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Do you rely on inspiration or discipline to make work?

27 answers answered between 1985 and 2025 one of 4 from The Creative Independent

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Mellody Hobson Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments
That moving a lot really committed me to stability and committed me to ... being in control of my destiny. That was something that was very important to me. And it also made me very conservative about money.
Recorded Farai Chideya, News & Notes, Leading Ladies series, NPR, 22 March 2007 source ↗

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