Eight

NUGGETS OF WISDOMFor a

SUCCESSFUL CAREERin the

artsBy Neil Gaiman

HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE DOING

#1

When you start out in a career in the arts, you have no idea what you are doing

THIS IS GREAT!!!

People who know what they are doing know the rules They are bound by what is possible and what is

impossible

If you don’t know its impossible its easier to

do

And because no one else has done it before, no one has made rules to stop you from doing it

ALWAYS MOVE TOWARDS THE “MOUNTAIN”

#2

If you have an idea of what you were meant to do,

JUST GO AND DO IT

There are things you need to do before you can get to the place you

want to be

Sometime in your career, you do not know whether you are making

the right move

Imagine where you want to be Imagine your goal as a Distant

Mountain

As long as you are walking towards the mountain you

will be fine

Say no to opportunities, however lucrative they be, if they take you away from

the mountain

DON’T DO WORK FOR THE MONEY

#3

If you did it for the money and you did not get the money,

you would

have nothing

If you did work you are proud of, even if you did not get the

money,

at least you will have

the work

MAKE INTERESTING MISTAKES

#4

If you make mistakes, means you are making something of yourself

Mistakes can be

useful sometimes

MAKE “GOOD ART”

#5

No matter what profession you are in , you have the

ability to make art.

MAKE GOOD ART

It gets you through good times and it gets you

through bad times

When life gets difficult MAKE GOOD ART

SECRET RECIPE TO SUCCESS

#6

You will have a successful career if…..

•Your work is good

•You are likeable

•You deliver on time

The secret is …. … you don’t even need to do all three

Two out of three

is good enough

People will tolerate how unpleasant you are if your work is good and you deliver it on time

People will forgive the lateness of your work if it is good and they like

you

You don’t have to be as good as everyone

else if you are on time and it is a

pleasure to hear from you

LET GO AND ENJOY THE RIDE

#7

Step back and enjoy your work and the little

successes

Do not worry about the next deadline, the next job. Do not worry about

what comes next

Enjoy the presentThe ride takes you to remarkable and

unexpected places

MAKE UP YOUR OWN RULES

#8

The rules of how you get your work seen is breaking down. You

can be as creative as you wish to get your

work seen.

The old rules are

crumbling

Nobody knows what the new rules are

SO MAKE UP YOUR OWN RULES

Have no idea what you are

doing

Make interesting Mistakes

Let go and ENJOY the RIDE

MAKE GOOD ART

Always move

towards the MOUNTAIN

DONT do work for the money

Secret recipe to success

MAKE Up YOUR OWN Rules

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikAb-NYkseI

These slides were created by Arun Jose, IIM Lucknowas part of a MBA course "Personal Branding" (

www.MBASkills.IN) taught by Prof. Sameer Mathur

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