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Think about what makes for a good customer or client.   Make a list.  Below are some of the traits you might find on my list (no order). Easy to work with Pays quickly Loves my work Offers consistent opportunities.

My Taskboard on Oct 1 My Scrum Taskboard In September I wrote several posts about using Scrum to manage my art career. In the last post I wrote about taskboards and explained how I was using it to track all the work I wanted to complete in September.

Cherry Creek State Park, Denver, Colorado Clarity When I have clarity of intention I’m able to focus my actions on the things that will bring about my desires more quickly. I believe I am responsible for my own fate and focusing on what I want will result in it transpiring.

While choosing printers and making design decisions for this self-publishing venture is difficult enough, one of the hardest choices to make has been regarding book content. What We’re Made Of has multiple purposes. Its first purpose is to be enjoyable to those who read it, to have words and pictures that inspire, encourage or make one question.

We’re super psyched to announce that we’ve added more limited edition prints to our shop in the form of four chic and neutral botanicals and four cheeky retro prints. Where else can you find affordable handmade art with free shipping to boot?

Just who has the “best” personal productivity system, Covey or Allen? In the September 1, 2008 issues of Fortune, the David Allen method was chosen as the most practical approach over Covey and another well known productivity coach.

First - The Trees (scroll down below the pictures if you just want to read about art and success) As my long time readers know, I recently moved and am remodeling and putting an addition on my house to add a studio.

A great post on Zen Habits got me thinking about goal setting and achievement. Before I start you need to be aware that creating goals is easy. Accomplishment is hard!! If your still here, then read on! Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

Why Do I Need to Know This? One of the items on my goal list for 2008 was to define what success means to me as an artist. As I mentioned in that post, my definition of success has changed, so I wasn’t sure where to go with my goals for 2008 at the beginning of the year so I didn’t really write any.

Managing the Work In my last Art and Scrum post I talked about tasks, which are basically todo lists for each of the stories. As we all know there are many ways to maintain todo lists. I’ve tried all sorts of different methods of managing them and some work better than others.