About a year and a half ago, I lost the biggest job opportunity of my life. I had been dreaming about this job since I was a little kid. Every life decision I had made over the last 20 years had been geared towards one goal: getting this job. It took me about 15 years […]
In a world of dreamers, where everyone loves what they do, it is incredibly difficult to stay competitive. We are competing with people who have devoted their live to what they do. They have already given up everything, they already work for less then we do, they already work more hours then we do, and […]
We dreamers have one thing in common: we would give up almost anything to follow our dreams. We would leave everything behind if we had to. Wait, would we really? When reality kicks in In reality, we are just as hesitant to take the big step as anyone else. We live our lives comparing opportunities […]
All of us grew up with a very simple assumption: If you want to live the dream, you need money, lots of money. The Internet is full of “successful” gurus, selling eBooks about how to finally make enough money to live “the good life.” And, damn, does what they have look good. Sport-cars in the garage, […]
Let’s be honest: Most artists are poor. Yes, there are a lot of people out there who make a ton of money doing what they love, but we are not one of them. If we could, we would live paycheck to paycheck, but the truth is, there is no paycheck at the end of the […]
Are you working all the time? Many of us dreamers do. Not only because we usually have ten deadlines and nine people expecting results yesterday. We do it because we love what we do. But that comes at a price. Loving what we do … Last Friday I looked back at the week and realized that I hadn’t gotten anything […]
We artists are dreamers. We have devoted our lives to the creation of ideas, to make the world a better place. We have committed to not giving up, to try and try and try, every day again. We have decided to be different, to take risks, to ask questions, to express ourselves, and not be […]