by Mike Roy | Jul 19, 2016 | Business, Marketing, Mindset
How “Unfair” Can Work In Your Favor I learned pretty quickly how life can be unfair. I was a skinny, uncoordinated kid growing up. That meant I was usually near the last to be picked in the dog-eat-dog arena of spontaneous childhood playground sports. There I was,...
by Mike Roy | Dec 28, 2015 | Blog, Business, Creativity, Mindset
Click Here to Get the Workbook for this article. Generally, I try to avoid clichés. That includes writing year-end posts with titles like “How to Have The Most Creative Year Ever In [ insert year here. ]”. But since I’m so fond of irony, i’ll...
by Mike Roy | Nov 19, 2015 | Blog, Mindset, Myths
The Consumer Myth is the idea that artists and creatives can consume media without being affected by it. My generation spent much of our childhoods convincing our parents that this wasn’t true, especially when it came to video games. We certainly weren’t...
by Mike Roy | Apr 27, 2015 | Blog, Myths
For many people, both artists and non-artists, being creative seems synonymous with being aloof, isolated, and lonely. For an artist, being alone most of the time is even considered necessary in order to create their best work. But is that really true? Typical...
by Mike Roy | Apr 20, 2015 | Blog, Fulfillment, Mindset, Myths
There has always been a lot of excessive attention placed on raw talent. It’s easy to understand why. The youthful prodigy that practically emerges from the womb playing concertos makes a much more compelling story than the quasi-talented hard worker. But the...
