662: Jeff Goins | Real Artists Don't Starve

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4.7 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Jeff Goins (@JeffGoins) rejoins us to dispel a disheartening stereotype and discuss his new book Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age. "A starving artist is somebody who is unnecessarily suffering for the sake of their gift." -Jeff Goins The Cheat Sheet: Why be a starving artist like van Gogh when you can be a thriving artist like Michelangelo? How do you go from tinkering as a hobbyist to making money from your craft? How to distinguish yourself in a crowd of amateurs. Ways to utilize your day job to support your crafty side hustle. How to stick to your guns and stay motivated when people don't want to pay you what you're worth. And so much more... Full show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/662/ Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Learn over 500 subjects (no tests or homework!) at The Great Courses Plus -- The Art of Charm listeners get one month free here! As security breaches make headlines with increasing frequency, is your identity protected? Go to LifeLock.com or call 1-800-LIFELOCK and use promo code FORBES for 10% off your LifeLock membership! DesignCrowd helps startups and small businesses crowdsource custom graphics, logos, Web design -- even tattoo designs! Check out DesignCrowd.com/Charm for a special $100 VIP offer for our listeners or enter the discount code CHARM when posting a project. Rhone makes gear for the modern man who demands modern style, comfort, and quality. Click here or go to rhone.com and enter promo code CHARM at checkout to get 20% off your first purchase! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Free yourself from typing notes, reports, and documents by going with the transcriptionists we trust here at AoC: TranscriptionOutsourcing.net -- 99% or higher accuracy guaranteed! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's something really special here that might get destroyed if we keep doubling down and try to get bigger, bigger, bigger.
0:07.5	What if we were forced to get more value out of a smaller group of people? Could we do that?
0:20.0	Welcome to the Art of Charm. I'm Jordan Harbinger. I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo, as always.
0:26.0	On this episode we'll be talking with my friend Jeff Goins.
0:29.6	Jeff is a talented guy. He's a best-selling author. He's a great speaker. He's a popular blogger.
0:33.6	This guy built a huge audience before I even knew that you were supposed to do that.
0:37.7	And of course, he writes about how to do that. But he's not just another, you can do it, motivational type of guy.
0:44.1	He actually will teach us in this episode how to go from hobbyist to someone who actually makes money from their craft or their art,
0:51.0	such as consulting, speaking, writing, or anything creative for that matter.
0:54.5	In his book, real artists don't starve as loaded with practicals on just how to distinguish yourself
1:00.2	in a crowd of amateurs ways to utilize your day job to help support your side hustles and your craft
1:05.7	and how to stay motivated and stick to your guns when people don't want to pay you what you're worth.
1:10.6	There's a lot of practicals and advice in here for anyone, especially creatives who want to make money from their creative pursuits.
1:17.2	Even if you want to keep your career as well, or if you don't for that matter.
1:21.0	Usually this type of businessy stuff can be a little niche, but I really enjoyed this conversation
1:26.0	and I think you will as well. It's a fun show. So enjoy this episode of AOC with Jeff Goins.
1:36.0	Jeff, thanks for coming back on, man. I know you just got back from a conference.
1:39.6	And I got to ask you, just as someone who is a writer, speaker, entrepreneur, you run a conference every year,
1:45.8	when you get done with things like running a big ass conference, do you feel tired?
1:50.1	Did you feel energized? Because I think a lot of folks, when they think about, I want to run my own
1:55.3	thing. They're only thinking about the energy level and they're thinking about this pleasant
1:59.4	exhaustion they might experience. And I'm curious how that matches up with your reality.
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