21 Things I Learned While Spying on Myself

1. Art that isn’t done for art’s sake isn’t art, it’s a TASK.
2. Art will flow abundantly if you simply choose to LIVE creatively.
3. Be nice to people, and eventually when they stop thinking about why you’re being nice to them, they’ll start being nice back.
4. Creativity is about starting ANYWHERE, then going back and allowing it to lead you SOMEWHERE.
5. Creativity isn’t something you DO; it’s something you ARE.
6. Don’t find time to write – MAKE time to write.
7. Find regular venues to validate the potential of your new ideas.
8. Friendliness is so rare; it’s actually become remarkable.
9. If the other person finishes their meal first, you weren’t listening enough. Or you eat too fast.
10. If you have to advertise your business on your own rear window, you’re probably not that successful.
11. Little things are as big as big things.
12. NEVER EVER EVER begin your creative process by staring at a blank page. Not only will it scare the shit out of you, it will scare the art out of you.
13. Opportunity never stops knocking – only YOU that stops listening.
14. Permit not the slaughtering of even your smallest ideas.
15. The only difference between listening and loving is spelling.
16. There are no little things, only big things whose bigness you haven’t yet realized.
17. When you expect nothing, failure is impossible.
18. Writing is subconscious absorption.
19. You won’t know when your client has stopped trusting you.
20. Your greatness will (eventually) shine.
21. Your mind works for you.