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The Secret to Getting Unstuck Sep 28, 2020

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Here's the secret to getting out of a rut, to getting unstuck and breaking through that wall: Make. More. Stuff.

No matter what's blocking you creatively, your best bet is always to just turn up the volume. MAKE. Can't make something good? Make something bad. Make something ugly. Make something crazy doesn't make sense.

It doesn't matter what you make, only that you're taking action. Remember, you can't think your way out of a rut. You must do. Only through creating can you find clarity on what you actually need to do. Consider this episode a little friendly reminder to make more stuff.

Enjoy!

Today's episode is brought to you by CreativeLive. CreativeLive is the world's largest hub for online creative education in photo/video, art/design, music/audio, craft/maker and the ability to make a living in any of those disciplines. They are high quality, highly curated classes taught by the world's top experts -- Pulitzer, Oscar, Grammy Award winners, New York Times best selling authors and the best entrepreneurs of our times.

Luvvie Ajayi Jones: Truth, Fear, and How to Do Better Sep 23, 2020

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Luvvie Ajayi Jones is a New York Times bestselling author, podcast host and an incredible speaker. She sits at this amazing intersection of comedy, justice and what she calls, professional troublemaking.

Speaking of professional troublemaking, this episode Luvvie brings so much clarity around finding our voice, being intentional in our actions, and being unapologetically ourselves. Luvvie starts us at her journey through writing. What started as a fledging side project she worked on in her free time became a 17-year (and still counting) blog, AwesomelyLuvvie.com.

We learn how she grew her community, knew when to transition to writing full time, and sharing her voice on stages, podcasts, books while staying true to herself.

Of course we also talk about her critically acclaimed book I'M JUDGING YOU: The Do-Better Manual and she gives us a little a sneak peek into her upcoming new book, the Fear-Fighter Manual.

Enjoy!

Learn to Rest Sep 21, 2020

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A creative life is built through consistency, not by lurching from one outsized explosion of effort to the next. If you're feeling a bit burned out, overworked, or even a little stuck, rest can work wonders.

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Finding Resilience & Possibility with Guy Raz Sep 16, 2020

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Today's episode is another doozy. Guy Raz is the creator and host of so many popular podcasts including How I Built This, Rewind, Wisdom from the Top, TED Radio Hour, and the children's program Wow in the World. Or you may have heard him on the radio as the host of the breakout NPR Radio show, All Things Considered.

A journalist by trade, Guy has received the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize, the National Headliner Award, and the NABJ Award, among many others.

Now he's out with a book by the same name as his podcast, How I Built This, where he has curated some of the best, most powerful and popular advice from many of the world's top creators and entrepreneurs.

In this episode we dive into:

What he has learned through having conversations with many of the world's top creators and entrepreneurs to his own personal story.
How to find and cultivate what you love to do
The power of listening
Though we are wired to avoid it, if we want a life of meaning, risk is required
and so much more...

Enjoy!

Your Job Is More Than Your Job Description Sep 15, 2020

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Your most remarkable work won't simply be your craft. I promise you. When you're at the end of your career looking back, your best stuff will be on the fringe of your craft that makes your favorite projects feel whole…feel different…feel interesting and unique to you.

In this episode, we explore why our craft is foundational and necessary, yet the richest fruit of our labor actually exists beyond it.

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Peter H. Diamandis: The Future is Faster Than You Think Sep 09, 2020

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Peter H. Diamandis, MD has started over 20 companies in the areas of longevity, space, venture capital and education. Inspired by the great storytellers of science fiction who imagined a world as it could be, Peter set his sights on making bold ideas into reality.

Recently named by Fortune as one of the "World's 50 Greatest Leaders," Peter H. Diamandis believes there is nothing we cannot do. He is a New York Times Bestselling author of two books: Abundance – The Future Is Better Than You Think and BOLD – How to go Big, Create Wealth & Impact the World. His latest book, The Future is Faster Than You Think explores how today's accelerating technologies are transforming our lives.

In our conversation, we explore:

Mindset is everything. It differentiates success from failure, helps us navigate ups and downs, and ultimately how we see the world.
Tackling big and bold ideas requires real passion. Peter shares his insights on finding our creative calling.
Every problem can be solved with the right mindset, technology, and capitol. So the question isn't whether it can be solved, but how.

The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself, says Peter.

So let's dive in. Enjoy!

Stop Glamorizing Busy Sep 07, 2020

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower often said that what is important is rarely urgent and what is urgent is rarely important.

I've found that the most badass people I know, the ones who are the best in the world at their craft, are rarely busy in the way we've been taught to think of it. Being busy is a disease, a terminal one. It destroys your precious time. Being effective is about using every minute thoughtfully and mindfully as you make steady progress toward your dream. The biggest surprise to me has been that those people, those creators who are so deliberate and planned in the way they work, are also incredibly joyful and playful while they work. Planning and play aren't opposites; they complement each other beautifully.

Food for thought. Enjoy!

Nabil Ayers: Music , Writing, and A Time for Change Sep 02, 2020

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I'm excited to share my conversation with my dear friend Nabil Ayers. He's a multi-talented hyphenate who opened one of Seattle's iconic record stores, Sonic Boom at age 25.

As both an executive and an artist who began his career as a musician Ayers has performed on several albums on both independent and major labels.

Today, Nabil is the US General Manager of Beggars Group label 4AD where he has run campaigns for The National (GRAMMY award winner in 2018), Big Thief (GRAMMY award nominee in 2020), Grimes, Future Islands and St. Vincent as well as reissue campaigns including Pixies' album Doolittle which was certified Platinum in 2019. In both 2019 and 2020, Ayers was named one of Billboard magazine's "Indie Power Players."

In this episode, we explore Nabil's interesting career from musician, to entrepreneur and music executive, and now writer. Nabil's recent writing about race and music has been published in The New York Times, NPR and GQ and he will publish his memoir with Viking Books in 2021.

Enjoy!

Stress Is Optional with Cynthia Ackrill Aug 31, 2020

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Ever feel stressed?

It's a question that almost is absurd. So much of our human experience involves stress and anxiety these days. It is further compounded by the fact that our brain is wired to respond to it. Adrenaline. Cortisol. Fight or flight... If a bear is chasing us, helpful. If you're reading the news? Not so much.

Enter Dr. Cynthia Ackrill. She's a physician, a stress expert, and leadership coach and she is on a mission to keep dis-stress from eroding focus, creativity, health, success, and relationships.

Today's episode is a couple of my favorite segments from her CreativeLive class on stress. But this is just a tip of the iceberg. Her class is a deep dive of how panic, anxiety, and stress can stand in the way of the life we want. The good news? We can stop the cycle.

Enjoy!

Photographing History with Pete Souza Aug 26, 2020

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One of the things I love about photography is it's a universal language. You can look at an image intuitively feel the power and the emotion, regardless of age, race, gender, social/economic status, geography, even time.

Pete Souza is such a critical creator in not just the arc of the United States of America and world politics, but as a guy out there doing what he loves, chasing his passion and hoping to tell a story and represent history in a powerful and profound way.

He's done cover stories for Nat Geo, LIFE magazine, Fortune, Newsweek, and was one of the Chicago Tribune staff back in 2001. Most notably he was the official photographer of President Ronald Reagan, and then the Chief Official White House Photographer for President Barack Obama, where he made some of the most iconic pictures in the last 20 years.

His book, "Obama: An Intimate Portrait," was published by Little, Brown & Company in 2017, and debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. It is one of the best-selling photography books of all time. His latest book, "Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents," also debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list in October 2018.

This conversation has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with storytelling, pursuing dreams, and the road to get there, whatever your dreams might be.

Enjoy!

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