Resources for the Disciplined Creative
The published writer scolds the erratic painter, “you should be more disciplined about your painting. You hardly finish any work, and move on to the next one. And you don’t even publish your art, how can you even call yourself an artist?”
This is the conversation I have with myself. I was a published writer (articles, books and a song!), but my “painting” was no where to be found. Yet I would doodle more than I’d write.
This section is a collection of resources that helped me, and now help countless other creators, on how to:
– find more discipline for their creations
– build a brand online, so their art gets “published” and is taken to the market!
I have almost 300 videos on YouTube around these two subjects. And countless articles. That’s a lot of content. So I have tried to put the guides, the tools, the workshops, the articles together on this page. Hope this helps, yes?
Most articles are in English, most videos are in Urdu.
These are hand-picked, proven, field-tested material that has been shown to work! I wish you all the best! Do join our community if you want regular updates when such content is added!
Productivity for Artists (Creatives, Creators)
How to structure your self to produce more of what you want to produce!
Do This to Live a Boring, Mediocre Life
Beginner’s Luck is the ultimate mistress, always there to seduce me into thinking I am good enough. You try something for the first time, and you surprise yourself. The first time I let go of the arrow, it hits the bullseye. The first time I send in an article...
Journey of a Thousand Miles begins with THIS
Journey of a thousand miles… Someone somewhere is baking a cake for the first time. The cake comes out OK: it’s eatable. But it tastes funny. On a scale of 1 to 10, ten being the best and one being the worst, the cake is hovering between minus 3 and minus 2. A few...
Job, Career or a Calling
There are three ways to look at our work. Either we think it’s a job, it’s a career, or we think it is our calling. And at least one of these categories is very, very bad for us (no prizes for guessing which one though). +++ There was a study done by Dr...
The Job and The Struggle
Recently we talked about identifying our job. We also saw how we can ritualize the work: show up everyday for our job. My job is to write. To design. To solve problems. Not necessarily in that order. I do it every day. I must. That’s my decision. I have also...
Simple, Not Easy
I recently had a discussion with Yasir Nisar over a cup of warm tea and hot samosas. Yes, tea and samosa. Yasir is a professional photographer here in Pakistan. His pictures can sell upwards of 50,000 rupees each. Each. His calendar for the next few months, by his own...
A Word of Advice on Words of Advice
A lot of people share and keep sharing Steve Job’s Commencement Speech at Stanford. The official video released by Stanford 6 years ago, has so far garnered 18 millions views. It’s a great speech. If you haven’t watched it, you must. A lot of people...
Building a Brand and a Business for Artists (Creatives, Creators)
Discover the fundamentals of brand building, how to go about creating your community of “1000 true fans” and building a meaningful, high-impact online business for yourself.
How to Generate $10,000 a Month from a Brand New Blog
Neil Patel is an SEO expert, an entrepreneur and a blogger extraordinaire. I have learnt a lot about blogging and search engine marketing from his blog over the years. And he recently announced a “challenge” to earn $100,000 per month from a new blog that he will...
5 Steps to make it EASY to talk about money
Thinking about money got me thinking about toasters. You see, I’ve got a question for you: is money the root of all evil? Aren’t people – people making choices, albeit poor one – are the root of evil? Yes, they use money to “express” their...
Why Most People Die at Age 25?
Watch the video and leave your answer in the comments below (one lucky winner will win a virtual high five and a chance to give high fives to 5 other less lucky winners) Life means growth. No growth means there is no life. Here’s the quote: Some people die at 25...
Here’s How the Good Guys Can Stop Finishing Last
There is a scene in the Avengers movie, where Bruce Banner – the guy who turns into the Hulk – is asked, “how did you finally control your anger and can now turn into the Hulk on cue?” Now all through the movie, he is asked this question, and just before...
Earning Money Online
I get an email from a subscriber, and as a passing reference, she mentions that she found my blog though a reference on Saad Hamid‘s blog.Saad Hamid mentioned me on his blog!? I had to check it out myself…I found this:Saad mentions me on his blog, and I...
New Year’s Video Message
I recorded a quick video message for the New Year. Do you make new year’s resolutions? Then you will find the following video very helpful: Now… The dangling question is, “how can you achieve those goals?” Making new year’s resolutions...