Creative Calling by Chase Jarvis - Book Club Pick

The Creative Legacy Podcast

About Creative Calling

In this book, author Chase Jarvis, the founder of CreativeLive, shows why creativity is the new mindfulness and as important to our health as meditation, exercise, and nutrition. It's also available to everyone-beginners and lifelong creators, entrepreneurs and corporate executives.

Jarvis illustrates the critical elements for making creative expression the path to fulfillment with his memorable “IDEA” system to imagine your big dream, design daily practices that support it, execute on your ambitions plans and make your vision real and amplify your impact through community
The good news, according to Jarvis, is that creativity isn't a skill-it's a habit. It's a force inside every person that wants to be set free and-if harnessed and put to work-can transform our lives and bring vitality to everything we do.

1. You are creative by nature, endowed with a near limitless capacity to make and grow new things.
2. Accessing this capacity requires a kind of creative muscle that must be strengthened to achieve your full potential.
3. By identifying as a creative person, accepting the world around you as your canvas, and manifesting your ideas regularly, you will intuitively create the life you truly want for yourself.

Favorite Quotes:

“Some people say fake it till you make it. Forget that. Make it till you make it. Creators create. It doesn’t matter who you know, what schools you attended, which parties you’re invited to, or what you’re wearing. Creators create. Action is identity. You become what you do. You don’t need permission…

“You’ve got to do the verb to be the noun.”

“There is nothing noble, edgy, or cool about being a starving artist.”

“Be the hero of your own life. Walk your own path. When obstacles arise, go over, under, or around them. When you lose your way, listen for the call. Your heart will always lead you.”

“Your life has two big arcs. The first is about acquisition, acquiring knowledge about yourself and the world - figuring out how to meet your own needs… The second is about contribution. You start thinking about how you can serve others and make a lasting impression on the world. We take, and then we give.”

“ You are a creative person. The world is abundant and full of possibilities. Your situation can always be changed. You can use your creativity to create the change you seek. Creativity is natural and healthy but requires practice. Creativity is ultimate personal power.”

“Don’t think about making art,” he said. “Just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.”

"Creativity is generous, life-changing, mind-altering, and practical as hell. In fact, it's only creating in small ways every day that we come to understand that we can create big changes in our lives when we desire or need them most."

"Life gets so much easier once you decide to play your own game. Don't just try to be better. Be different."

"There is no reason ti hide. Be bold. Take smart risks. Embrace failure like an old friend. People respect a wrong move made with confidence far more than a correct one made without conviction."

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