gapingvoid: how to be creative (long version) - looong but worth a read! Sneak peak -

So you want to be more creative, in art, in business, whatever. Here are some tips that have worked for me over the years:

• Ignore everybody.
• The idea doesn't have to be big. It just has to change the world.
• Put the hours in.
  
• You are responsible for your own experience.
• Everybody has their own private Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb.
• The more talented somebody is, the less they need the props.
• Don't try to stand out from the crowd; avoid crowds altogether.
• If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.
• Never compare your inside with somebody else's outside.
• The most important thing a creative person can learn professionally is where to draw the red line that separates what you are willing to do, and what you are not.
• The world is changing.
• Merit can be bought. Passion can't.
• Avoid the Watercooler Gang.
• Sing in your own voice.
• Selling out is harder than it looks.
• Nobody cares. Do it for yourself.
• The best way to get approval is not to need it.
• Power is never given. Power is taken.
• Whatever choice you make, The Devil gets his due eventually.