When his freelance work dried up, Andy j. Miller hit the bottom. With bills due and a family to care for, he did the last thing imaginable for a creative: he started pursuing sales and marketing.
Years later he is now working as an illustrator with his favorite brands and helping people make it in creative careers with Creative Pep Talk.
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In this episode you’ll learn:
- What Andy does
- Andy’s vision for Creative pep talks
- Andy’s motivation in life
- How our school standard affect creativity
- Andy’s struggle in some of the darkest moments of his life
- How Andy moved through and past the hard times
- Andy’s advice to people who are going through tough times
- What Andy would say to encourage his younger self
- How we are meant more than we think we are capable of
- How parents influence their children’s future
- Andy’s advice to “start copying people”, and why it’s important
- The right and wrong way to copy people
- Why you should not be afraid to be creative and to try things
- How to make progress in your work
- The frequent issue after college graduation and how to survive them
- How to approach creativity
- How important it is to look back in life as if you are looking at it as a puzzle
- Andy’s answer to the question, “what makes your work meaningful”?
Where to find Andy J. Pizza online:
Instagram @andyjpizza
Twitter @andyjpizza
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