The Driving Force Behind Every Creative Pro

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Chase Jarvis

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🗓️ 30 November 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Fact: creativity is a team sport.

Yes, the actual act of making the work is sometimes a solo activity (drawing, writing, editing a film, etc) but the real driving force behind every creative pro is their community: their clients, collaborators, peers and the rest of the humans in the complex web of symbiotic relationships that give us inspiration, support and (ultimately) an income. Creativity cannot live in a vacuum. We depend on each other, like the members of any other ecosystem.

If you want your work recognized, gain more opportunities, make connections or become more connected to your industry, this episode is for you.

Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Fact.
0:06.0	Creativity is a team sport.
0:09.0	Yes, sometimes the actual act of making work that can sometimes be a solo activity,
0:15.0	like drawing or writing or editing a film.
0:18.0	The real driving force behind every creative pro is their community.
0:23.8	The clients, collaborators, peers, and the rest of the humans in the complex web of
0:30.0	symbiotic relationships that give us inspiration, support, collaboration, sometimes ultimately an income, a living in a life.
0:40.7	Creativity doesn't actually live in a vacuum.
0:44.3	Ultimately, we depend on each other, much like any member of an ecosystem.
0:51.8	Therefore, somewhat paradoxically, the best thing you can do for yourself is to help your
0:58.0	community. Time invested in this is basically guaranteed to jumpstart your career and lay the
1:05.9	foundation for big moves in the years to come. It's the foundation on which I personally built my career and one
1:12.5	that's launched countless careers before and since. And the basic idea is super simple.
1:19.6	It's just selflessly help others, in particular your peers, achieve their goals. And in doing so, that will enable you to achieve yours right
1:31.3	alongside them. Now, there's all kinds of important nuances to this. There's subtleties that you've
1:38.2	got to discover, but the fundamental concept is literally that simple. By selflessly helping others, you'll achieve your own goals right alongside
1:48.7	them. Now, a little bit of backstory is probably warranted here. And this involves how I put
1:56.5	myself on the map in the same way. Now, before I get into nuts and bolts of how I put this into
2:03.2	action, I think it's important to share some history on how this works in practice, drawing from
2:11.4	my own career. And back in the 2000s, it goes way back when I really started hitting my stride as a professional
2:20.4	photographer.
2:21.3	It was way harder to learn the craft back then than it is today.
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