There are times in your life when everything seems chaotic. You are in full crisis mode, unsure of what to do next, unsure about everything really. What you think you need is a vacation to escape your challenges or at least to sort things out. The truth is, you need to get a handle on…

Early in the planning process, you need to find out everything you think you want to go into. What exactly do you do day-to-day in this career?  How did others get their start? How do you get ahead? What are the negatives, the benefits? Talk to people who are doing what you think you want…

Creative heroines are big picture women, but when it comes to detail (the devil is in the details) they get distracted. The possibilities are limitless, which makes the concept of planning a career overwhelming. The answer is to break it down, then simplify it and streamline it further by using rolemodels.  Who is doing what…

It is not where you start that matters, it is where you finish.  It may be that in the early years of a career (or a career change) you have to get the coffee, make the copies, and do the grunt work. Do it with a smile and some savoir -faire. Give people more than…

A vocation is what you want to do with the rest of your life. It is your ‘heroine’s journey’. A career is the line of work you are in and the work yo do. You change careers, but rarely change vocation. A job is wha tyou are doing at this moment. When you feel as…

Selling your talent is tough. It may even be distasteful, especially if you don’t believe in yourself. Many creative heroines defend their inability to sell as an unwillingness to sell out. Get off your high horse. I am not the devil because I believe you have to get your story out. As a creative heroine,…

Delegate means “to trust to others”.  Not easy to implement partly because you have your own story of what delegate means. Sometimes, you donot know how to find or manage a delegatee. Let us explore and explode some of the biggest myths about delegating. Myth:  It would have been easier to do it myself.  Reality:…

In order to have the freedom to create, you must build a successful business. To build a successful business, you must build some sort of buzz story with your PR and promotion. I am not saying you have to take off your clothes to promote yourself or your work, but the naked truth is that…

I have found that having no money makes me more agressive and creative when it comes to self-promotion. Never let a lack of funds be an excuse to stop you from doing creative self-promotion. In this brains-versus-bucks approach, brains win, as long as you have a clear understanding of yourself and what kind of work…

Sometimes you are your own worst enemy. Nobody can sabotage your career as well as you can. Why do creative people often become career kamikazes who crash and burn? The creative heroine is more susceptible to some of the pitfalls and problems that befall many people in business for themselves. It is important to be…

Do you ever feel as though your life is like being in a boat without a rudder and at the mercy of the winds? Being unemployed or underemployed does not help. You must keep your head above water. Stay away from the rocky shoreline and keep the boat afloat with your powerful story, even if…

Ask any creative heroine and each and everyone will tell you the same thing: To have the money to create; you have to be creative with your money. If you’re lucky enough to have found the perfect career for you, one that lets you showcase your talents and keeps your creative juices flowing, congratulations! However,…