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The moment she discovered remote work, she was all-in. Andrew’s in the heart of Cape Town this week to explore creative freedom with remote content pro, Carla Dewing. It's mind-blowing stuff!
Hey, Welcome Back!
Do you let yourself get swept up in uninspiring work?
The world wants you to believe that remote work kills creativity.
But the opposite is true.
As a creator you need constant learning, stimulating challenges and focused time to excel. The kind you find most easily when working – uninterrupted - online.
⛓️ For creatives, flexible work = freedom.
You can upskill on-demand, click a button and be exposed to the best work in any creative category - and create – when, how and wherever you like.
These are the sparks that ignite prolific creation.
No-one knows this better than Carla Dewing from Cape Town, South Africa.
Carla knew her most direct route to creative freedom was to escape the confines of office life. So, 15 years ago after a brief stint at a tech start-up – she went all-in on remote work.
🤩 And she’s never looked back.
It’s easy to stifle creativity or limp along fulfilling half of your creative potential. It’s work right? No-one really loves their work. If it’s good enough, it’s fine.
But is it?
Creating from an office:
🐥 Forces you to ‘learn small’ in specific ways with internal materials
🌱 Limits what you can do to test what is needed for creative hypergrowth
💡 Discounts the unique conditions individuals need to feel agile and productive
This week I’m in Cape Town at the Table Mountain Cableway to meet Carla, someone who has built her creative career on the back of remote freedom.
Working remotely helped her learn, create and experiment her way to success.
Without the confines of office bureaucracy holding her back, Carla was free to find the perfect conditions for a continuous storm of creative work.
🌬️ Earning international currency for faster financial security
💥 Choosing who to work with and which companies to create for
⚡️ Learning from incredible people at the top of their fields
In this interview, I embark on an inspiring journey to the southern tip of Africa, to discover how creative freedom led her to working with Crossover, in one of the continent's most eclectic tech hubs.
It’s been a wild ride!
It’s episode 58! I’m heading up Table Mountain – one of the natural wonders of the world - to talk about digital creation, AI and what it takes for a creative to succeed in an analytical space like the internet.
What possibilities lie at the intersection of creativity, technology & remote work?
This conversation is jam-packed with wisdom, laughter, and a few gusts of Cape Town's notorious wind.
If you’re curious about South African tech talent and the future of creating for the internet… this is the one to watch.
📽️ This Week on Episode 58:
🧲 Discover how Cape Town's unique blend of cultures and natural beauty makes it a magnet for remote workers seeking inspiration and community.
💻 Learn from a 15-year veteran about the transition from novelty to norm in the remote work world, and how to thrive in it.
🤖 Hear about AI not as a rival but as a creative partner, transforming the way you think about technology in your creative processes.
🦔 Peek into SEO’s exciting future where evolving tech promises to redefine how we connect and create for audiences worldwide.
⚠️ Get the inside scoop on the #1 biggest mistake content creators make and the counterintuitive superpower you should focus on instead.
Unleash your creative potential by dialing into remote freedom. Find people, places and projects that will fill you up – so that your best work can be realized.
Nelson Mandela once said:
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
🌈 Free yourself,
Andrew
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