Are You Trapped By Your Success?
If you’re ambitious and successful — but STILL not doing your true creative work, here’s what to do.
Are you trapped by your success?
A lot of creative, ambitious people are.
I remember talking to a creative director just back from her college reunion. Her friends were publishing books, winning awards, and teaching at universities.
“And,” she said, “I’m writing this.” She gestured at a pharmaceutical ad.
There was a hint of regret. Not soul-baring agony: she was a naturally cheerful person, and she had plenty to be happy about.
She was a rock star in her own world — a talented, fast-rising, well-liked, and very successful creative director.
If, deep down, your “success” doesn’t feel like TRUE success — if you haven’t succeeded at your TRUE dream — that’s a message from your soul to go for more.
But, the truth was, she WASN’T satisfied. There was a hunger her advertising work wasn’t satisfying. She wanted to create something truly her own.
I see this often with new clients. They’re successful, with jobs, businesses, or…
