101 - How to Prove Your Creative Genius

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

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