by Joanna Pieters | Oct 31, 2017
Let’s talk about lousy friends (and colleagues, clients and family). You know, the ones who cheer you on every step of the way. The ones who tell you, ‘you’re such a great writer/filmmaker/musician, I’m sure you’ll be a success’. The clients who say, ‘that...
by Joanna Pieters | Oct 23, 2017
The doorbell rings, and since I’m frantically preparing supper for ravenous kids, I fling the oven gloves somewhere unsuitable, yell ‘don’t touch the pan’, and race down the hall to the front door. Outside there’s a man. Cap on head, casual jacket, jeans, holding a...
by Joanna Pieters | Oct 17, 2017
I wanted to reach over and shout, ‘stop being so DULL!’. But she just kept me showing one picture after another. The artist was clearly talented. I liked her work, and she wanted me to commission her, but she was making one huge mistake. The huge mistake...
by Joanna Pieters | Aug 29, 2017
What do you say when you’re invited to speak at an event, appear on a podcast or be interviewed live somewhere? An immediate ‘yes!’, a pause for thought, or a straight ‘no way!’? Making yourself visible in public can be an alarming idea...
by Joanna Pieters | Jun 28, 2017
In the past few weeks I’ve been doing lots of waiting. Waiting for publishers and agents, mainly, who may or may not reply to me. I’m used to approaching guests to be interviewed for The Creative Life Show, and, earlier in my career, for various magazines. There, I...
by Joanna Pieters | Jun 22, 2017
Here’s a parenting fail story. A few weeks I took my six year old to a theme park for the first time. I’d checked out the rides and found the ‘family friendly’ ones to go on. That’s why when we arrived, full of enthusiasm, we headed for...
I'm Joanna Pieters and I've helped hundreds of professional creatives and creative leaders get their work known, sold and successful. I've run multiple, multi-million-dollar creative businesses and creating the ground-breaking psychometric assessment Vitally Productive. MBA, coach, violinist, writer, and host of The Creative Life Show podcast. Let's talk! 