Reconciling the Artist and the Merchant

Reconciling the Artist and the Merchant

There’s an idea I’ve been fascinated for years now. It’s one of those things that has endured through different businesses and phases of my life. It is the idea that there is a new kind of professional role being formed in society at large – a kind of entrepreneur who...
The Heroic Professional Part II: The Transformational Cycle

The Heroic Professional Part II: The Transformational Cycle

The professional. A role as old as Adam. The professional used to be someone who had a trade – a craftsman, farmer, healer, soldier. The new professional is one who follows a vocation – literally a calling. And by following this calling, the call of the gods, we step...
The Heroic Professional – Part I: The Archetypal Trinity

The Heroic Professional – Part I: The Archetypal Trinity

We live in interesting times. The famed ‘fast changing world’ – the best we can do to describe the overwhelming whirl of evolution as it gathers pace. I believe that we’re in the midst of the early chapters of a new age. Ken Wilber calls it integral. James Altucher...
Waging War with Your Resistance

Waging War with Your Resistance

“I can’t write today, I’m not feeling inspired.” “There’s no way I can launch this new thing without the logo being finished.” “One day, I’ll be ready to create that thing I’ve been dreaming about. One day.” Resistance. The albatross around the neck of every creative...