Louis Henry Mitchell overcame tremendous odds and achieved his career dreams, surpassing them for an even greater mission toward encouraging others to fulfill their own calling. Taking lessons and practices from his own life, Louis provides encouragement and guidance to creative people from all walks of life. From writers to poets, sculptors to graphic designers, dancers to puppeteers, creative people are similar in many ways, most notably in the struggle with self-doubt, how to keep going, and how to stay energized and enthusiastic about what they create. This presentation will show how Louis learned that in the pursuit of creativity and life, itself, “Naysayers do not get a vote.