My next course is about showing up every day, doing your best creative work, building an audience, and earning an income.

Right now the working title of the course is “The Creative Life”.

Because ultimately, this course is about developing the mindset, habits, and resources you need to do your best creative work.

But more on all of that another time…

When putting together a course or a book or a class, I have two huge components that underpin all the content and training:

1. My own experience, stories, and wisdom.
2. The experiences, stories, and wisdom of others.

At best, I have only a very small glimpse and perspective. So I lean on the wisdom and perspective of others.

Here are a few of the books that have helped me show up every day, do my best creative work, build an audience, and earn an income.

• The Personal MBA, by Josh Kaufman

• Creativity Inc., by Ed Catmull

• Show Your Work, by Austin Kleon

• Deep Work, by Cal Newport

• The Innovator’s Dilemma, by Clayton M. Christensen

• Die Empty, by Todd Henry

• The Accidental Creative, by Todd Henry

• The Customer Funded Business, by John Mullins

• The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp

• Anything You Want, by Derek Sivers

• Ask, by Ryan Levesque

• Zero to One, by Peter Thiel

• People Over Profit, by Dale Partridge

• Make Your Mark, by Jocelyn K. Glei (who has a killer weekly newsletter, btw.)