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Creative
Calling
Establish a daily practice, infuse your world with meaning, and succeed in work + life
Life isn’t about “finding” fulfillment and success – it’s about creating it. Why then has creativity been given a back seat in our culture? No longer.
Creativity is a force inside every person that, when unleashed, transforms our lives and delivers vitality to everything we do. Establishing a creative practice is therefore our most valuable and urgent task – as important to our well-being as exercise or nutrition.
The good news? Renowned artist, author, and CreativeLive founder, Chase Jarvis, reminds us that creativity isn’t a skill—it’s a habit available to everyone: beginners and lifelong creators, entrepreneurs to executives, astronauts to zookeepers, and everyone in between. Through small, daily actions we can supercharge our innate creativity and rediscover our personal power in life.
Whether your ambition is a creative career, completing a creative project, or simply cultivating a creative mindset, Creative Calling will unlock your potential via Jarvis’s memorable “IDEA” system:
Imagine your big dream, whatever you want to create—or become—in this world.
Design a daily practice that supports that dream—and a life of expression and transformation.
Execute on your ambitious plans and make your vision real.
Amplify your impact through a supportive community you’ll learn to grow and nurture.
Print Length: 304 Pages
Publisher: Harper Business
Release Date: Sept 24, 2019
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062879960
ADVANCE PRAISE
FOR CREATIVE CALLING
There is a wild, untamed connection between our inherent creativity and our yearning for a meaningful, purpose-driven life. Chase’s experiences and his commitment to creating make him the perfect guide as we set out on our own adventures to learn how creativity has the power to change everything.
Chase Jarvis is a remarkable creative spirit. His new book, Creative Calling, is proof positive that creativity is both an art and a practice. With great candor and deft insight, Chase debunks the myths surrounding what is means to be a creative person and proves that anyone and everyone can be creative. Creative Calling will whole-heartedly change the way you think about how and why humans create, and it will provide you with the inspiration to make a bigger life than you ever thought possible.
Good design helps and delights others. Chase Jarvis shows you how to do it.
I have always believed that you will enjoy life and be more successful if you focus on creating amazing experiences, businesses and relationships. Creative Calling is an engaging handbook for doing just that, from a man who, in CreativeLive, has followed his passions and created a company to inspire others.
Everyone has a dream. Chase gives us the closest thing to a roadmap there is for pursuing that dream and succeeding in the process. It’s a must read for any creator or entrepreneur.
Relentlessly generous and endlessly creative, Chase is challenging us to see the shifts in our culture and media as the opportunity of a lifetime. If you care about making things better, this book is here to help.
Creative Calling is a trail guide for anyone stepping onto the path of creativity, whether for personal fulfillment or a career aspiration. You won’t find a better resource to unlock your true potential and scale the heights of the creative economy.
Chase Jarvis is my favorite person to go to for advice. I’m sure he’s tired of me calling him. He was one of the first people to recognize the power of the Internet for artists, and he still has the best insight for anyone looking to follow a creative path. He’s taught me so much. This book reads like a long, intimate conversation with Chase. And there’s nothing more valuable in the world.
This book isn’t about your creativity calling, it’s about your creativity screaming from inside you—fighting to be heard and to be ready to change the world.
CHASE JARVIS is an award-winning artist, entrepreneur, and one of the most influential photographers of the past 20 years. His expansive work ranges from shooting advertising campaigns for companies like Apple, Nike, and Red Bull; to working with athletes like Serena Williams and Tony Hawk, to collaborating with renowned icons like Lady Gaga and Richard Branson. As a fine artist, he’s had solo and group gallery shows in the USA, Europe, and the Middle East. In 2013 Chase contributed to the Pulitzer-Prize winning New York Times story Snowfall, and 2014 in earned an Emmy nomination for his documentary Portrait of a City. He also created Best Camera – the first photo app to share images to social networks, and is the Founder of CreativeLive, where more than 10 million students learn photography, video, design, music and business from the world’s top creators and entrepreneurs. And his new book Creative Calling—launched just last month—debuted as an instant National Best Seller.
He’s an advisor to Fortune 100 brands, and a guest at the Obama White House, the United Nations, the Library of Congress, 10 Downing Street, Buckingham Palace, and the DIFC in Dubai. Chase lives with his wife, Kate, in Seattle, and serves as a volunteer board director for several non-profits.
The end goal
isn’t the
creation of a
masterpiece;
it’s making a
masterpiece of
your life.
