Creative people aren’t the most financially successful. There I said it.
The creative folks, the artists of the business world, are those who have the most trouble their bills.
I’ve worked with some very financially successful people, many of whom have attributed their massive (ridiculous) success to being “too stupid to give up” and “so unimaginative that hard work was the only option”. Those are actual client quotes.
Creative types over-think and over-analyze, get caught up in their craft and sometimes totally loathe the more commercial parts of their businesses. Until now, that is. Continue reading “How to make money despite being creative”