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Book SynopsisAttention all creatives: learn how to power up your creativity! If you’re longing to
take your vision, energy, and output to the next level, this book is the resource you need to make it happen. Author Rachael Taylor—successful artist, pattern designer, entrepreneur, and cofounder of the Make It In Design online education platform—shares creative motivation and guidance that will help you
achieve your goals and thrive.
- Identify how to begin, find and sustain inspiration, and cultivate creative courage
- Clarify your vision and consider how you need to evolve
- Stay motivated and establish creative longevity
- Shift gears to set sights on your next goal as you reach each destination
- Create with intention and acknowledge—and embrace—your creative power
Whether you’re just starting out on your creative path, or you’re looking to fruitfull
Trade Review"
Power Up Your Creativity is an inspirational map, of sorts, written for each of us, by one of us, who has navigated her way through life, career, and being a creative herself. Rachael shares her kaleidoscope of experiences so we each may become confident and skillful guides of our own extraordinary and turbulent journeys through our lives as creatives.” * Jo Packham, Editor-in-Chief of Where Women Create *
“This book details the highs and the lows, and how to push through those creative challenges, and reminds you that you’re not alone! Rachael understands how tricky being a creative can be—because she is one of us!” -- Jay Blades, MBE, TV Presenter, Eco-Designer, and Social Enterpriser
"No syllable is wasted in Rachael’s valuable, clear guide – it's resource heavy, jargon light, and brimming with ideas to ignite all creative souls." -- Dids Macdonald, OBE Chief Executive - Anti Copying in Design (ACID)
"This is a brilliant book and one that all creatives, regardless of their level, can certainly take influence and encouragement from." -- Kieron Lewis, Designer, Adobe Creative Cloud Host, and CreativePro Week Speaker
"Rachael's style is personal and warm. It feels like she is speaking directly across the kitchen table to the reader, while you enjoy some coffee or tea together. If you're looking for some direction or inspiration, you will find it here." * COLOR Magazine *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
How to use this book
1 Begin
How do I identify where to begin?
2 Inspiration
How do I become and stay inspired?
3 Courage
What do I need to be creatively courageous?
4 Clarity
How do I clarify my vision?
5 Evolve
Do I need to evolve?
6 Motivation
How do I stay motivated?
7 Create
How do I create with intention?
8 Longevity
How can I achieve creative longevity?
9 Destination
I’ve reached my destination. What now?
10 Power
How do I know—and own—my power?
Afterword
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
