Bryan Wright is a captivating storyteller with lifelong experience as a production, staging, audio engineer, recording artist, and prolific creator, serving clients of all sizes, including behemoths like eBay and PayPal. His work has been published by media giants like Forbes, Business Insider, and TechCrunch.

We had so much fun chatting with the incredibly creative Bryan Wright of Gravity Images and are in love with the powerful simplicity of his website!

Tune in to hear more about Bryan, including:

* His liquid smart

* How Bryan fell into a new career within his old one within a huge major corporation, (a great example of "luck" happening to the prepared).

* What it takes to create the most effective content

* How he accidentally made a 40 minute video that was featured on the biggest mountaineering site on the internet.

* How Bryan worked through fears of doing/trying a new career and how his own boss at PayPal encouraged him to seek new opportunities.

* Bryan's valuable advice on how to get a large corporate client, whether you're on the inside as an employee or on the outside, seeking access.

* Opportunities entrepreneurs have that big corporations don't.

* Opportunities for freelancers to get clients.

* Best social network for corporate clients and how to use it.

* Things freelance writers—and any kind of freelancer—can do to get clients.

* How Bryan was able to save the company millions of dollars.

* The things Bryan struggled/struggles with:

* When taking the leap to new things in corporate and then from corporate.

* In being an entrepreneur/solopreneur

* Following your passion versus stepping out of your comfort zone.

* The essentials of good branding and good writing.

 

Inspiring Quotes from Bryan:

I call this [coffee] liquid smart! ~Bryan Wright, Gravity Images

If you can't put yourself in your customers' shoes, you're not going to be able to have the most effective content. ~Bryan Wright, Gravity Images

You have to do what you love. As an artist...  you're going to be the best at the things that you love. But you also have to do things that scare you. The things that scare you are the things that are going to push you [to grow]."  ~Bryan Wright, Gravity Images

If you keep creating, somebody's going to pay attention to it. Keep creating, keep doing the right things. Follow your passion. ~Bryan Wright, Gravity Images

"Artists, if left to their own devices, will never finish a project." Sylvia Massy, world class music producer

Bryan's former drummer partner's advice on "just shipping" your work. Getting it out there, and getting it done!

"How about we just get it done because getting it out, we can actually sell it, and we can figure out other stuff."

"[Creatives]...we get lost in our heads. So I've learned that it's really important to focus on what's important." ~Bryan Wright, Gravity Images

"Fear is important. The things that push you hard and make you go, 'Oh, I don't want to do this.' Don't default to comfort."

~Bryan Wright, Gravity Images

"There is tremendous power in simplicity." ~Bryan Wright, Gravity Images

Bryan is a delight! Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/6pFohHtIHOQ

Links:

Bryan's AWESOME website: GravityImages.us; it's an elegant example of the power and beauty of simplicity.

The 90 Day Goals Planner A true “fireside chat”, Devani and I share here how it is that we came to create the very first iCreateDaily 90 Day Goals Journal. From just an idea thanks to inspiration and suggestions from the iCreateDaily community recommendations, to completion and fruition in less than two months! Whether you…

The 90 Day Goals Planner

A true "fireside chat", Devani and I share here how it is that we came to create the very first iCreateDaily 90 Day Goals Journal. From just an idea thanks to inspiration and suggestions from the iCreateDaily community recommendations, to completion and fruition in less than two months!

Whether you choose our journal or some other goal setting template, it's super important to use tools that will help keep you on track.

Our top two tools now:

* 90 Day Goals Journal

* iCreateDaily Creator's Challenge & Mastermind group - where being accountable to others is the best way to get stuff done!

* Coffee Break 3 New Years Resolutions?

Keeping goals in your head is the fastest way to kick that dream down the road. So whether you choose our 90 Day Goals Journal or some other system... do it! You won't regret it!

We also share how getting it out there is better than getting it perfect. In fact, fast implementation and iterations are the fastest way to grow and improve!

We'd love to hear from you! Please leave your review on iTunes and send us an email with questions, ideas and feedback.

Cheers and let's rock 2018!!

 

https://youtu.be/shk63m6is4g

Links:

* 90 Day Goals Journal

* April Berry's Website - the freelance graphic designer who helped bring our journal to life!

* Toggl.com Time Tracking

Full Transcription:

Devani: [00:00:42] Hello and welcome to The iCreateDaily Podcast. I’m Devani Alderson and I'm LeAura Alderson and we are here today doing a coffee break episode.

[00:00:53] So cheer! Grab your favorite drink and..

LeAura: Sorry to interrupt her second, for the people who are on audio only. We are literally Fire side. So on video you fire an audio. You may have heard some of the wood dropping but it is January 3rd 2018 and very cold here in North Carolina today so we're enjoying doing that literally a coffee break fireside chat.

Devani: [00:01:20] Yes these coffee breaks are shorter episodes. We call them coffee breaks because generally we're drinking tea, coffee whatever beverage. And what we want to do with these is publisher a Coffee Break once a week in-between our longer form interviews that we do with other artists. And so LeAura and I generally just stick to a 15-20 minute episode and we talk about goals that we’re working on, projects that we've done, people we love and admire people, quotes quotes that we love and admire different things we're doing just as our creative endeavors grows. iCreateDaily brand grows.

[00:02:02] And yes the latest thing we’ll be talking about is something that just arrived literally today. And if you follow us you may have seen this already on our Facebook page. iCreateDaily Facebook page but wanted to share it because many people may not have. So you're on audio we're holding the book up now. You'll be able to see it on video, but we have received in the mail today our first ever 90 Day Goals Journal that we created and how they came to be. Is that when we ran Conducted or what you call participated in it.

Devani [00:02:38] Hosted. Here’s a closeup of the journal.

LeAura [00:02:35] Thank you. Looking for the word. Well have pictures.When we hosted our first beta version of the creators challenge. It was a 100 day challenge and the feedback from o...

Talk about left brain, right brain! Paivi Eerola is one of those people who can do both. From a practical career in IT, Paivi finally left that safety net to become a full time artist, and there's been no looking back.

Tune into this interview to learn more about Paivi and...

* how she left the IT world to return to her childhood love of doing art

* how she uses her left/right brain background to help teach students to become better artists

* the many online art courses she now teaches to students around the world

* how she started with blogging and knitting in 2007

* the biggest thing she did to grow her online business (besides starting in 2007)

* listened to her audience to help determine her business directions

* the realization that led her doing more live and interactive courses

* her specialty that helps others develop their artistic nature

* where she gets a lot of her art inspiration

* what she calls her kind of art

* a difference in American and Finnish art and why Paivi has more American students

* how to create more intuitively

* what helps creativity and what can hinder it

* her art business and so much more!!

"I found my direction and what's there in me that fascinates others." Paivi Eerola

"The regular blogging I had done all those years is what's taken me here." Paivi Eerola

We hope you enjoy this interview with Paivi as much as we did. She's a wealth of information, knowledge and experience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G6iaUysd_o

Interview Links:

Peony and Parakeet - Paivi's Website  - [no affiliation]

Bright Earth, by Phillip Ball  - [our Amazon affiliate link]

CreativeLive - Learning Resource  - [not affiliated]

"How to Fascinate" test from Sally Hogshead   - [our affiliate link]

PLUS:

90 Day Creator's Challenge & Mastermind  - [our very own program]

90 Day Goals Journal (digital or spiral bound)  - [our very own creation]

Listen On:

iTunes

Stitcher

Full Interview Transcription:

Devani Alderson: Hello, and welcome to another episode of the iCreateDaily podcast, a movement for creators serious about their art. I'm Devani Alderson.

LeAura Alderson: And I'm LeAura Alderson. Our guest today is all the way from Finland. It is Paivi Eerola. Paivi is a former IT, information technologist expert and professor, turned full-time artist. Paivi is a prolific artist with at least five courses teaching students around the world to learn to use both sides of their brain, logic and feeling, through art. Welcome, Paivi!

Paivi Eerola: Thank you. Thank you. Thanks for having me. Not a professor, though. Not so high, but I have a long career in IT business, yeah.

LeAura Alderson: Okay, yes. I love the picture on your website, under your "About." You're teaching in the dry, static environment of IT, or whatever classroom environment you're in, and then you're pointing to where you go in the future. Tell us about that journey.

Matt Gallegos photographs everything! From Aerial photography to weddings, Matt does it all. In fact he thrives on the variety or else he’ll get bored. Matt Gallego and his wife, Kourtney, are the Tandem team at Tandem Studios, living the life of their dreams doing work they love. So tune in and hear how Matt…

Matt Gallegos photographs everything! From Aerial photography to weddings, Matt does it all. In fact he thrives on the variety or else he'll get bored.

Matt Gallego and his wife, Kourtney, are the Tandem team at Tandem Studios, living the life of their dreams doing work they love. So tune in and hear how Matt went from a career in IT to professional photographer and business owner!

https://youtu.be/3qh2rkc8ODE

Interview Links:

* Matt's Website: Tandem Studios  [no-affiliation]

* AndersonCreative.works - Matt's a freelancer for this company  [we have no affiliation]

* The War of Art by Steve Pressfield [our Amazon affiliate link]

PLUS:

* 90 Day Goals Journal - [our very own creation]

* 90 Day Creator's Challenge & Mastermind - [our very own program]

 

How Much Do Photographers Make?

FYI, the average photographer's salary in 2016 was $34,070. We didn't specifically discuss this in the interview but we thought you'd be interested in this extra bit of info.

Full Interview Transcription:

LeAura Alderson: Welcome to iCreateDaily, a movement for creators serious about their art. I'm LeAura-

Devani Alderson: And I'm Devani, and today we're joined by Matt Gallegos, I said that right?

Matt Gallegos: Gallegos.

Devani Alderson: Gallegos. Matt is a photographer, cinematographer, and visual artist. He and his wife Kourtney are the tandem team working together making great art for their clients.

Devani Alderson: Welcome Matt, we're so glad that you're joining us.

LeAura Alderson: Welcome!

Matt Gallegos: Well I appreciate you having me.

LeAura Alderson: So tell us, how did you get started becoming a full-time creator, photographer, videographer, cinematographer?

Matt Gallegos: It's a long process, honestly. Really it all stemmed from a lot of IT background. I graduated high school and got a job with a family friend who had a computer shop, that led to a job working for Apple then working for Geek Squad.

Matt Gallegos: And then basically what happened at that point is I was recognizing how much work I was doing and at that point in jobs, before a career happens, I'm thinking how much money I'm making those companies and how little of that I'm seeing.

Matt Gallegos: So I was like, you know, I could just do one of these jobs a day and probably support myself on that. The motivation behind that was there's so many other things I would rather spend my time doing.

Matt Gallegos: At that time I was actually writing, I had... I have some novels partially written on my hard drive that have never seen the world. Really I was just trying to buy time. I was trying to buy more opportunity to make things.

Matt Gallegos: I went out on my own with an IT business, ended up partnering up with that guy who hired me earlier, we ended up being partners and worked in that for a couple of years. From then, just service industry led to parallels. First I would fix a computer, then little bit of technical things lead to graphic design and web design and then I'm all of the sudden in this creative world where I'm needing to add stock photography to stuff. Then I'm using my phone to take photos, then I buy an extra camera,

Mandy Thompson is a multi-talented abstract artist and an eloquent creative writer, “canvassing the depths”.  Mandy had left art behind for years, only to return to her core for healing and the creation of an artist’s life. I was birthed into an artist at the time of becoming a mother. ~ Mandy Thompson, visual artist,…

Mandy Thompson is a multi-talented abstract artist and an eloquent creative writer, "canvassing the depths".  Mandy had left art behind for years, only to return to her core for healing and the creation of an artist’s life.

I was birthed into an artist at the time of becoming a mother.

~ Mandy Thompson, visual artist, creator, entrepreneur

Mandy is not only an exceptionally talented visual artist, she's also a deep thinker expressed as an eloquent and poetic writer.

I draw inspiration from the transcendence of the natural world.

~ Mandy Thompson, visual artist, creator, entrepreneur

Her pieces... evoke an essence of freedom and are an invitation to engage in the natural beauty of life. When art speaks deeply, a connection takes place between the artist and the viewer, a conversation that stirs questions and whispers answers.

Topics Covered

Her art business (see her quote on that below as well)

What's compelling feeling is driving and motivating her art these days.

The importance of outsourcing some of your creativity.

How she's doing the Art-O-Matic as a way to connect with people all over the world.

Mandy's definition of success, and excellent success advice to artists.

One very different thing Mandy is doing that virtually no one else does to grow her following by serving and connecting with her audience.

"The business of the art gives as much as is given to it."

~ Mandy Thompson, visual artist, creator, entrepreneur

"Creativity is a more about a lifestyle."

~ Mandy Thompson, visual artist, creator, entrepreneur

"Among all of these complexities, there is often a quiet hidden Truth waiting to be found. We must only look, and listen."

~ Mandy Thompson, visual artist, creator, entrepreneur

We hope you enjoy listening to this podcast with Mandy as much as we enjoyed doing it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d00r60NuvA

Listen on iTunes ~ Listen on Stitcher ~ Listen on Google Play 

~ Listen on RadioPublic

Links From Interview:

MandyThompson.com

Mandy's Mail Art (YES! Snail mail art!)

Art-oh-Mat

* 90 Day Goals Journal

 

A podcast for creators serious about your art.

The Day is the Way.

iCreateDaily!

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Join Devani and LeAura for a brief coffee break! Whether you drink coffee, chai, tea, green juice, or just water, grab your favorite cuppa and join us for a chat. In these Coffee Break Episodes we riff on topics of interest, ranging from quotes that we discuss, inspiring people we follow and admire and what’s…

Join Devani and LeAura for a brief coffee break! Whether you drink coffee, chai, tea, green juice, or just water, grab your favorite cuppa and join us for a chat.

In these Coffee Break Episodes we riff on topics of interest, ranging from quotes that we discuss, inspiring people we follow and admire and what's up with the iCreateDaily brand and maybe a little bit about us.

So please let us know what you're interested in, what topics you like and which shows you're enjoying most and we'll do more of those!

Hope you enjoy, and thanks for joining us!

https://youtu.be/dyrK-Zey7gQ

Links:

* 90 Day Creator Challenge and Mastermind

* 90 Day Goals Journal

Full Interview Transcript:

(Please pardon the odd transcription glitches. We don't always have the chance to go through and edit out the speech-to-text gaffs. But... in "ship it" fashion, we figure it's more important to get it out there than to be perfect!)

Welcome to the iCreateDaily podcast. I'm LeAura Alderson and I'm Devani Alderson. Your hosts on this journey of creativity and productivity. iCreateDaily is for artists in every genre of creating, musicians to writers, podcasters to inventors, bloggers entrepreneurs.

LeAura [00:00:31] I create daily is a movement for creators, serious about your art. If you're into creating anything this podcast is definitely for you. Thank you so much for joining us on this journey.

Devani [00:00:42] Hi and welcome to another episode of the iCreateDaily podcast a movement of creators serious about their art. I'm Devani and I'm LeAura and today we're doing a coffee break episode and if you're new to this podcast, our coffee break episodes are what Tim Ferriss calls In-between-isodes. These are just shorter clips of us. It's not an interview it's just LeAura and myself on here and we talk about whatever topics are in our head for the week. So without further ado, LeAura is going to read an e-mail that we sent to our 90 day creator challenge members and we'll be talking about that.

LeAura [00:01:18] Yeah. And so this is about resolutions as we're approaching—right now it's the end of the year 2017—and as we're approaching 2018, no matter when you're listening to this is very relevant having to do with goals in achieving our goals. This is titled Resolutions, and that's with a question mark. 

New Year's Resolutions...?

(You can read the properly formatted article, on iCreateDaily.com.)

LeAura [00:01:39] Just two things stand in the way of you becoming your ideal vision of yourself. One is belief, you must believe it. Two It's a daily discipline to make it so. When it comes to New Year's resolutions we all know what happens. Most people start out on fire with big goals only to feel the defeated way too soon. We've probably all been in that. Most people crowd many years running. The waiting room of success is a very crowded place. Those resolutions are visions of our future self-kicked down the road until the new year. While somewhere somehow the magical power of January 1st will be the day that changes everything. That's a lot of pressure on one little day. That's a lot of procrastination. Calls to reckoning from one year to the next in the New Year does a lot of pressure on you. So here's the truth. Every day is a new year.

LeAura [00:02:39] Each new dawn is a blank canvas to paint into being Sketching your vision that you can bring to light each day. You become who you want to be. Not once a year and not because of new year's resolutions. You become who you want to be by daily disciplines that produ...