101 - How to Prove Your Creative Genius
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Caught / turn yourself

Basquiat secret genius

As a creative progressional you are incompetent until proven genius.

Once your lucky, twice your good?

Once your lucky, twice your lucky, three times meh.

Seth Godin / Pick Yourself

Stack the deck

1. Commit the Crime - Make the Work

Walk the walk

Good will hunting

Non creatives

Ben Affleck

Examples value proof

• Editorial sell magazines

• Logo designer / start pro company / field notes

• Kids book author / kickstart

• Soundtrack short film

• CPT strategic content

2. Evidence - Metrics

Mike birbiglia - rotten tomatoes

Qualitative

Not lottery, paycheck -

social media, pick one / two max

Sales / listens

3. Witnesses - Relationships

Quantitative - Ira Glass

Nothing's changed. SpongeBob. Vouch.

Build relationships : ppl still want to know you

Pitchfork

Be you - hang out

4. Testify - Start reaching out.

Light the fuse.

Avoid bottle neck / Pixar

Shane snow

John lennon

Provide value where it's needed first

Verdict

hide subjectivity.

Take the test

Easy to heckle / critique

Open mic vs audition

Steve Martin quote.

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Joey Ellis

http://www.joeyellis.com/#/new-gallery-3/

Luke Flowers

http://www.lukeflowerscreative.com/

Seth Worley

http://www.sethworley.com/

Thanks to Yoni Wolf and his band WHY? for our theme music.

Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! www.soundcloud.com/metavari

Jayro Design

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Jayro Music

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