"cartoons drawn on the back of business cards": how to be creative [1] features 26 points on creativity, more specifically how it affects people and some of the stumbling blocks along the way. I can't believe how true a lot of this sounds. I know people who fit into most of the categories mentioned. It was written in 2004 and I'm amazed I haven't seen it before. The more I read it, the more I realise little has changed.

Steve Paulina's current (Feb 08) article on How To Build a Successful Online Business [2] has many parallels. Indeed a lot of his related posts such as those concerning motivation, goals, ambition, self-reliance are very relevant to the time when you're thinking about starting a creative venture and, more importantly, keeping that venture and the necessary creativity going.

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