Career Management for the Creative Person [Paperback]

Lee Silber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 24, 1999

Attention all artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, actors, and anyone working in creative fields -- even if your chosen profession is not the most traditional one, cultivating and growing a successful, financially rewarding career is still your goal. In Career Management for the Creative Person, Lee Silber provides you with expert advice on overcoming some of the specific challenges faced by right-brainers who want a career that is both satisfying and successful.

Freelancers, those thinking about changing careers midstream, and even creative people working in corporate environments need a set of skills that will turn their passion into a viable career. These skills include:
* How to chose the career that best suits your talents
* Setting realistic goals using right-brain techniques
* How to avoid the pitfalls that ruin a creative career
* How to schmooze your way to success
* How to create a business plan when you are the business
* How to be disciplined when you are your own boss

When you find an outlet for your creativity in the form of a career, you’ll discover a freedom in your working life that you can live with for the long term. You can follow your passion, build a brilliant career, and have financial security -- if you know which skills to use. Let Lee Silber show you the way.

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Attention all artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, actors, and anyone working in creative fields -- even if your chosen profession is not the most traditional one, cultivating and growing a successful, financially rewarding career is still your goal. In Career Management for the Creative Person, Lee Silber provides you with expert advice on overcoming some of the specific challenges faced by right-brainers who want a career that is both satisfying and successful.

Freelancers, those thinking about changing careers midstream, and even creative people working in corporate environments need a set of skills that will turn their passion into a viable career. These skills include:
* How to chose the career that best suits your talents
* Setting realistic goals using right-brain techniques
* How to avoid the pitfalls that ruin a creative career
* How to schmooze your way to success
* How to create a business plan when you are the business
* How to be disciplined when you are your own boss

When you find an outlet for your creativity in the form of a career, you'll discover a freedom in your working life that you can live with for the long term. You can follow your passion, build a brilliant career, and have financial security -- if you know which skills to use. Let Lee Silber show you the way.

About the Author

Lee Silber, author of Time Management for the Creative Person and Self-Promotion for the Creative Person, is an accomplished graphic artist, drummer, workshop leader, radio talk show host, and the founder of five companies, including CreativeLee Speaking. He lives with his wife in San Diego, California. For more information, you can contact him at www.creativelee.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (August 24, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609803654
• ISBN-13: 978-0609803653
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,382,134 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not what the title says..., August 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Career Management for the Creative Person (Paperback)

Maybe it just me, or perhaps I should have read a bit of it in a store instead of ordering near blind on line. "Career Management for the Creative Person" should have been titled "Are You Interested in a Creative Career?" It is bursting at the spine with self-examination test to discover if you're a creative right brain type or not. While this book may be good for those who are doing some serious soul searching, it is not for those who already know and embrace their right brain and are just looking for a kick in the rump to get back on track.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to have it all, October 14, 2000

By 

Maryanne Raphael (Carlsbad, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Career Management for the Creative Person (Paperback)

In this exciting book, Author Lee Silber tells us, "You can have it all when it comes to a creative career--if you know how." And he gives us practical and applicable tips and techniques to help us know our deepest desires and talents and set our goals to achieve them. He shows us how to find our career niche and earn a living doing what we love. Career Management for the Creative Person helps us to overcome the challenges right brainers face and to make our creativity and unique nature work for us. We learn how. to market ourselves and our art and be our own boss in a field we enjoy.. . Silber gives us specific examples of well known people who overcame great obstacles. Dr. Seuss's books were rejected by 23 publishers and then sold 6 million copies. He shares his secrets of how to network, meet celebrities, use a personal touch, benefit from a Web page, find an agent if we choose to have one. He teaches us to prepare a modern resume, portfolio and cover letter. He explains how to handle an interview from either sides. . He discusses his successful promotions, how to find an unusual hook, target the right audience and connect with them.. The author includes great quotes: "I don' try to dance better than anyone else, only better than myself," Mikhail Baryshnikov. Lee's sense of humor makes the book fun to read. "Computers aren't intelligent. They only think they are." "The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane," Bette Davis. This book helps us realize that we are all creative and shows us how to use our unique creativity to find or create a fulfilling career. Any one with the courage to follow their dreams will love this book. Just follow Silber's advice, "Read the book and apply its easy to understand directions." What have we got to lose? The end By Maryanne Raphael, Writers World

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have Guide for Right-Brainers, June 16, 2000

By 

Julie Belmonte - See all my reviews

This review is from: Career Management for the Creative Person (Paperback)

This book puts everything in perspective for Right-Brainers. You don't have to fit into a mold, you can be different and also productive. Lee makes you feel that is okay to take a different path to your destined goals. Without goals whether you are left-brained or a right-brained person the journey will be long and dubious. This book provides the outline necessary to truly get to know one-self and what you expect out of life and career. The techniques given are clear and realistic. The author states the process with humor and personal antidotes; this gives the reader a positive mental view that anything is possible. This book is a must read for any Creative along with Lee's other book Time Management for the Creative Person. With this winning combination, if the techniques are applied I believe you can be on your way to a very long profitable and most of all enjoyable career and life.