Vocational Valentine! Do What You Love, Love What You Do!

Vocational Valentine! Do What You Love, Love What You Do!

Life is too short! Don't wait to enjoy it.
Tenacity 101: BE You! (Don't Be A ****!)

Tenacity 101: BE You! (Don't Be A ****!)

Can you imagine a grumpy Santa?  All parodies aside, the two don't (or shouldn't) match. Now extrapolate that into a grumpy artist - true, there are some, but should there...
Tenacity 101: Parent Yourself!

Tenacity 101: Parent Yourself!

When there's no one to tell you to "get up" or "go to school" or "clean your room" - guess what? It's YOU.
Tenacity 101: Eat the Frog

Tenacity 101: Eat the Frog

Becoming an adult is the dumbest thing I've ever done. Not an original statement, but a sentiment all of us "grown-ups" can relate to.  We didn't understand as children, but...
Tenacity 101: Fighting Fatigue

Tenacity 101: Fighting Fatigue

People will let you work as hard as you want.
WHY do you do that? Q&A for a TAG Artist: Caricatures!

WHY do you do that? Q&A for a TAG Artist: Caricatures!

It's common sense - be nice to people and they hire you more.  If we turn the disconcerting experience into a show, entertaining, and draw someone in a way that DOESN'T exacerbate their insecurities, it's in our best interests to do so - "loose portrait" is the result.
WHY do you do that? Q&A for a TAG Artist:  Face Painting!

WHY do you do that? Q&A for a TAG Artist: Face Painting!

Whenever you focus on the best experience possible for the guest, you'll also achieve being the best option for your client.  If you focus on being "the best" first, you'll find nothing but frustration.
What's your WHY?

What's your WHY?

As the song goes "the things we do for love."  How much do you love your "why?"
Does this look like the face of a liar?

Trust me to trust you to trust that guy.

Do you trust yourself enough to stand by your terms?
Is This Thing On?

Is This Thing On?

Whose fault is it if your customers don't know you can help them?
From Gab to Gig - Are you converting within your values?

From Gab to Gig - Are you converting within your values?

Usually it's a pretty simple flowchart for me: 1) Will we be safe? 2) Money?
The Choice is Yours: Peace!

The Choice is Yours: Peace!

If you can be at peace wearing a funny costume or drawing caricatures or simply being present in the moment to make someone else's life a little better, then someone else's definition of success holds no weight.