by Joanna Pieters | Nov 12, 2018
You put down your pen and save the file. Then you stand up, stretch, and head for the fridge, the biscuit tin or the wine rack (Don’t you?). If we ask ourselves why, we’ve probably come across the fact that the brain uses up 20% of our energy. So, we...
by Joanna Pieters | May 15, 2018
This was me last Friday. Because this happened. I’ve been working with the book coach and publisher Alison Jones in a book proposal challenge. She spends two weeks with participants on our ideas, structure and presentation for a business book, providing feedback...
by Joanna Pieters | Nov 14, 2016
You’re so positive, said a friend to me recently. Often enough, that’s not how it feels. But perhaps the difference is this. I know now that positivity isn’t a fixed state. It’s a choice, and a practice. A choice to take control of my mind and emotions, and what...
by Joanna Pieters | Jun 15, 2016
A friend emailed me this week, under pressure of leaving a job, fitting in demanding professional training and networking her way into a new role, with her husband away and the summer holidays racing towards us. This is the kind of overwhelm that comes when we have a...
by Joanna Pieters | Jun 1, 2015
I wanted to write a kick-ass blog post, wrap up my client admin and map out my next book chapter. But by the end of the day they were still burning a hole in my desk. The reason? I’d been sucked into a habit of being distracted. I’d let myself go down the...
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! 