David Nichtern

Creativity, Spirituality, and Making a Buck

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A friendly, funny, practical guide for creatives and entrepreneurs, written by a four-time Emmy award-winning and two-time Grammy-nominated composer-guitarist-producer who has worked with Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Jerry Garcia, Lana Del Rey, and Krishna Das, among many others. Also a beloved and highly regarded Buddhist teacher, David teaches readers how to integrate their creative process with their spiritual practice and livelihood.
“How do I make a living doing what I love?”
“Am I a sellout as an artist if I want to be successful?”
“How do I integrate my spiritual principles with the art of running a business? And actually, um, how do I run a business?”
Wondering how to reconcile your calling with your need to make a living wage, or what to do once your art starts selling, or how to achieve success in your field, or what it even means to be successful? David Nichtern offers his lived, learned experience as an entrepreneur, musician, and Buddhist teacher to…
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  • Paulina Marrónhas quoted4 years ago
    of the greatest lessons that comes from meditation is that a relaxed curiosity about life and sleepwalking through it are two radically different choices
  • Paulina Marrónhas quoted4 years ago
    However, we do get to vote on how we’re going to relate to as it is. At the same time we discover as it is, we can explore another Buddhist premise, which we’re going to call up to us. For example, try doing twenty-five jumping jacks right now to increase your cardiovascular health. In that case, the gravity would be as it is but using it to your advantage would be up to you! How we see ourselves, what we aspire to in life, what we achieve—all of it is up to us
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