by Cali Bird | Feb 14, 2020 | Creating with a day job, Fame and Success, Fear and Procrastination
You want to get on with your creative work but your family are going crazy around you. Your phone seems to rule your life. You’ve just read yet another blog which is telling you that you’re doing it all wrong and you must buy a course now for instant success. If your...
by Cali Bird | Aug 9, 2019 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Fame and Success, Food for thought
It was the 24th August 1999 in New York City. I was earning more money than God but I was bored and unfulfilled. It was a good time to be in the technology sector. There was a lot of money sloshing about. My daily rate was very healthy but my mind wasn’t. My life...
by Cali Bird | Jul 12, 2019 | Fame and Success, Fear and Procrastination, Food for thought
Do you recognise any of the following scenarios? You desperately want to work on your art. It’s the weekend at last but now there are other things to do. Shopping, chores, family time, looking after aging relatives. The clear day that you have promised yourself all...
by Cali Bird | May 10, 2019 | Fame and Success, Food for thought
Yes, he failed. A lot. Especially in his early days. Did you know the following about David Bowie? In the 1960s he released nine singles which failed to chart before Space Oddity made it into the top five in the UK. Those singles were with 3 different bands and...
by Cali Bird | Apr 15, 2019 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Fame and Success, Food for thought
There is that wonderful scene in the movie Field of Dreams where Kevin Costner is urged to “build it and they will come”. A baseball field in the middle of a cornfield starts to attract great players from the past. Many people in the personal development...
by Cali Bird | Mar 8, 2019 | Fame and Success, Fear and Procrastination, Food for thought
Is it a folly to be creative? Do you ever think you are crazy to have creative goals? Do you question yourself about whether it is all worth it? Does your family ask you seemingly innocent but loaded questions such as “Have you published your book yet?” Or are they...
