Creativity is synonymous with business success. It’s the skill that sets an entrepreneur apart from other business wannabes. That’s why entrepreneurs can learn a lot from observing successful artists, no matter what material or medium either party might use to make their art.

I learned something game-changing about business and creativity, from the most bizarre source imaginable. It was a video of Jack White (of “The White Stripes” fame) playing with his old band The Raconteurs. He was rocking out, playing so hard that the tips of his fingers were smearing blood all over his guitar. Continue reading “Frustration – the secret to ultra-successful creative business”

Welcome! At last, the new PeterShallard.com site is alive and kicking.

For those of you who have been waiting patiently for an email update, thank you for your continued interest. For people checking out this site for the first time, it’s great to have you here!

Building this site has been the most fun I’ve had in a while. Half the fun is stretching myself to do something new and different, and the other half is that in order to focus, I took a blogging sabbatical and moved to the snowy mountains of New Zealand.

Continue reading “Website launch: What I learned about building the world’s best blog”

This morning I sat down for the first of 17+ days of professional development.

Actually, I’ve committed the 28 days of February to this development – but for 17 days, I’ll be attending a super high-level (read: Jedi) NLP training.

The trainer (and good friend) Heidi Heron, astounded me with this simple congratulation:

“You’re giving yourself 17 days of deliberate, focused learning out of 365. That is rare.”

And it is. When did we, as adults, decide that our focus was “work” and no longer “education”. Regretfully, I’ve been putting off this training for years – simply because I refused to give myself 17 days.

What would you do, if you took a month off to learn?

PS Blog updates will continue as normal – if anything, they may get better

PPS Photo above was taken from my bedroom window, here on Australia’s beautiful Gold Coast.