If there is one thing I have found it is that all skill based work comes from time invested and very little other factors. Sure, some people have this edge or that edge from genetics or what have you but for the most part, if you pour in more hours than some other dude, you will be better.
Great video, I have just a pinch of artistic talent and I get these spurts where I will work on it, but to be honest a lot of the time I don't develop my talent. Great to hear that someone else successful has had problems with it, lol. Great video though
I have met him ... he is a nice guy. But so you know, he owes a lot of his success to his best mate ... Bono. He has had a rough time in the 80's and he got to lucky to have Bono to help him out.
Great video, I agree 100 percent, but unfortunately there are some Artists who can not afford the luxury of being in a studio all day every day, no matter how much we want too. maybe we got to work to for the bread and butter, kids etc. But yes if one can afford themselves the luxury of it, go for it. Guggi definitely has the right idea. very well said with no bs , very positive and inspirational :)
The only flaw in his discussion regards discipline. Discipline connotes maintaining a persistence when confronting difficulty. If you love what you do, it requires no discpline. You have the desire to be engaged in it. If the work is difficult, then it is an exciting challenge, not hardship.
@DoctorLawyerWhatever I'd partially disagree. Sometimes you have to be your own worst enemy - especially if what you're doing is important AND impossible.
@RatPfink66 I read DoctorLawyerWhatever's comment, which is brilliant in its clarity, and upon reading your reply, I must say I don't have the slightest clue as to what you're talking about. If what you're doing can be done, then it is not impossible. If you don't believe that what you're doing is important, then you shouldn't be doing it. If you would care to express whatever you intended another way, fine. But as it stands it simply makes no sense.
I feel like sometimes hard work doesn't pay off though. I've worked at hard at things and still failed. Maybe I'm just dumb; that could very well be it. Blah.
@bapsy078 It don't believe that. It don't know what your field is, but if you work hard on something and still don't develop, seek supervision/coach/whatever, someone who can give you guidance that is suited for where you are in the process. And remember, hard work is not about burning yourself out with too many hours a day. It's about putting in a regular amount of work over a looong period of time (we're talking years).
I dont get his paintings, I mean all I have seen are sketches of Jugs, I mean does he do anything else if so good. Fed up of these intelectually stimulating blank canvas. I am just old fashioned love Yeats, M angelo, El Greco those guys.
when inspiration is lacking, I just work through it. the worst thing that happens is I get a bad painting, big deal, no one outside the studio has to see it.
I'm only at about 8300 hours, I'd better get back to work!
@killerbandit this is not a rule of thumb, theres a exceptions to this "rule" and theres been plenty! in saying that i dont think malcolm gladwell has told us anything new, we all know that engaging in an activity for over 10 years will make you in expert in most fields
just slap that paint down
daniel246 1 week ago
i have 20.000 hours of fap fap fap fap so... where's the money
spitfirelmd 2 weeks ago 4
@spitfirelmd high five for that comment!.... Eeeeeuw sticky hands lol
wederwoord 2 hours ago
10,000 + hours of work = Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jordan, Your hidden Potential!!!!!!!!!!!
Balla4life3 2 weeks ago
"He told me to work." - Lou Reed
1001orpheus 1 month ago
If there is one thing I have found it is that all skill based work comes from time invested and very little other factors. Sure, some people have this edge or that edge from genetics or what have you but for the most part, if you pour in more hours than some other dude, you will be better.
julian1000 2 months ago
Great video, I have just a pinch of artistic talent and I get these spurts where I will work on it, but to be honest a lot of the time I don't develop my talent. Great to hear that someone else successful has had problems with it, lol. Great video though
research1982 3 months ago
motivation varies greatly between people, artsists included....
movadoband 3 months ago
What a pile of cunt.
ALIYASEXYGIRLNUMBER1 4 months ago
if Tim Roth had went to art school...
Frenchkissist 5 months ago
Awesome advice
Veninja 5 months ago
true dat
edrepard 5 months ago
I have met him ... he is a nice guy. But so you know, he owes a lot of his success to his best mate ... Bono. He has had a rough time in the 80's and he got to lucky to have Bono to help him out.
valerie16000 6 months ago
Great video, I agree 100 percent, but unfortunately there are some Artists who can not afford the luxury of being in a studio all day every day, no matter how much we want too. maybe we got to work to for the bread and butter, kids etc. But yes if one can afford themselves the luxury of it, go for it. Guggi definitely has the right idea. very well said with no bs , very positive and inspirational :)
SuperCathy1978 7 months ago
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SuperCathy1978 7 months ago
what's with the Golem haircut?
mudprimitive 9 months ago
its fascinating how there is so much rich emotion produced through the pursuit and act of creativity.
ge1org1e 1 year ago 2
The only flaw in his discussion regards discipline. Discipline connotes maintaining a persistence when confronting difficulty. If you love what you do, it requires no discpline. You have the desire to be engaged in it. If the work is difficult, then it is an exciting challenge, not hardship.
DoctorLawyerWhatever 1 year ago
@DoctorLawyerWhatever I'd partially disagree. Sometimes you have to be your own worst enemy - especially if what you're doing is important AND impossible.
RatPfink66 4 months ago
@RatPfink66 I read DoctorLawyerWhatever's comment, which is brilliant in its clarity, and upon reading your reply, I must say I don't have the slightest clue as to what you're talking about. If what you're doing can be done, then it is not impossible. If you don't believe that what you're doing is important, then you shouldn't be doing it. If you would care to express whatever you intended another way, fine. But as it stands it simply makes no sense.
JeffersonDinedAlone 4 months ago
@DoctorLawyerWhatever
Creating something requires discipline.. Watching movies or series I could do that all day long
bboybram 4 months ago
Guggi has done more for gay community and the artist community in Ireland than even David Norris. That is saying something.
Guggi - you are an inspiration.
Pink and proud!
CHECKMYHARDCOCK 1 year ago
this guy has the right idea!
shitdog1234 1 year ago
WOW, he works/paints for 12 hrs per day... doing that every day, he must create truck loads of paintings? Talk about a lifestyle!
Chuichupachichi 1 year ago
WTF ?????????????????
MrAssbaron 1 year ago
Guggi's the real deal. No BS "artistry" with this cat.
SmoothJazz98 1 year ago
NEVER heard of the guy till now, and i like what he has to say, go guggi!
lonely71 1 year ago 2
Love this!!!
kyotoqt 1 year ago
this is some of the best advice i've ever received
johnstantine 1 year ago
beautiful insight and advise... bravo maestro, all the best to you
densix 1 year ago
I feel like sometimes hard work doesn't pay off though. I've worked at hard at things and still failed. Maybe I'm just dumb; that could very well be it. Blah.
bapsy078 1 year ago
@bapsy078 It don't believe that. It don't know what your field is, but if you work hard on something and still don't develop, seek supervision/coach/whatever, someone who can give you guidance that is suited for where you are in the process. And remember, hard work is not about burning yourself out with too many hours a day. It's about putting in a regular amount of work over a looong period of time (we're talking years).
KreamKat 1 year ago
haha...we cant generalize everything he says..an artist lifestyle is different.
he said that he works hard...but then waking up at 11 in the morning and going into the studio by noon is not what would be expected in most careers.
dadada75 2 years ago
@dadada75 It's not about when you start, it's about how many hours you put into it.
KreamKat 1 year ago
I dont get his paintings, I mean all I have seen are sketches of Jugs, I mean does he do anything else if so good. Fed up of these intelectually stimulating blank canvas. I am just old fashioned love Yeats, M angelo, El Greco those guys.
Den22theCoat 2 years ago
One of my friends has a great little quote:
a groove and a rut are the same thing.
when inspiration is lacking, I just work through it. the worst thing that happens is I get a bad painting, big deal, no one outside the studio has to see it.
I'm only at about 8300 hours, I'd better get back to work!
theheadlessrabbit 2 years ago
One of the primary factors in become talented at anything is putting in your 10,000 hours.
killerbandit 2 years ago 42
@killerbandit Well said!
jonjon1333 1 year ago
@killerbandit :DDD
Tyannalyn 3 months ago
Killerbandit, yes, but it's not that simple. Malcolm Gladwell also said it has to be 10,000 hours of doing something that is cognitively challenging.
AppleSouffle 2 months ago
@killerbandit this is not a rule of thumb, theres a exceptions to this "rule" and theres been plenty! in saying that i dont think malcolm gladwell has told us anything new, we all know that engaging in an activity for over 10 years will make you in expert in most fields
hekoka 3 weeks ago