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The Starving Artists Blog Podcast is dedicated to helping artists like you do what you love and get paid for it. A weekly podcast, SAB focuses on creativity, inspiration, and ideas for artists and entrepreneurs. Looking to make a career in the arts? Have a good product but not sure how to take it to the next level? Mark and Stephanie Toland have discussions on creativity, motivation, being a self-employed artist, and putting it all together. Read more: www.StarvingArtistsBlog.com Also, subsc ...
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Learn to block and delete idiots from your life. Remove addiction to bad people, drugs, alcohol, government and more (WITHOUT MEETINGS!) Then use your new-found time and energy to MAKE A LIVING DOING WHAT YOU LOVE, like the author does. A USER'S MANUAL FOR THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE is a libertarian manifesto for getting healthy, getting brilliant, maximizing potential and changing the world. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS BOOK: "Part intellectual memoir, part self-help book. Michael W. Dean's ...
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Making money from your art takes many forms, but you should never lose sight of why you got started in the first place. Twitter: @SArtsBlog Website: www.StarvingArtistsBlog.com Questions? E-mail: info@StarvingArtistsBlog.com
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In Episode 8 we talk about getting back on track after a break. We had to take a couple weeks off from the podcast due to other obligations but we're back with more energy and exciting ideas than ever! Here's what else we discussed: • Increasing productivity through organization • Maintaining balance on projects • Getting back on track • Embrace ot…
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In Episode #7 we talked about the hardest part of any creative endeavor: getting started. Stephanie has been dreading a project for weeks but finally took the plunge and got started last night. SPOILER ALERT: it wasn't nearly as bad as she thought it would be. We also talked about how Mark is writing a new show and struggling to think his ideas are…
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Stephanie and Mark reveal the true secret to unlimited success. Then they go on to talk about how to find work when you're just starting out and tips on utilizing social media effectively. Visit www.StarvingArtistsBlog.com for more tips, ideas, and advice for artists of all types. Twitter: www.twitter.com/SArtsBlog Facebook: www.facebook.com/Starvi…
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StarvingArtistsBlog.com is dedicated to helping artists like you do what you love and get paid for it. Starving Artists Blog co-founders Stephanie and Mark Toland sit down to discuss topics such as staying consistent, organizing your office to maximize your productivity, and why artists sometimes need to be selfish (in a good way). Twitter: www.twi…
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We sat down this week to discuss how we've become better collaborators over time. It was a challenge getting our personalities to match but it's been worth it. Also, we mention a fun survey you can take to see what kind of personality type you have. While you should obviously take the survey results with a grain of salt, we thought we'd include it …
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Last Episode! Bonus 2 of 2: MP3 of 1992 Bomb song "Lucy in the Sky with Desi."
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THE END OF THIS PODIOBOOK! Bonus two of two: MP3 of 1992 Bomb song "Lucy in the Sky with Desi." Written by Michael W. Dean, Jay Crawford, Tony Fag, Doug Hilsinger. Lead vocals and bass guitar, Michael W. Dean. Website for the band Bomb: http://www.hitsofacid.com
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Bonus one of two: MP3 of 1992 Bomb song "Power of Suggestion."
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Bonus one of two: MP3 of 1992 Bomb song"Power of Suggestion." Written by Michael W. Dean, Jay Crawford, TonyFag, Doug Hilsinger. Lead vocals and bass guitar, Michael W. Dean. Website forthe band Bomb: http://www.hitsofacid.com
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Here the author goes BRAVELY AND SWEETLY INTO THE PAST. He sits down with his morning coffee at age 44 and writes a wise and loving letter to himself at 22 (knowing full well that himself at 22 wouldn't listen to what "some old guy" has to say!). We end this chapter (and the book) with the author at age 44 receiving a wise and loving letter from th…
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AUMftHE 16.5 - Organization Building - New Uses For Old Tools.
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We continue to present ways to "herd cats" in any organization from the smallest to the biggest, from the local to the global (and beyond!). We also talk about priorities, fighting only the fights worth fighting (which is different from only fighting fights we can win). Also how to AVOID fights, even when working with people who disagree.…
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AUMftHE 16 - Organization Building - New Uses For Old Tools.
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"Group-dynamic games" are exercises where a "team building consultant" is hired to come into a company for a few days and lead employees through problem-solving exercises. The goal is to try and learn to work together more effectively. WE AREN'T GOING TO DO THAT. WE AREN'T PLAYING GAMES HERE. This is THE REAL DEAL. ORGANIZATION BUILDING is more abo…
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AUMftHE 15 - Make a Living Doing What You Love.
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This chapter describes how the author came to make a living doing what he loves. Here we teach you how to love, rather than dread, waking up each day. It's all about making your mark without stepping on toes, now that you know how to keep the toes of others off yours.
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Learn to be a light-on-your-feet WORK NINJA with the simplest time-management system in the world. And it's free, doesn't require ongoing software or seminars, and best of all, you can start doing it RIGHT NOW.
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AUMftHE 14 - Time Management for Calm and Profit.
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In this chapter, I'm going to give you some more of my patented work philosophy - some "punk rock cheerleading." Then we'll get down to business with some serious step-by-step time-management ideas (including The Dean One-Page Plan). You could skip the theory part and go straight to THE PLAN, but you know by now how I work, so you know I think it's…
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On ProfessionalismBasically, a large part of being a success in the world is interacting with people in a professional manner. It's often the difference between being well employed and being unemployed. Here, Michael tells you step-by-step how to do this, whether you're making art, starting a business, or changing the world by developing a movement…
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PART TWO OF BOOK: AMP This is where we step out of "get rid of weenies" mode and step into "now that you've got your life more in order, let's do something with it." Learn to focus your drive and focus like a quantum laser. Here Michael W. Dean shares the techniques that have made him an in-demand modern renaissance man. You'll learn to apply these…
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Professional victims make a career out of reenacting their grief. Over and over. They do it in real time, too: relive each tear, each torment, and then "see the light", all as a tiny three-act play. They live on "redemption in the third act." And the more horrific the first two acts are, the more talk-show engagements they'll get, and the more book…
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AUMftHE 11 - You Have The Right To Be Left Alone
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BULLIES AREN'T JUST PEOPLE WHO BEAT YOU UP. You are your own property. Anyone who invades your mind or wastes your time is trespassing and stealing. Even well-meaning mosquitoes who get in your way should never be tolerated. Even if they're family. Here we'll teach you how to outgrow ALL kinds of bullies once and for all.…
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AUMftHE 10.5 - Hardcore Recovery Without Meetings, second half of chapter.
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Dealing with death. Is something "God's Will"? Prayer. Pet therapy. The stunning majesty of cats and the healing power of beasts. How can you be sad? More ways of changing your ways. The uselessness of opinions. CUTTING OFF DAMAGED GOODS. Dealing with liars. If you falter, do not feel defeated, life is a moving target. My average day sober is far b…
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AUMftHE 10 - Hardcore Recovery Without Meetings, first half of chapter
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Is life fair? Expectations are appointments with resentments. How to know the difference between apologies and amends (don't TELL them what you're going to do, ASK them what you can do). How to change your "playmates and playgrounds." How to avoid the bullies who "bump into you, spill their OWN milk, and then sue YOU for your lunch money." Becoming…
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AUMftHE 09 - Twelve Steps? How About Two Steps!
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Here we show how the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous were based on the four Spiritual Practices of The Oxford Group, which are based on the Natural Law, which is included in The Only Two Rules in Life.
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Chapter Our "grad school of recovery" from codependence, government, alcoholism and drug addiction. Topics covered: What is addiction? Eight lives spent. Why you won't die without the AA group. All you need to change the world is a resentment and a laptop. The laws of man vs. the Natural Law. Why the "WAR ON DRUGS" is a farce! How to recover, from …
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So, what do you do if enforcing reasonable boundaries with a hard-core serenity vampire simply DOES NOT WORK? Well, if it's someone you never want to see again, you block them for good. But if it's someone you love, who you MIGHT want back in your life at SOME point, but now just isn't the time, you can institute a NO-CONTACT STRATEGY. It's only fo…
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AUMftHE 06 - From Netiquette to Restraining Orders
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Examples of different tactics when dealing with good people, weenies, Serenity Vampires, and people from hell. Here we show you actual examples from the author's life (because this IS a teaching hospital!) on blocking and sidestepping the good, the bad, the ugly, and the criminal. We take you step by step, showing you what happened, what was done r…
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Learn why it is your Constitutional right not to have to listen to loud music you don't want to hear, not to have to put up with idiots, and to block HUMANS AND THEIR AGENDAS in civilized society that is a teeter-totter of give and take. We learn why HOME IS WHERE THE RIGHTS ARE, and learn to recognize and block MATH WORMS. Here we offer practical …
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AUMftHE 04 - Practical Emotional Self-Defense
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Ahh....now we're REALLY cookin'! We begin to learn all about dealing with squicky people, and we apply concepts of physical self-defense to emotional self-defense. You will learn not to get caught "unarmed" in an emotional gunfight. Also, and more importantly, you'll learn how to AVOID most emotional gunfights, and how to streamline your existence …
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This is where it gets REALLY interesting! We learn why most laws are silly, and how most people have a codependence problem with government (as well as with toxic people). We learn that everything in life, in living right, really boils down to only TWO RULES, and that's all you need to live by. We cheerfully explore these rules at length: their his…
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AUMftHE 02 - New Year's Resolutions Don't Work
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Learn why our system makes life a fun "work in progress" rather than committing to hard lines that cannot change. Also we define our terms, Practical Emotional Self-Defense, Serenity Vampires, Soul Mosquitoes, LifeAmp, Organization Building, and more. We learn a little about all of these. We define "who this book is for" (hint: about 85% of the wor…
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