Today I am celebrating the first anniversary of Creative Perch! Last week I posted about the anniversary giveaway of Ignore Everybody by Hugh McLeod and asked participants to share the best creative business advice they have received. I was absolutely thrilled by the responses, and I love that we can learn from each other’s life lessons. In case you haven’t read the comments on that post, I thought I’d share them here:
The best piece of advice I have ever received was “break your goal into do-able, small tasks”. I am one of those people who see the big picture and then get completely overwhelmed by it and shut down.
I can do one small thing to step towards my goal, I can’t complete or even fathom my goal in one giant leap.
~ Laura
We all have a tendency when we’re hiring people for our team, to hire people like ourselves. It’s human nature to relate better to people who share our point of view, our skills, etc. The best career advice I received, and which I’ve tried hard to follow since then, is to hire people who complement me, not who duplicate me.
You end up with a stronger team, one that is representative of a variety of perspectives. You generate more ideas, more options for getting things done, and a wider range of solutions.
~ Clara
The best piece of advice I ever got was to get out of the safety of planning, preparing and list-making and take the risk of doing something!
~ Jamie
I know it’s cliched but it was: “be creative.” It happened many years ago and made me realize that I had no idea what that actually meant. It led to my quest to figure out and explore all things creative, including myself.
~ Melanie
Thank you to all who shared their wisdom and also tweeted links about the giveaway!
I have really enjoyed reading Ignore Everybody, and I hope that you are all able to read it at some point. You can read more of Hugh McLeod’s work on GapingVoid.com, and you can also follow him on Twitter (@gapingvoid).
I used Random.org to randomly choose one lucky winner of Ignore Everybody. Congratulations to Jamie, who won the giveaway! And here’s to another amazing year of inspiring creativity and encouraging innovation! 
Related posts:
- Reader Poll & Top Secret Anniversary Giveaway
- July Giveaway Winner!
- Giveaway: Serious Drawings
- Silk Screened Lovelies & a Giveaway!
- Art is Everywhere. This Week: Cartoons by Hugh MacLeod
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[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Jamie Ridler, dee_wilcox. dee_wilcox said: Thanks to all who shared their creative biz advice & congrats to @starshyne on winning the CP anniversary giveaway! http://bit.ly/1y35as [...]
Hi Dee,
Thanks for quoting my comment for this contest – I was honoured!
Have a great day!
Laura
Laura´s last blog … AWOL
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