the guiding question to build wealth as an artist

the guiding question to build wealth as an artist — kening zhu

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If you’re looking toward the long-term goal of getting wealthy, you should ask yourself, “Is this authentic to me? Is it myself that I am projecting?” And then, “Am I productizing it? Am I scaling it? Am I scaling with labor or with capital or with code or with media?” So it’s a very handy, simple mnemonic. [78]

Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

business, for me, HAD to be built on top of my artistic practice; not the other way around. I had to find my freedom as an artist — before I could channel my wealth into the material world. my artistic practice had to be built on top of my wellbeing rituals.

my core 3 practices: wellbeing, art, and business — kening zhu

“How can I best serve the people who are coming to see my work? What can I give them? Would I love to take this opportunity? What can I do to be the best possible artist?”

Duane Packer • Creating Money: Attracting Abundance (Earth Life Series Book 5)

Society always wants new things. And if you want to be wealthy, you want to figure out which one of those things you can provide for society that it does not yet know how to get but it will want and providing it is natural to you, within your skill set, and within your capabilities.