I was consulting with a client, Michael, recently and he made this comment... "Gary, I've been applying the Smart Art Marketing Pro principles to my life and business for the last year or so, and now I have a very odd problem. I don't know what to do with all…
I once sent an April Fool's email offering readers the opportunity to use my shower, since that's where so many profitable ideas come from. People thought it was a hoot. But was it really a joke? You see, most of us artists who are entrepreneurs like to think we spend…
The alarm clock meep-meeps at you at 5:45am. You hit the snooze once or twice, and then roll out of bed and rub the 5 or 6 hours of sleep from your eyes. Shower Dress Coffee Commute Then it's straight to the inbox, the voice messages, the texts, the snail…
Will you live to regret it if you don't follow your dream of being an artist? At the end of your life, will you deeply regret taking the sure and safe path instead of the road less traveled? These are challenging questions, I admit. And as an artist, you may…
In 1902, an aspiring young writer received a rejection letter from the poetry editor of The Atlantic Monthly. Enclosed with a sheaf of poems the twenty-eight-year-old poet had sent was this curt note: "Our magazine has no room for your vigorous verse." The young poet rejected the rejection and went…
Did you ever go on a treasure hunt when you were a child, or read Poe's "The Gold Bug"? Then you know the first thing you have to do before you can find the treasure is find the map. It may be hidden, it may be torn in half, or…
How do you view change? Is it frightening and intimidating? Or is it an opportunity for positive transformation? When Charles Dickens was a small boy, his father was sent to prison for poverty. As a result, the theme of imprisonment appears repeatedly in his many articles and novels. In one…
Are you a believer? Are you a daydream believer? Are you finding yourself getting bored in certain areas of your life or with certain tasks you have set? Perhaps it’s time to make your life more challenging: make it more complex or shoot for a higher level of performance. If…
Are you reluctant to act on your art career because of a fear of failure? Are you afraid of “blowing it,” of being embarrassed or looking foolish to your friends and family? I can understand that. We’re all afraid of blowing it, of looking like fools in front of our…
Have you wanted to start your artistic career, but felt that the timing was wrong or that it was too late? Do you ever feel like your real chances to be an artist have all passed you by? It is never too late to start moving your life in the…
