Lilla Rogers

EPISODE 019

ON THRIVING IN A CREATIVE CAREER

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Lilla Rogers is one of the world’s top art agents, who happens to be both a badass businesswoman and a deeply intuitive spiritual person. Lilla is a brilliant example of blending the two, and she trusts much of her three decades of success to trusting her gut. Lilla’s love for art led her to a hugely successful illustration career in New York in the 1980s, but it’s the entrepreneurial gene she inherited from her parents that led her into the agency business. Her agency, Lilla Rogers Studio, has sold art for products worth over $200 million. But what I love most about Lilla is that she is a true champion of women, especially those in business.

Personally, as a co-founder of MakeArtThatSells.com (MATS) with Lilla, I am honoured to call her both business partner and friend, and am excited to co-teach with Lilla on our upcoming MATS MBA (Money BadAss) money course for creative people, starting on August 13. This episode is full of sparkling gems of wisdom for living a creative life and making a living doing it, from someone who has been around the block and back again. Get ready to be inspired!

Key Moments:

[5m 00s] Lilla shares why it’s important to get obsessed with what you’re good at

[6m 20s] On how you know it’s time for a transition to something new

[8m 25s] How to find your creative style

[10m 25s] Creating art in your mind versus creating art in your body

[13m 20s] Lilla shares why working doesn’t always look like working when you have a creative career (and why this may be a mystery to others!)

[16m 40s] How art and teaching can be a political act

[19m 20s] On the giant shifts we are seeing with online teaching and what they mean for us all

[22m 45s] Lilla’s answer to the question “How do I know if I’m good enough?”

[27m 00s] What it takes to have a thriving creative career

People / sources mentioned:

Lilla’s Make Art That Sells courses including the MATS MBA (Money BadAss) course we co-teach, which starts on August 13.