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Subtitle: Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life, Reviews
The book brings many valuable ideas about creativity and how to approach and sustain it. It draws heavily on the author’s successful career in photography. Did I finish the book convinced that it would change my life? No, not really, but it did a better job than most in trying to get me to believe it.
The first page of this book offers a helpful overview: “Creativity is a force inside every person that, when unleashed, transforms our lives and delivers vitality to everything we do. Therefore, establishing a creative practice is our most valuable and urgent task - as crucial to our well-being as exercise or nutrition.
The good news? Renowned artist, author, and CreativeLive founder, Chase Jarvis, reminds us that creativity isn't a skill—it's a habit available to everyone: beginners and lifelong creators, entrepreneurs to executives, astronauts to zookeepers, and everyone in between. Through small, daily actions, we can supercharge our innate creativity and rediscover our power in life.
Whether your ambition is a creative career, completing a creative project, or simply cultivating an innovative mindset, Creative Calling will unlock your potential via Jarvis’s memorable “IDEA” system:
Imagine your big dream, whatever you want to create—or become—in this world.
Design a daily practice that supports that dream—and a life of expression and transformation.
Execute your ambitious plans and make your vision real.
Amplify your impact through a supportive community you’ll learn to grow and nurture.”
