<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/19e01c51-641b-4c4a-9601-b8848fdb96cb/0BC62535-D4EB-4D37-B628-982316311AF7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/" href="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/" style="font-size: 11px;">christinekane.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/"><STRONG>1 - Learn how to say no.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/"><STRONG>2 - People don’t need to know how you feel about everything.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/"><STRONG>3 - Most people assume you know what you’re doing. Let them.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/"><STRONG>4 - Find your values and live by them.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/"><STRONG>5 - Segment intend.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/"><STRONG>6 - Bathe in <A href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/" title="Seth Godin" target="_blank">Seth Godin</A>. Then rinse. And repeat.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/"><STRONG>7 - Create a business alter ego.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/"><STRONG>8 - Grok good customer service.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/"><STRONG>9 - Learn <A href="http://christinekane.com/blog/?p=29" target="_blank" title="Think Instead of Being Thought">how to think.</A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/"><STRONG>10 - Never send an email when you are emotional.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/"><STRONG>11 - Never do ANYTHING when you are emotional.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/"><STRONG>12 - Be clear up front with anyone you hire</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/"><STRONG>13 - Focus on what you want.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/"><P><A href="http://christinekane.com/blog/?p=102" title="Don't get rich quick." target="_blank"><STRONG>14 - Get very very very clear before you do your finances</STRONG></A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://christinekane.com/blog/2007/01/17/business-advice-for-artists-and-sensitive-people/"><STRONG>15 - Only YOU get to decide if “You’ll Never Work in this Town Again!”</STRONG></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0BC62535-D4EB-4D37-B628-982316311AF7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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