009. Three Lessons From PT Barnum
From Get On With It by Tom Elliott - Focused Creative
April 28, 2026 · Episode 1
About this episode
Tom Elliott shares three lessons from PT Barnum to inspire creative freelancers to take action on their ambitions.
Creative Freelancers often lack the focus, the confidence and the connections required, to take action on their greatest of ambitions. Yet waiting for a publisher, producer or director to take the reigns, is simply wasting valuable time and resources. Founder of the Focused Creative Community, Tom Elliott, believes we can, and should, simply 'Get on with it'. In this podcast, Tom shares three lessons from the greatest showman, PT Barnum. The Greatest Showman is Tom's all time favourite film and there's so much for Creative's to take away from it. Don't let your creative ambitions go to waste. Act now.
People in this episode
Host: Tom Elliott
Topics covered
- creative freelancing
- focus
- confidence
- connections
- PT Barnum
- ambition
Keywords
- creative freelancers
- PT Barnum
- The Greatest Showman
- ambition
- focus
- confidence
- connections
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Greatest Showman
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