
Stop trying to look your best for someone else.
Quit chasing what clients or investors want—and make it the right way.
A lot of creatives spend their careers shaping work to match what a specific group wants to see. That turns into chasing clients, investors, and external tastes instead of focusing on the craft. The shift is realizing you need to make things the way you know is the right way.
- Why it feels like you’re always trying to look your best for someone else
- How building a reel for “what they like” turns into constant chasing
- The trap of optimizing work around client expectations
- How investor tastes can quietly steer your output
- The mindset shift: create in the way you know is right
- Choosing your standards over external approval
Watch next:
- Lost Generation | Are we the new Hemingway era of Creatives?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyjquEFDVpc
- Ambition without Aim: Why Creators Crash and Burn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGctsD16_7w
- Vegeta's delusions are the secret to his insane work ethic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbbEo_KTw5Q
- Delusions of Grandeur vs. Impostor Syndrome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISSBzQIkXyk
Playlists:
- Driven to Create Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyjquEFDVpc&list=PLm_X9BbBBS12vhz7L4yrRPDfQ_2eF2MQt
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Paul is focusing on the intersection of technology and creativity. He is a partner at Epicly AI, an AI-powered platform for creating engaging digital content and a Creative Director at Omnislash Visual, a visual branding and design studio.