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A major perk of being a CreativeLive artist-in-residence (beyond the delicious food and awesome people) is the all-access pass you get to the CreativeLive catalog of courses. Each week, our…
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In a world where your net worth is your network, it's essential to have a stable of meaningful connections to draw on. But connections to powerful people don’t happen on…
We've all been there: You're in an interview for a job you really want, and you can just tell it's going poorly. You're sweating. You're stuttering. The interviewer just won't…
"Done is better than perfect," was just one of the many pearls of wisdom that was dropped during Kari Chapin's CreativeLive class, Start a Handmade Business -- but there were so, so…
Your small business may sometimes feel like an island, but really, it's more like a tree in the forest, vying for resources and trying to grow the biggest and the…
Do you ever feel like people just aren't listening to you, or that you're speaking but no one's listening? It could be that you're the one who's not listening. Buddhist…