Unlock Your Creative Potential and Go the Distance Creative Endurance is the ultimate guide for every creative professional seeking to stay motivated, inspired, and resilient while achieving big-picture goals. Feeling stuck or burned out? Creative director of Fast Company and accomplished marathon runner Mike Schnaidt shares powerful strategies to help you push through creative blocks and stay inventive in any situation—throughout your career and life. Packed with 56 actionable “rules” and inspiring stories from designers, astronauts, illustrators, ultramarathoners, chefs, photographers, and even an Olympic Gold medalist, this book offers a rare blend of practical advice and motivational insights to fuel your creative journey.

Divided into four beautifully illustrated sections—Your Day, Your Project, Your Job, and Your Life—Creative Endurance provides a roadmap for navigating daily routines, tackling massive projects, and building a sustainable, thriving creative career. You’ll learn how to sharpen your focus, strengthen your imagination, pitch ideas with confidence, handle feedback, and manage challenges like hiring, budgeting, and scaling your impact. Each chapter wraps up with interactive prompts and engaging activities designed to inspire action and reflection.

Whether you're launching your first creative project or leading a creative team, Creative Endurance will help you stay driven, overcome obstacles, and achieve lasting success—without sacrificing your well-being.

Product Details

Format: Paperback | 160 pages, 100 color illustrations
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9780760384824
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Publication date: 18 Jan 2024
Category: Motivation & self-esteem
Author: Mike Schnaidt
Dimensions: 19.1 x 1.5 x 23.2 cm
Weight: 506 g