Are You A Multi-Creative? Are You Challenged by Having Too Many Creative Passions?

Many, if not most creative professionals express themselves in more than one creative medium. A designer might also be a singer and also love to do video editing. Or a photographer might also be a painter and a musician as well. Is it possible to have too many creative passions? When does being a multi-creative begin to create problems or challenges in your life? Are you spreading yourself too thin? Are you a “jack of all trades and a master of none?” Is doing too many types of creative things holding you back from excelling in your main chosen creative profession?

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Philip VanDusen is the founder of Verhaal Brand Design, a brand strategy and design agency in the New York City metro area. He is an accomplished creative executive and expert in brand strategy, graphic design, marketing and creative management. Philip gives design, branding, marketing, career and business advice to creative professionals, entrepreneurs and companies on how to build successful brands for themselves or for the clients they serve.
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