Welcome, 12 Week Challengers!
Thanks for coming to check Productive Flourishing out! There’s a lot here, so I wanted to take a second to show you around.
First, though, subscribe to the blog by RSS or by Email if you like what you see here. You might also want to sign up for the newsletter using the form in the sidebar to your right.
If you’d like to have a coherent view of what goes on here, check out my New Here? page.
If you’d like to put some structure around your creative mojo, jump on over to check out the Free Planners. They’re pretty popular with creative folks and freelancers. That page explains a bit more about what’s going on – I hope they help.
Given that you’re taking part in the 12 Week Challenge and are thinking and acting big, here are some posts you may like:
- Do Epic Shit
- The Change-Maker’s Creed
- Don’t Give Up On Your Great Work
- The World Will Always Begin At Your Feet
- Stop Shuffling And Start Creating!
- Why You’re Undervaluing Yourself (And How To Stop)
- The Rebirth Of Entrepreneurialism
- Create, Connect, and Consume
This short post’s title says it all. The people who are doing epic shit didn’t start out epic – they started out as normal people but made it a quest to do something extraordinary. Join their ranks as part of the 12 Week Challenge.
There will always be people who will tell you what you can’t do – that’s what they do. Your job is to prove them wrong, one step at a time.
Doing Great Work can be hard at time. If it wasn’t, everybody would do it. Please don’t give up on your great work.
Wondering what you’ll do when your business is all grown up? Maybe it’s time to start asking yourself a different question.
You’ve got cool ideas. People need them. But before people can get them, you have to stop the pattern of shuffling from one thing to the next.
It’s easy to undervalue whatever it is that you do, and it’s high time that you look at why you’re doing it so you can stop.
We live in an ideal time to be creative entrepreneurs and we’re seeing a rebirth in entrepreneurial thinking now that creative people can do what they love and put food on the table without working in a cubicle. This series discusses these changes, why it benefits us, and what you’ll need to survive.
At the end of the day, creative people need to create, connect, and consume – and making sure you cover these bases doesn’t have to be so damn hard. Think about how this feeds in to your business.
I’m glad you came and hope you find your visit worthwhile. Thanks!


