed them how to become known.

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Austin Kleon
2019
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First We Read, Then We Write: Emerson on the Creative Process

Writing was the central passion of Emerson’s life.

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Robert D. Richardson
2015
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Creative Careers: Making a Living with Your Ideas

In one of the most popular classes at Parsons School of Design, B. Jeffrey Madoff gave students a reality check: "Most of us have had the feeling of 'I could've done that,' whether at an art gallery, watching a performance, or finding a new product or even a new business idea.

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B. Jeffrey Madoff
2025
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Creative Well-Being