SUCCESS: YOU DON'T NEED AS MUCH AS YOU THINK Reader, Most people (creatives especially) think that in order to have big impact you need: Tons of resources at your disposal A large audience Fancy tools and systems or teams of people This is why most stay stuck or look at others’ success from afar, but never make any forward progress You can do a lot with relatively little. Don’t take my word for it. Let me give you a real-word example: I shot a short documentary film, “The Ride of Your Life”,...
23 days ago • 4 min read
Art = Hope Hi Reader, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat down to draft this email over the last two months, only to completely scrap it and go back to the drawing board and I’ve been trying to figure out why. Only recently have I come to the realization: Authenticity. It would be disingenuous and inauthentic of me to be sending my usual email fare, without acknowledging the fact that the state of things here in the U.S. feels like one big dumpster fire full of dirty baby diapers…and,...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Peeling the Value Onion Reader, I’ve been pretty successful at keeping up with regular reading this year and there’s been a strong focus on subjects like business and personal development. I’m no self-help junkie…that’s just the way the cookie crumbled for me this year. One of the more poignant reads for me has been “The Subtle Art of not Giving a F*ck” by Mark Manson which was first released in 2016, and has been sitting on my Kindle forever, taunting me. Maybe I’m just in a place to be more...
4 months ago • 5 min read
Lean Into the Uncomfortable Reader, If you’re US-based, I hope you enjoyed a restful Thanksgiving Weekend. I thought about rushing this issue out the door ahead of the holiday…but why?! You all had enough Black Friday emails delivered to your inbox to swear-off email for a few days! 🛍️ Now, onto the show… Something I’ve been trying to get better at for years (and mostly failing) is developing a solid writing habit. I float in and out of consistency with journaling, notebooks, etc. My hope, in...
5 months ago • 5 min read
Breaking The Silence...Again! Hey Everyone, Welcome! Though I’m tossing around a few name ideas for this but, for now, we can just call this Issue #1 of the “new” Drew English newsletter. My goal is for this to be more than just a vehicle for professional updates, but to go a little deeper. To start peeling back the layers on life as a creative entrepreneur and, hopefully, share some tools and inspiration to help you in your own journey. That’s the new direction, so I hope you’ll come along....
5 months ago • 3 min read