Creative Life: Finding Balance and Success in a Creative Career

Join the authors of Twenty One Summers, Derrick Connell and Thomas Werner as they address the challenges we face as we work to define and achieve our goals, and offer practical strategies to navigate them successfully.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:24 - Chapter 1 reading
• 7:09 - Art & tech
• 11:24 - 17 stories
• 21:54 - The challenge of creating
• 27:49 - Agile vs. Waterfall
• 35:10 - Excuses are boring
• 37:02 - Knowledge is a wall
• 40:27 - What defines you and your work?
• 41:57 - The iterative process
• 44:11 - Make me comfortable
• 54:18 - Email isn't enough
• 55:34 - The pivot
• 1:03:05 - Work life balance
• 1:05:15 - One step
• 1:07:53 - Time management
• 1:14:52 - Design your life
• 1:16:22 - AI, what now?
• 1:25:32 - What are your Twenty One Summers?