Linus Pauling was a biochemist, author, educator and activist. He won multiple Noble Prizes for his work in different fields. Pauling was gifted and talented, but he understood the value of “doing reps” when it came to ideas and creativity. Pauling was credited with...

I was talking with my friend Gerry True and he made a comment that perfectly framed a problem that a lot of creative teams deal with: "We have to remove the personality from the project requests." Now before we freak out and think we are trying to suck the soul out of...

  Photo Props: It might be time to stop being so sensitive. We have all been there before. We spend hours, days, and energy on a design or a song, or a new idea and we are hyped about it! We show up to the meeting with our new "thing" ready to pitch and the...

  With the pressure to create, we know when things are good – it’s an instinct. As time progresses, we start to settle. With each passing day, the timelines, work loads, pressures, and opinions pose the risk of taking over our instincts. Excuses tempt us to...

We only get better when we stay committed to learning. As a creative, your work can be one of the biggest lessons to learn from. Too often we're so busy we see right past our lessons in hopes of completing the task. Here are a few lessons your work is trying to teach...