"Follow your curiosities and get a paycheck. Don't focus so much on the job, but on the ideals and the goals." - Kabir Sehgal, Real Artists Don't Starve by Jeff Goins

"Stubbornness gets in the way when it's all about you, your fame, your reputation, your success. But it becomes a tool when used to further your work."

On the days where you really hate your day job and you're just really, really not into it, remind yourself that this is going to help in the future.

This skill, whatever you're doing, you're building up skills, you're building up knowledge and it's going to help regardless.

"Creativity is not about being original. It's about learning to rearrange what has already been in a way that brings fresh insight to old material." - Jeff Goins, Real Artists Don't Starve

It's okay to reinvent who we are. In this episode, Garrett discusses Chapter 1 of Real Artists Don't Starve, by Jeff Goins, titled You Aren't Born an Artist.

In this episode, Garrett shares his notes from the Introduction chapter of Jeff Goins' book Real Artists Don't Starve. We take a look at Goins' terms like "New Renaissance," "Thriving Artist," and his 12 Rules of the New Renaissance.

Garrett introduces us to the No Alarms Club podcast with a story about a Brazilian fisherman who just wants to spend time with his friends and family.