Hard-found resources.

Here are the select most effective resources that I have found over the last 10 years that have helped me level up as a creative.

I wish I could have known about them when I started.

Lesser known books and other learning resources:

  1. This is Marketing by Seth Godin and The Marketing Seminar by Akimbo. Seth teaches how to do ethical, generous and effective marketing to bring out the change we seek to make.
  2. More books by Seth Godin: The Practice and The Dip.
  3. Books by Steven Pressfield: War of Art, Turning Pro, Do the Work, Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be. These books taught me that I was not alone in struggling with procrastination and self-doubt and also how to turn pro to counter them.
  4. The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss. Learn about how to be effective rather than efficient.
  5. Courses by Tim Ferriss, Mel Robbins, Steven Kotler, Srinivas Rao and others on CreativeLive.com

Lesser known tools and websites for creatives and entrepreneurs:

freedom.to: Blocks websites as per schedule. I can't work on my computer without this.

brain.fm: Music designed to focus, chill, relax or sleep.

groove.ooo: Connect with solo professionals globally and work together

basecamp: Arrange your projects in a structured manner.