Top 11 Personal Development Books for Millennials (of All Time!)
Can you remember your favorite book as a child? The one you insisted on reading over and over and over until you drove your parents batshit crazy? Mine was Bugs Bunny's Carrot Machine. My parents still remember most of the words to this day. What about a book you...
How to Make the Most of Your Mid-Year Goals Review
The ancient hip-hop proverb warns us: - Ice Cube Through this highly-regarded Ice Cube bop, we learned at an early age the importance of checking yo'self if, of course, you did not wish to wreck yo'self. As most hip-hop proverbs go, this adage can be widely applied to...
How to Listen to Podcasts…And Actually Get Something Out of Them!
If you're reading this, it's too late... No, I'm kidding, lol! (But honestly it's 8:43 pm on June 28th so Champagne Papi is on my mind!) Okay I'm being serious now. *straight face* If you're reading this, you're probably millennial-aged or younger. That means you're a...
How to Use Instagram to Build a POWERHOUSE Brand!
Micah Baisden, founder and owner of PowerHouse Sports Academy in Atlanta, GA, was a three-sport athlete in high school. During his collegiate football career, he earned a BS in Education with a concentration in Health and Physical Education. He became certified as a...
Write to 1K Course Review: How to Launch Your Freelance Writing Career
Imagine an emergency came up and you needed to make money today - right. now. How would you do it? That’s the question I asked myself a while back. I didn’t have an answer. Sure, there are ways to make money quickly, but none of those options had the potential to put...
How to Come Up with an Elevator Pitch for Your Creative Business
Keeping it 100% real, I cringe at the phrase, "elevator pitch." It just feels so formal, so stuffy, so played... And if you work in a creative space, it can seem even more unnecessary and high-strung. So why, you ask, is an elevator pitch the subject of an entire blog...
6 Awesome Alternatives to the Bullet Journal To-Do List
Which kind of journaler are you? One who finds a layout she likes and rides with it 'til the wheels fall off? Or one who likes to dibble and dabble to keep things spicy? Usually, I'm a sucker for consistency, but in the case of my bullet journal to-do lists - i.e., my...
11 Fantastic Business Habits for Creative Entrepreneurs
Ever wonder what separates a starving artist from a successful artist? Talent? Possibly, but not always. Luck? Sometimes, but that's not a given either. I don't claim to know the magic formula, or whether there even is one... But at least one key difference between a...
How to Use Your Business Background with Your Creative Passion
Hugh "H.D." Hunter is an author, activist, and career coach from Atlanta, Georgia. His work in these three areas intersects at diversity and inclusion initiatives, as he seeks to increase access and opportunity in both artistic and traditional work environments. His...
How to Shamelessly Overcome Your Fears
"What would happen if I shamelessly promoted myself for 365 days?" Shameless Maya threw this open-ended question into the YouTube Universe for the first time on July 15, 2012. Using YouTube as a platform, she challenged herself to do one terrifying thing: promote...
4 Reasons You Might Need More Than One Bullet Journal
Yesterday I was at a workshop, sitting at a round table with a few work friends. The day’s presentations were about to get rolling, so I pulled out my journals to get ready for some serious note-taking. I set my green Leuchtturm1917 bullet journal on the table, and...
How One Millennial Used Computer Science to Revolutionize the Hair Care Industry
Candace V. Mitchell is a computer scientist and co-founder of the high tech hair care company, Techturized Inc., based in Atlanta, GA. Candace has had tremendous success with her company's consumer brand, Myavana, a personalized hair care service. Since graduating...
Make Great Money Freelancing Online with These Skills
Sometimes, it's okay to give it up to the highest bidder. Get your head out the gutter. I’m obviously talking about freelancing! I'm no superfan of the medieval times, but the history behind words is right up my alley. So I found it highly amusing to learn that the...
30 Incredible Quotes To Inspire Creativity Everyday
Self-doubt, insecurity, and overthinking are the enemies of creativity. May these 30 inspiring creativity quotes reassure you that every single person, including you, has the power to live a creative life. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use the more you...
How to Use a Bullet Journal to Increase Productivity
Is the hunt for the prettiest planner, the perfect productivity app, or the most convenient calendar ever truly over? If you're like most people, probably not. That, my multi-passionate friend, is exactly why people all over the world are now using bullet journals to...