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Summary of Real Artists Don’t Starve 

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Creativity is a skill that’s required to thrive today, whether you’re an artist or not. To leave an impact on the world, you need to learn how to get to the point of profitability and make your business attractive. Jeff Goins, a bestselling author on transformation and creativity, teaches creators to thrive in a digital world. Being an artist is not a ticket to poverty. You can make money from creating real art. Leveraging the digital solutions that are now abundant, you can command a greater premium as a creative. Goins explores the art of doing creative work and how to increase your level of creativity. He blends marketing with collaboration, inspiration-gathering, discipline, and risk-taking to design a masterpiece of creative success in our modern environment. “Finally, a book about art and money that tells it like it is. If you’ve struggled while trying to make it as an artist, your art isn’t the problem; your mindset is.” ~ Chris Guillebeau

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It is possible to live a creative as well as a prosperous life if we have the right mindset

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Michelangelo, the designer of the Sistine Chapel during the Renaissance era, has been misconstrued as a starving artist and grouped with the likes of Vincent van Gogh. But an investigation of bank records by Harvard Professor Rab Hatfield revealed otherwise. Michelangelo lived a frugal life but was extremely wealthy.
Michelangelo did not need to starve for his creations, and neither do you. When the painter of the Sistine Chapel amassed an incredible fortune and secured his legacy as one of history’s masters, he broke the glass ceiling for future generations. ~ Jeff Goins
Henri Murger popularized the conception of artists as poor in his collection of stories titled “Scenes.” Murger was the son of a concierge and a tailor in France who grew frustrated that creative geniuses couldn’t achieve financial security. He painted artists as people languishing in poverty because they could not make money from their creative works. Today, we warn people who appear creative to contain their creativity to avoid becoming a starving artist.
No matter how popular it is, the story of the starving artist is not true, and we must change our paradigm to reflect what is true.
Mediocrity is chosen over excellence because humans desire the path of least resistance. We are risk averse. Thus, we avoid struggle, ignore our passion, and choose the popular route instead.

In the following chapters, we will discover how to change this narrative. You can make a living as an artist. You can approach your work as art so that you unleash your creativity and inspire the next generation to do the same. Michelangelo is an inspiration to us all in the way he changed the conception of artists from that of manual laborers receiving paltry sums to people with high social standing in society. Today, you can join the New Renaissance by learning from professionals who are succeeding in their creative work. You’ll also realize that everyone is an artist because we have creative abilities to showcase. To be a real artist is to be taken seriously by the world. To replace the myth of the starving artist with the truth of the thriving artist requires training yourself to think and live differently.

Did you know? Michelangelo's worth is equivalent to $47 million today.
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Thriving artists live by the principles of the New Renaissance

The New Renaissance refers to contemporary professionals who are doing creative work and thriving. Principles are universal and can be applied to specific contexts. The world works on principles, and successful people understand these natural laws and follow them. There are 12 principles that successful artists live by. They are:
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Choose differently by changing your beliefs about creative work

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Preparation, incubation, insight, evaluation, and elaboration are the five major steps required of an artist for optimum creativity

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The second problem a thriving artist tackles after dealing with mindset is the market

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Collaboration is vital to success as a creative

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Sharing one’s work is essential to gaining public acceptance and recommendation as an artist

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Mastering the efficacy of money accelerates productivity

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