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The art of Success - Part 1

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There are only  two ways to get on in life really and I have tried both. You can either ‘Buy your way in’,  or work your way in" I prefer the latter, working for something is not only a source of great satisfaction it is also, more importantly, that it is only through doing something from start to finish that lessons will be learned along the journey, you cannot simply ‘buy’ experience. Once learned, these lessons in life will become your foundations for the future, a future which not only is of benefit to your own creative skills but also in the obligation which comes from progress, that of the sharing of constructive information for others, you are not reading my BLOG simply because you like my grammar, that I am woefully inadequate to teach; you are reading in the hope of learning something of benefit to you. I am not one for giving workshops or any formal teaching role, instead I use Social Media as my form of communication, I am a member of several arts gr...

The art of success - PART 2 YOU ARE YOUR OWN BOSS

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It is currently 3am as I write this BLOG, it matters not for 3am is just a number, I am awake and there is work to be done.  For me, success is,,, it is a daily appraisal and by the end of each day I have to satisfy myself above no other that my day has been creatively fulfilled, I went to bed unsatisfied with my days work and now seek to rectify. Success is not just a goal, it is a journey, so what constitutes good guidelines, the basic building blocks for this journey, getting up to work in the middle of the night is just a small part of committment. 1.     ambition         Ambition in the context of this BLOG is that YOU must have a strong desire to do or to achieve something, each and every day, not only creatively but also for yourself, find a balance between you and your art and do something, one thing each day, try it for a year and that is one major block of professional and personal work; but you have to want to want to do it. 2. ...