Today’s guest is an expert in cultivating creativity — and in remaining consistent over the long arc of content creation. Todd Henry is the author of six books, and today we’re talking about how to stay motivated in the publishing industry, where the market reflects winner-take-all dynamics, and the long tail is verrrry long.

More About Todd: Todd is the author of six books, including The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, Louder Than Words, Herding Tigers, and Motivation Code, and host of The Accidental Creative podcast and the Herding Tigers podcast. He empowers companies and teams to be creative, prolific, and brilliant in their work through his books, podcasts, and keynote speaking. He is the host of the 17-year-running Accidental Creative podcast, and today we’re going behind the scenes His new book, Daily Creative: A Practical Guide for Staying Prolific, Brilliant, and Healthy, encourages you to thrive as a creative through daily practice.

🌟3 Key Takeaways:

Solve a problem that people know they have; frame your products and services in terms of how they accomplish a job that people need done.
Your creativity is one of your most precious resources. Protect your Idea Factory and measure the quantity and quality of ideas you generate
Set Wildly Important Goals; Todd’s are: quality, awareness, and revenue diversity. Every day you should be figuring out how your work will help you achieve them.

📝Permission: Practice pruning; there’s probably something you’re doing right now that has already served its purpose and run its course. You hereby have permission to drop it!

✅Do (or Delegate) This Next: Outline your business model as a flywheel. For help with this, read Jim Collins’ fantastic monograph, Turning the Flywheel.

📘Books Mentioned:

🔗Resources Mentioned:

Todd on the web, Instagram: @toddhenry, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook
Todd’s Podcasts: The Accidental Creative podcast, Herding Tigers podcast
Articles: NYT on the long tail of book publishing: Will the Biggest Publisher in the U.S. Get Even Bigger?
Video: Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED Talks: Your Elusive Creative Genius, Success Failure and the Drive to Keep Creating

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