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Successful Creatives Often Keep Non-creative Jobs for Financial Stability
46:08 - 52:18 (06:10)
While the glamourous narrative of taking a risk to achieve creative success is popular, many successful creatives, like successful author Tim Ferriss, keep non-creative jobs to avoid financial pressure on their passion projects.
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The idea of the starving artist or the overnight success story can be a glamorous narrative, but it's not always the reality.
46:08 - 49:25 (03:17)
Summary
The idea of the starving artist or the overnight success story can be a glamorous narrative, but it's not always the reality. Many successful creatives have had to balance their passion with practicality to ensure that financial pressures don't impact their artistic vision.
ChapterSuccessful Creatives Often Keep Non-creative Jobs for Financial Stability
Episode#357: Susan Cain — How to Overcome Fear and Embrace Creativity
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker shares her experience of receiving negative feedback on her draft and how it led her to take more time and ultimately produce a better piece of writing.
49:26 - 50:56 (01:29)
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The speaker shares her experience of receiving negative feedback on her draft and how it led her to take more time and ultimately produce a better piece of writing.
ChapterSuccessful Creatives Often Keep Non-creative Jobs for Financial Stability
Episode#357: Susan Cain — How to Overcome Fear and Embrace Creativity
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Susan Cain, the author known for her book "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking," talks about her love of writing and how she takes her time to walk around the world and gather notes before organizing them into a book.
50:56 - 52:18 (01:21)
Summary
Susan Cain, the author known for her book "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking," talks about her love of writing and how she takes her time to walk around the world and gather notes before organizing them into a book.