youtube episode: https://youtu.be/Jer_eAG1q1s
everyone is creating, everyone is creative!!! your desire to create is valid whether you pursue it as a hobby, side-quest, side-hustle or a career! one creative skill might take many forms in different stages of your life. sharing my thoughts and observations based on my own personal experience on how you can explore, refine and navigate your creativity, your career and the creative industry. i think even if you don't work in the creative industry this same model can apply to different disciplines too.
00:00
00:58 - being creative is inherent to the human experience
03:50 - intro to quadrant diagram
04:47 - high visibility x creative freedom
05:19 - industry x high visibility
05:32 - industry x low visibility
06:20 - creative freedom x low visibility
06:46 - pedestaling of high visibility x industry careers
07:48 - get to know yourself before assuming there is only one version of success
09:25 - mapping the terrain and navigating accordingly
09:59 - pros & cons to every quadrants
10:05 - high visibility x industry
11:05 - industry x low visibility
12:13 - creative freedom x low visibility
13:09 - high visibility x creative freedom
14:28 - advice for young/aspiring creatives
15:36 - now is the best time to flop
16:49 - the challenge and the process has to become as rewarding as the outcome
17:46 - taste makers vs trend followers
19:00 - try different approaches, embrace different opportunities
21:38 - focus on doing before refining strategy
22:24 - you should be creating more than you are complaining
22:55 - being hot & having fun creative philosophy
24:04 - proof of concept, get experience
25:29 - learn how to communicate and present your work
