Christoph Niemann: How to Overcome the 3 Fears Every Creative Faces
In this talk, illustrator Christoph Niemann shares his three biggest fears: the fear of not being good enough, the fear that our work will be irrelevant, and the fear of running out of ideas. Each of these cripple our process in different ways, but as Niemann explains (complete with hilarious illustrations), there are solutions we can apply to each.
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About Christoph
Christoph Niemann was born in 1970 in Waiblingen, Germany. He is an Illustrator, graphic designer, and has collaborated in the making of several books including children's books. His work has appeared on the covers of several important magazines such as WIRED, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine. Christoph has won awards from AIGA, the Art Directors Club and The Lead Awards.
Niemann is the author of Abstract City. His latest project is an interactive, animated app called Petting Zoo. He was inducted into the Art Directors Club Hall Of Fame in 2010. His artworks have been subject to numerous exhibitions. His most recent one was at Gallery Max Hetzler in Berlin.
He has drawn live from the Venice Art Biennale, the Olympic Games in London, the 2012 Republican Convention, and he has drawn the New York City Marathon, while actually running in it. For his column he draws and writes essays about politics, the economy, art, and modern life.

































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Donald Sadoway
Jane McGonigal
Jorge Soto
Alice Bows-Larkin
Topher White
Chris Milk
Yves Behar
Caleb Chung
Nilofer Merchant
Shawn Achor
Astro Teller
Adam Grant
Tim Harford
Jason Fried
Arianna Huffington
David Logan
Roselinde Torres
Paola Antonelli
Alex Blumberg
Rochelle King
Anil Dash
Rob Forbes
Christoph Niemann
Kelly McGonigal
Joanne Wilson
Oliver Burkeman
Aaron Dignan
Tony Buzan
Tom Chatfield
John Armstrong
John-Paul Flintoff

Mitchell Besser

Ron Gutman

Donald Sadoway

Jane McGonigal

Jorge Soto

Alice Bows-Larkin

Topher White

Chris Milk

Yves Behar

Caleb Chung

Nilofer Merchant

Shawn Achor

Astro Teller

Adam Grant

Tim Harford

Jason Fried

Arianna Huffington

David Logan

Roselinde Torres

Paola Antonelli

Alex Blumberg

Rochelle King

Anil Dash

Rob Forbes

Christoph Niemann

Kelly McGonigal

Joanne Wilson

Oliver Burkeman

Aaron Dignan

Tony Buzan

Tom Chatfield

John Armstrong

John-Paul Flintoff