"Organized" and "artist" don't usually go together. Creative types are more often seen as sensitive, melodramatic, eccentric, misunderstood, and the like. To those who have been labeled in this way, Sam Bennett says, "Congratulations! You're an artist." And through the Organized Artist Company, she has coached hundreds of artists to overcome procrastination, lack of focus, and time-sucking habits so that they can get their art done and out into the world. Bennett explains why "procrastination is genius in disguise" and then prescribes dozens of wonderfully revelatory exercises - such as making a "My Heroes" list and "could-do" lists (because Bennett finds to-do lists too dictatorial) - each of which requires only a fifteen-minute commitment. She gives readers practical, real-world tips, such as how to recognize who they should not talk to about their projects and when research has created Analysis Paralysis. Each of the tools she offers shifts the reader's thinking and prompts the kind of insights that have the power to turn underperforming geniuses into accomplished artists. Creative people tend to see the world a little...ahem...differently...than everyone else. But that doesn't mean they can't zero-in on their goals, get focused, get organized, and not only accomplish what they want to achieve but earn money at it. Get It Done helps artists to get a handle on their own particular – even peculiar – creative process and figure out how to channel their energies in positive, creative and even income-generating ways. Each chapter features compelling real-life stories, innovative I-Never-Thought-About-It-That-Way-Before worksheets and also offers an online component – either a webinar, downloadable audio or online tool - to deepen the learning.
Sam Bennett is the creator of the Organized Artist Company and the author of Get It Done. In addition to her multifaceted writing and performance work, she specializes in personal branding, career strategies, and small-business marketing. She grew up in Chicago and now lives in a tiny beach town outside Los Angeles.
