TEM122: Chrysanthe Tan on being yourself as an artist, killing it on Patreon and tips for better time management

TEM122: Chrysanthe Tan on being yourself as an artist, killing it on Patreon and tips for better time management

Chrysanthe Tan is a composer, violinist, poet and entrepreneur based out of LA.

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What You'll Learn from Chrysanthe in TEM122:

• Why the cost of being anything other than yourself is never worth it (and how she learned this through experience)
• How assuming the three traditional paths for classical musicians were the only possible routes to success almost led her out of music altogether
• How a regular customer at a restaurant where she waited tables ended up giving her the break of a lifetime in the music business
• Why she found college much more rewarding after dropping out and coming back a little later in life
• How she is able to kill it on Patreon (in spite of it not being as successful out of the gate as she thought it would be)
• Why her fear of relying on others for all of her income inspired her to blaze her own path and start her Patreon
• How Chrysanthe relies on multiple coaches to keep her career and life on track
• Why batching and planning are the secrets to her time management success

Links:

• Chrysanthe's website
• Her Patreon
• Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
• Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
• TED Talk: What I learned from 100 days of rejection by Jia Jiang
• Chrysanthe coach, Suzanne Paulinski

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