Career Management for the Creative Person (Paperback)

by Lee Silber (Author) "Success for a creative person can be tremendous..." (more)
Key Phrases: Jimmy Buffett, San Diego, New York (more...)

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FINALLY--A BOOK TO HELP CREATIVE PEOPLE UTILIZE THEIR INNATE TALENTS TO CREATE RICH, SATISFYING CAREERS

Whether you're a freelancer, a full-time employee, or working part-time to subsidize your creative pursuits, Career Management for the Creative Person tells you how to make your talents work for you. Whether you're concentrating on self-promotion, power-schmoozing, setting goals, and sticking to them, or focusing on finding the perfect job, smoothly navigating the corporate hierarchy, and being a sensitive team player, you'll find this book chock-full of helpful tips and invaluable insights to make your career a satisfying one.
        
This book will show you how to find your career niche, how to bolster your talents and play down your weak points, and then how to earn a living doing what you love. You will learn to overcome the challenges faced by a right-brainer, and you'll watch creativity flow.

When you find an outlet for your creativity in the form of a career, life becomes rich and infinitely more satisfying. The opportunities that lead to a life of creative freedom and financial security are there for the making -- all you have to do is go for it! This book will show you how.

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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.

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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: 10.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #942,891 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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 (REAL NAME)

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 (Laguna Niguel, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars career management for the creative person, February 23, 2000

By	glenn bogna (California) - See all my reviews

Lee Silber has a gift for communicating a complex group of ideas and thoughts in a simple and practical way. The exercises, quotes and fast facts make this a great tool for real life applications. This book is very encouraging to people at all stations of the work place. I was able to apply many of these ideas and tecniques even within a government agency. Lee was able to be reached on-line and gracious enough to lend further support and edification. Thanks Lee!