Some people still miss why they should make money like a creative. Sure there are always parts about every business where you have to take care of payments, list your hours, take care of clients and so on. Those things that make you feel like a bureaucrat and not like a creative.

Why shouldn’t you do the boring stuff?

Challenge yourself! Simple is good, boring is bad. Creatives, unlike many other people strive for better things. They want to express themselves and make a living with that. Or at least they want enough money to do what they want and pay their bills, and if their creative off springs can do the … all the better. The point is, be creative about the ways you make money. In case you are an affiliate marketer, do it like no one else does, create beautiful sales pages instead of those ugly, useless and not very trustworthy things that look like 1 big sales letter. Write about what you love, sell your art, create your own products, don’t be a follower, be a leader. Lead yourself out of the immaturity.

After all, don’t be one of those guys who give up a 9-5 job for something that is as boring. Some people play poker all day long, others write, other sell things. The great part about being a creative is that you can do more things than a lot of other people. Just do what you love and exploit it, or share that for free and charge other things. Find a sponsor, ask for donations, whatever, just don’t be one of those make money idiots. Those people look for recipes of others and try to do exactly what they did. That’s just because those people fear to fail, or they are boring. Or they want an easy life. There is money to be made outside, but in case you want a regular and boring paycheck, you can do that in a day job. Enjoy your life, mix things up and live an interesting life.

That’s my tip of the day.