Motivation is Key to Selling Art Every morning I wake up and do two things: I read my scriptures and I plan my day by writing down the five things that I need to get done that day and write down my gratitude for five things that are happening in my life. It’s a good […]
How to Teach Storytelling to a Business
The other day a friend came over to hang out and he pointed at a painting on my wall, asking me, “What is that painting?” It was my dream portrait by Eleatta Diver I told him. I went on to explain to him that Eleatta had interviewed me about my dreams and what I wanted […]
Teach An MBA How to Play
In my creative work with companies I have seen the benefits of play at work with sales forces. Sales is a stressful job. If you’ve ever seen Glenn Gary, Glenn Ross you’ll have an idea of how stressful. “Getting to the Yes” is really hard sometimes. You face a lot of rejection. It takes a […]
My Big Audacious Goal
Help 100 artists build businesses that support the lifestyle they want. That’s my Big Audacious Goal. Everybody needs one. How did this come to be my B.A.G.? A month ago I was sitting with some friends on a beautiful Portland roof top. These friends are the people that I meet with every two weeks to […]
More Community, Please?
When I started The Abundant Artist, it was an exploration of the idea that the starving artist is nothing more than a myth that artists self-perpetuate. It’s easier to believe that being an artist inherently means being poor, or bad at business. Since then, however, I’ve met a lot of artists who are pretty good […]
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