101 - How to Prove Your Creative Genius

Published: Sept. 7, 2016, 1 p.m.

Caught / turn yourself\nBasquiat secret genius\n\nAs a creative progressional you are incompetent until proven genius.\n\nOnce your lucky, twice your good?\nOnce your lucky, twice your lucky, three times meh.\n\nSeth Godin / Pick Yourself\n\nStack the deck\n\n\n1. Commit the Crime - Make the Work\nWalk the walk\n\nGood will hunting\nNon creatives\nBen Affleck\n\nExamples value proof\n- Editorial sell magazines\n- Logo designer / start pro company / field notes\n- Kids book author / kickstart\n- Soundtrack short film\n- CPT strategic content\n\n\n2. Evidence - Metrics\n\nMike birbiglia - rotten tomatoes\nQualitative\n\nNot lottery, paycheck - \nsocial media, pick one / two max\nSales / listens\n\n\n3. Witnesses - Relationships\n\nQuantitative - Ira Glass\nNothing's changed. SpongeBob. Vouch.\n\nBuild relationships : ppl still want to know you \nPitchfork \nBe you - hang out\n\n\n4. Testify - Start reaching out.\n\nLight the fuse.\nAvoid bottle neck / Pixar\nShane snow\nJohn lennon\nProvide value where it's needed first \n\n\nVerdict\nhide subjectivity.\nTake the test\n\nEasy to heckle / critique\nOpen mic vs audition\n\nSteve Martin quote.\n\nwww.patreon.com/creativepeptalk\n\nJoey Ellis\nhttp://www.joeyellis.com/#/new-gallery-3/\n\nLuke Flowers\nhttp://www.lukeflowerscreative.com/\n\nSeth Worley\nhttp://www.sethworley.com/\n\n\nThanks to Yoni Wolf and his band WHY? for our theme music.\n\nThanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! www.soundcloud.com/metavari\n\nJayro Design\njayrodesign.com/\n\nJayro Music\nwww.soundcloud.com/jayrodesign