I consider this method a “secret” tool because, although it’s common in the corporate business world, it is almost totally unheard of when it comes to artists and designers using it to plan their projects or strategizing their creative business.
It’s called a “S.W.O.T. Analysis” and is used to help business and project leaders evaluate the favorable and unfavorable internal and external factors involved in making the project or business initiative happen. It starts by defining a desired end result or objective, then uses the following:
What are your or your company’s:
• S-Strengths
• W-Weaknesses
• O-Opportunities
• T-Threats.
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This podcast was inspired by our recent interview of  ALFG subscriber Gimel Peterman and the class he’s been teaching in Texas.
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I also refer to these as “7 Secrets Every Artist and Designer Must Know But Many Don’t”
These are the 7 principles that guide the you, the visual artist, into a relationship with the Spirit of God in order to give God access to the creative gift He placed within you. Much of my workshop material, newsletter articles and overall teachings are based on these principles. I believe that these scripturally based precepts are navigating standards for a right relationship between God and the artist:
1. God is a creative God.
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