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            It can be very rewarding to be a self employed artist; don’t think for a minute that I let this benefit slipped my mind. Emotionally and financially, there is nothing like making it on your own or at the helm of your own company. That whole risk reward thing is true, you are taking [...]

The Self Employed Artist

I meet many creative people who get lost in the business of being creative. The artist who opens his own gallery is suddenly a shopkeeper too and has the same concerns the local hardware stoe owner has, he is running a business. Don’t get lost in that! 

You are a creative, you’ve been told that all of your [...]

Elliot Spitzer and Creatives…

One of the principals of The Affluent Artist is that successful creative people are passionate about their work. Creative people can’t bottle the passion, it will come out in one way or another, so, we broaden our definition of  artist to include almost anyone who finds a new and creative way to do almost any [...]

Discipline

A lot of people have good ideas. Creative people are “idea” people but successful creative people have the discipline to follow through and produce something. Yes, everything starts with an idea, but art requires the discipline to clean the brushes, type out the words, sharpen the chisel and then complete the work. Those blessed with [...]

The Artist as Investor

One of the things we’ll address from time to time is the concept of the Starving Artist and creative people allowing money into their lives. My experience has taught me that there is nothing mutually exclusive about being creative and being good with money. In fact, when you think about it; some people use their creativity [...]

Meyers, Briggs, and Umpires…

So, my friend Shayla is a consultant, coach and author to successful executives throughout the country and she recognized my inner artist at about the time I was wondering what was going on in my life. I found myself becoming really good frends with this child of the sixtes, the kind of person I befriended in high [...]

How Suzi Uses Her Inner Artist

My daughter, Suzanne, has always been the creative one. She dances, she sings, she acts, she writes, she is a great photographer, just a very “artsy” person. She went away to college to major in drama (not a stretch) and ended up majoring in Government stuff (she claims to have re-written health care during her [...]

What's This All About Anyway?

So, you may ask, what is this Affluent Artist stuff all about anyway? This blog is designed to tell you about my personal journey to a more Creative Life, how a fifty something year old Grandfather can transform himself from a Wall Street numbers guy to an author and advocate of the creative class. The [...]

True or True Mega Book Marketing in Los Angeles

True or True?
 Mega Book Marketing in Los Angeles
So, you want to be a Bestselling Author? Do you believe in the power of books? Do you want to change the world with your writing, one reader at a time? Or would you rather be really, really cynical? Let’s try that!
Like everything else in life, there are [...]

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