28 Books like Feck Perfuction

Think Like an Artist

by Will Gompertz • 2015

The artist's playbook for any career: turn failure into fuel and ideas into assets.

3.84

2k+

🧱 Creative Practice 🎨 Artist Entrepreneurs 🔄 Failure As Iteration

Think Like an Artist 97%

The artist's playbook for any career: turn failure into fuel and ideas into assets.

by Will Gompertz 2015

3.84

2k+ ratings

🧱 Creative Practice 🎨 Artist Entrepreneurs 🔄 Failure As Iteration

Never Play It Safe

by Chase Jarvis • 2024

Why the safe route is the biggest gamble, and how to build a life you actually want.

3.86

406

🎨 Creative Business 🧭 Life Design 🎯 Attention Management

Never Play It Safe 97%

Why the safe route is the biggest gamble, and how to build a life you actually want.

by Chase Jarvis 2024

3.86

406 ratings

🎨 Creative Business 🧭 Life Design 🎯 Attention Management

Creative Calling

by Chase Jarvis • 2019

Creativity is a practice, not a gift. The daily system for building one that lasts.

4.16

2k+

🧱 Creative Habits 💼 Creative Entrepreneurship 🌱 Aspiring Creatives

Creative Calling 97%

Creativity is a practice, not a gift. The daily system for building one that lasts.

by Chase Jarvis 2019

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧱 Creative Habits 💼 Creative Entrepreneurship 🌱 Aspiring Creatives

Do the F*cking Work

by Brian Buirge • 2019

How to stop waiting for inspiration, survive your own bad taste, and ship work that matters.

3.92

281

🎨 Creative Process 🤬 Profane Self-Help 💥 Embracing Failure

Do the F*cking Work 97%

How to stop waiting for inspiration, survive your own bad taste, and ship work that matters.

by Brian Buirge 2019

3.92

281 ratings

🎨 Creative Process 🤬 Profane Self-Help 💥 Embracing Failure

The Art of Creative Thinking

by Rod Judkins • 2015

Why artistic breakthroughs come from doubt, inexperience, and happy accidents, not innate talent.

4.00

3k+

🎨 Creative Process 🖌️ Artistic Practice 🧪 Creative Experimentation

The Art of Creative Thinking 97%

Why artistic breakthroughs come from doubt, inexperience, and happy accidents, not innate talent.

by Rod Judkins 2015

4.00

3k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Process 🖌️ Artistic Practice 🧪 Creative Experimentation

We Need Your Art

by Amie McNee • 2025

No permission needed. The tiny daily practice that outruns perfectionism and gets you to finished.

4.36

2k+

🎨 Creative Practice 👑 Artistic Identity 🧱 Creative Blocks

We Need Your Art 97%

No permission needed. The tiny daily practice that outruns perfectionism and gets you to finished.

by Amie McNee 2025

4.36

2k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Practice 👑 Artistic Identity 🧱 Creative Blocks

Big Magic

by Elizabeth Gilbert • 2015

What if creativity isn't something you summon but something that's already looking for you?

3.96

236k+

🎨 Creative Process ⚒️ Creative Discipline ✂️ Creative Perfectionism

Big Magic 97%

What if creativity isn't something you summon but something that's already looking for you?

by Elizabeth Gilbert 2015

3.96

236k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Process ⚒️ Creative Discipline ✂️ Creative Perfectionism

How Creativity Rules the World

by Maria Brito • 2022

Your best idea will arrive in silence, after a failure, or from someone unlike you.

3.78

251

🎨 Art And Business 💼 Creative Business 🛠️ Creative Process

How Creativity Rules the World 97%

Your best idea will arrive in silence, after a failure, or from someone unlike you.

by Maria Brito 2022

3.78

251 ratings

🎨 Art And Business 💼 Creative Business 🛠️ Creative Process

Your Life As Art

by Robert Fritz • 2002

Forget fixing beliefs. Change comes from the gap between what you want and what you have.

4.21

131

🎨 Life Design 🖌️ Creative Process 🪤 Self-Sabotage

Your Life As Art 96%

Forget fixing beliefs. Change comes from the gap between what you want and what you have.

by Robert Fritz 2002

4.21

131 ratings

🎨 Life Design 🖌️ Creative Process 🪤 Self-Sabotage

The Rise

by Sarah Lewis • 2014

Mastery is fueled not by success but by the ache of almost succeeding, again and again.

3.66

1k+

🎨 Creative Process 🏔️ Mastery Studies 💥 Psychology Of Failure

The Rise 96%

Mastery is fueled not by success but by the ache of almost succeeding, again and again.

by Sarah Lewis 2014

3.66

1k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Process 🏔️ Mastery Studies 💥 Psychology Of Failure

Manage Your Day-to-Day

by Jocelyn K. Glei • 2013

Reclaim your best creative hours from email and distraction with one rule that puts the work first.

3.98

28k+

🎨 Creative Workflow 🔕 Attention Management 🔄 Habit Design

Manage Your Day-to-Day 96%

Reclaim your best creative hours from email and distraction with one rule that puts the work first.

by Jocelyn K. Glei 2013

3.98

28k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Workflow 🔕 Attention Management 🔄 Habit Design

Make Good Art

by Neil Gaiman • 2013

When your career, heart, or world falls apart, you have one creative option.

4.28

10k+

🎨 Artistic Process 💼 Freelance Life 💪 Creative Resilience

Make Good Art 96%

When your career, heart, or world falls apart, you have one creative option.

by Neil Gaiman 2013

4.28

10k+ ratings

🎨 Artistic Process 💼 Freelance Life 💪 Creative Resilience

inGenius

by Tina Seelig • 2012

Why limits spark creativity, and how a single question can change everything.

3.85

1k+

🎨 Design Thinking 💡 Innovation Culture 🔍 Problem Reframing

inGenius 96%

Why limits spark creativity, and how a single question can change everything.

by Tina Seelig 2012

3.85

1k+ ratings

🎨 Design Thinking 💡 Innovation Culture 🔍 Problem Reframing

The Power of Starting Something Stupid

by Richie Norton • 2012

The best ideas sound foolish first. How to start yours before you feel ready.

3.94

848

💡 Unconventional Business 🎨 Creative Risk-Taking 🔨 Anti-Perfectionism

The Power of Starting Something Stupid Summary

The Power of Starting Something Stupid 96%

The best ideas sound foolish first. How to start yours before you feel ready.

by Richie Norton 2012

3.94

848 ratings

💡 Unconventional Business 🎨 Creative Risk-Taking 🔨 Anti-Perfectionism

Your Inner Critic Is a Big Jerk

by Danielle Krysa • 2016

Ten mental blocks that keep you from creating, and the illustrated, pocket-sized ways around them.

3.68

2k+

🧱 Creative Blocks 🗣️ Inner Critic 💪 Creative Confidence

Your Inner Critic Is a Big Jerk 96%

Ten mental blocks that keep you from creating, and the illustrated, pocket-sized ways around them.

by Danielle Krysa 2016

3.68

2k+ ratings

🧱 Creative Blocks 🗣️ Inner Critic 💪 Creative Confidence

Someday Is Today

by Matthew Dicks • 2022

A creative's guide to reclaiming hours, failing forward, and succeeding without being a jerk.

3.86

1k+

🛠️ Creative Productivity ⏳ Time Management 🔁 Habit Design

Someday Is Today 96%

A creative's guide to reclaiming hours, failing forward, and succeeding without being a jerk.

by Matthew Dicks 2022

3.86

1k+ ratings

🛠️ Creative Productivity ⏳ Time Management 🔁 Habit Design

Louder than Words

by Todd Henry • 2015

From imitation to unmistakable: the cycle that builds your creative voice and makes it last.

4.11

457

🎨 Creative Work 🎤 Creative Voice 🎯 Identity And Work

Louder than Words 96%

From imitation to unmistakable: the cycle that builds your creative voice and makes it last.

by Todd Henry 2015

4.11

457 ratings

🎨 Creative Work 🎤 Creative Voice 🎯 Identity And Work

A Whack on the Side of the Head

by Roger Von Oech • 1973

Creativity is blocked not by lack of talent but by rules you forgot you were following.

3.95

3k+

🧠 Creative Thinking 💡 Innovation Methods ↔️ Lateral Thinking

A Whack on the Side of the Head 96%

Creativity is blocked not by lack of talent but by rules you forgot you were following.

by Roger Von Oech 1973

3.95

3k+ ratings

🧠 Creative Thinking 💡 Innovation Methods ↔️ Lateral Thinking

Creative Confidence

by Tom Kelley • 2013

Creativity is a muscle anyone can build: start with empathy, prototype fast, and learn from failure.

3.97

14k+

👥 Human-Centered Design ✍️ Creative Practice 😨 Fear Of Failure

Creative Confidence 96%

Creativity is a muscle anyone can build: start with empathy, prototype fast, and learn from failure.

by Tom Kelley 2013

3.97

14k+ ratings

👥 Human-Centered Design ✍️ Creative Practice 😨 Fear Of Failure

The Icarus Deception

by Seth Godin • 2012

The economy no longer rewards playing it safe; it demands you make art, not just widgets.

4.07

19k+

🎨 Creative Work 💸 New Economy 🧱 Creative Resistance

The Icarus Deception 96%

The economy no longer rewards playing it safe; it demands you make art, not just widgets.

by Seth Godin 2012

4.07

19k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Work 💸 New Economy 🧱 Creative Resistance

Make Your Creative Dreams Real

by SARK • 2004

Five-minute actions to start creating when procrastination and perfectionism have you stuck.

4.10

1k+

🎨 Creative Practice 👣 Small Steps 💫 Perfectionism Recovery

Make Your Creative Dreams Real 96%

Five-minute actions to start creating when procrastination and perfectionism have you stuck.

by SARK 2004

4.10

1k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Practice 👣 Small Steps 💫 Perfectionism Recovery

Ignore Everybody

by Hugh MacLeod • 2009

Forty rules for creative freedom: ignore the crowd, keep the day job, and build your own audience.

4.08

29k+

🎨 Artistic Sovereignty 💼 Day Job Creativity 🌐 Online Audience Building

Ignore Everybody 95%

Forty rules for creative freedom: ignore the crowd, keep the day job, and build your own audience.

by Hugh MacLeod 2009

4.08

29k+ ratings

🎨 Artistic Sovereignty 💼 Day Job Creativity 🌐 Online Audience Building

The Creative Curve

by Allen Gannett • 2018

Creativity isn't magic. It follows a bell-shaped curve you can learn to ride.

3.99

2k+

🎨 Creative Process 🏋️ Deliberate Practice 🔁 Idea Iteration

The Creative Curve 95%

Creativity isn't magic. It follows a bell-shaped curve you can learn to ride.

by Allen Gannett 2018

3.99

2k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Process 🏋️ Deliberate Practice 🔁 Idea Iteration

Improv Wisdom

by Patricia Ryan Madson • 2005

Stop preparing. Say yes. Go for average. An improv teacher's rules for life on the fly.

4.00

3k+

🎭 Improv For Life 🎯 Anti-Perfectionism 🎲 Creative Risk-Taking

Improv Wisdom 95%

Stop preparing. Say yes. Go for average. An improv teacher's rules for life on the fly.

by Patricia Ryan Madson 2005

4.00

3k+ ratings

🎭 Improv For Life 🎯 Anti-Perfectionism 🎲 Creative Risk-Taking

Drawing Out the Dragons

by James A. Owen • 2011

An illustrator's hard-won proof: the life you want is built one difficult choice at a time.

4.50

440

🎨 Creative Careers 🖌️ Artistic Perseverance 🧭 Personal Agency

Drawing Out the Dragons 95%

An illustrator's hard-won proof: the life you want is built one difficult choice at a time.

by James A. Owen 2011

4.50

440 ratings

🎨 Creative Careers 🖌️ Artistic Perseverance 🧭 Personal Agency

Find Your Artistic Voice

by Lisa Congdon • 2019

Voice is built, not born. Daily practice, borrowed influences, and the discomfort most artists flee.

4.05

3k+

🎨 Artistic Practice 🔄 Creative Process 🖼️ Visual Arts

Find Your Artistic Voice 95%

Voice is built, not born. Daily practice, borrowed influences, and the discomfort most artists flee.

by Lisa Congdon 2019

4.05

3k+ ratings

🎨 Artistic Practice 🔄 Creative Process 🖼️ Visual Arts

Keep Going

by Austin Kleon • 2019

Creativity runs in seasons, not streaks. Ten ways to keep making work through the winter.

4.26

18k+

🎨 Creative Practice 📅 Creative Routines 🧘 Creative Solitude

Keep Going 95%

Creativity runs in seasons, not streaks. Ten ways to keep making work through the winter.

by Austin Kleon 2019

4.26

18k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Practice 📅 Creative Routines 🧘 Creative Solitude

The Creative Habit

by Twyla Tharp • 2003

A choreographer's method for making creativity a daily practice instead of a waiting game.

4.09

42k+

🎨 Creative Practice 🔄 Habit Formation 🌅 Creative Rituals

The Creative Habit 95%

A choreographer's method for making creativity a daily practice instead of a waiting game.

by Twyla Tharp 2003

4.09

42k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Practice 🔄 Habit Formation 🌅 Creative Rituals

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