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Organizing for Creative People: How to Channel the Chaos of Creativity into Career Success
A practical and friendly guide to taming your chaos written specifically for creative people by the bestselling author of Banish Clutter Forever.
‘Sheila gave me the tools to hunt success, and the infrastructure to handle it when it came.’ Stik, world renowned street artist and author Most of the conventional ‘productivity’ advice you’ll find in the ‘soft business’ section simply does not work for creative people. Surprisingly, to date there has not been a single book that addresses the unique organizational challenges that artists face. This book sets out to change that, it addresses the myth that truly creative people are messy and that they need mess in order to create. Sheila Chandra applies her professional insights as a ‘creative’ and organizing expert to the lives of other busy creative people in all disciplines – showing them how good organization can liberate their creative ‘magic’. She begins with artists’ physical spaces, including arranging their workspaces and offices so that they remain tidy effortlessly. Her career ‘headspace’ chapters
• creative well-being, including artist support systems
• career well-being, including networking and collaborations
• self-promotion and how to avoid working for free
• making social media pay
• personal branding, career planning and goals
• how to manage copyright issues and legal paperwork
• legacy management
And all from an artist’s point of view. These fool-proof, tried and tested systems are mixed with creativity tips and artist well-being advice that only one artist knows to give another. Written with real affection for the reader, Sheila Chandra takes the creative person by the hand and puts them on the path to success.
‘Sheila gave me the tools to hunt success, and the infrastructure to handle it when it came.’ Stik, world renowned street artist and author Most of the conventional ‘productivity’ advice you’ll find in the ‘soft business’ section simply does not work for creative people. Surprisingly, to date there has not been a single book that addresses the unique organizational challenges that artists face. This book sets out to change that, it addresses the myth that truly creative people are messy and that they need mess in order to create. Sheila Chandra applies her professional insights as a ‘creative’ and organizing expert to the lives of other busy creative people in all disciplines – showing them how good organization can liberate their creative ‘magic’. She begins with artists’ physical spaces, including arranging their workspaces and offices so that they remain tidy effortlessly. Her career ‘headspace’ chapters
• creative well-being, including artist support systems
• career well-being, including networking and collaborations
• self-promotion and how to avoid working for free
• making social media pay
• personal branding, career planning and goals
• how to manage copyright issues and legal paperwork
• legacy management
And all from an artist’s point of view. These fool-proof, tried and tested systems are mixed with creativity tips and artist well-being advice that only one artist knows to give another. Written with real affection for the reader, Sheila Chandra takes the creative person by the hand and puts them on the path to success.
288 pages, Paperback
Published May 23, 2017
About the author
Sheila Chandra
4 books6 followersRenowned World Music singer Sheila Chandra turned non-fiction author in 2010, following voice problems which forced her to retire from her international music career. She says writing has become her 'second voice'.
After being urged by friends to share her secret to living clutter free despite having a demanding career, she wrote Banish Clutter Forever outlining her own system for home organizing - which she says makes daily tidy ups redundant 'pretty much forever'.
In 2008 she met then homeless street artist Stik and began to mentor him. Stik has gone on to become one of the most famous and collectable street artists in the world. Early on, she wrote a guide to organizing his artist career just for him - and following his success he encouraged her to expand it and get it published as 'Organzing Your Creative Career'. A new print edition of the book - including a new chapter on pricing and funding - is out on 14th January 2020.
Sheila says: 'Most thriving professional artists don't have time to coach and encourage other artists. But now I have the time to, and my loss can be their gain. I wanted to write 'Organizing Your Creative Career' particularly for emerging artists who don't come from an artistic background and who maybe lack contacts, peers and the information on work culture that's so crucial to being a success.'
She now coaches creative people all over the world via Skype.
www.sheilachandrabooks.com
www.sheilachandracoaching.com
After being urged by friends to share her secret to living clutter free despite having a demanding career, she wrote Banish Clutter Forever outlining her own system for home organizing - which she says makes daily tidy ups redundant 'pretty much forever'.
In 2008 she met then homeless street artist Stik and began to mentor him. Stik has gone on to become one of the most famous and collectable street artists in the world. Early on, she wrote a guide to organizing his artist career just for him - and following his success he encouraged her to expand it and get it published as 'Organzing Your Creative Career'. A new print edition of the book - including a new chapter on pricing and funding - is out on 14th January 2020.
Sheila says: 'Most thriving professional artists don't have time to coach and encourage other artists. But now I have the time to, and my loss can be their gain. I wanted to write 'Organizing Your Creative Career' particularly for emerging artists who don't come from an artistic background and who maybe lack contacts, peers and the information on work culture that's so crucial to being a success.'
She now coaches creative people all over the world via Skype.
www.sheilachandrabooks.com
www.sheilachandracoaching.com
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May 30, 2017
I run my own business in the art field and am constantly working to improve my current techniques in addition to learning new crafts. That being the case, I have a separate set of tools and supplies for each skill I find myself interested in learning. (This is in addition to my full time job.)
This book is EXACTLY what I've been needing. I've been going insane in my failed attempts at organizing because no organizing advice that I've come across have targeted the creative audience with their multiple projects, plethora of supplies and all the other items that are involved when one not only works in a creative field, but runs a business doing it. This book covered all bases in a simple, straight-to-the-point manner. Highly recommended to anyone who works with their hands, whether you're juggling 20 projects, or one.
This book is EXACTLY what I've been needing. I've been going insane in my failed attempts at organizing because no organizing advice that I've come across have targeted the creative audience with their multiple projects, plethora of supplies and all the other items that are involved when one not only works in a creative field, but runs a business doing it. This book covered all bases in a simple, straight-to-the-point manner. Highly recommended to anyone who works with their hands, whether you're juggling 20 projects, or one.
June 6, 2017
I received this book from a Goodreads giveaway and straight away I was struck by how well laid out it was. I typeface is clear and roomy, not too much has been crammed in on each page - one could say it looks well organised! This is the sort of book you dip in and out of, rather than read in one sitting, and it deals with two main sections - Headspace and Physical space - both of which are subdivided into categories. This means you can easily refer to the most relevant pages immediately.
My overall impression is that it assumes all creative people are just a bit ditsy, messy and generally incapable! That said we could all benefit from a little organisation and this book gives simple, practical advice about sorting yourself and your surroundings out. None of it is rocket science but eminently achievable - which I guess is the point of any self improvement book!
My overall impression is that it assumes all creative people are just a bit ditsy, messy and generally incapable! That said we could all benefit from a little organisation and this book gives simple, practical advice about sorting yourself and your surroundings out. None of it is rocket science but eminently achievable - which I guess is the point of any self improvement book!
February 26, 2022
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There is no magic to effective creativity. It is only the process of being organized that is sustainable and scalable (nature teaches us the same) that truly enables our creativity. I like how Sheila referred to the order of our body as it relates to our creative work.
There is no magic to effective creativity. It is only the process of being organized that is sustainable and scalable (nature teaches us the same) that truly enables our creativity. I like how Sheila referred to the order of our body as it relates to our creative work.
December 10, 2017
Lots of great ideas
March 21, 2019
A really helpful book for creatives. Loved it so much I bought it for a friend. I bought it as an audio book first up, however had to get a hard copy as there is just so much info in this book, that I wanted to be able to refer back to it easily.
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