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The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Timeless Practical Wisdom For Living a Meaningful Life

Inspiring stories and practical advice from creatives, entrepreneurs, change-makers, misfits, and rebels to help you become successful on your own terms

Our listeners say, “If TEDTalks met Oprah you’d have the Unmistakable Creative.” Eliminate the feeling of being stuck in your life, blocked in your creativity, and discover higher levels of meaning and purpose in your life and career. Listen to deeply personal, insightful, and thought-provoking stories from the world’s leading thinkers and doers including best-selling authors, artists, peak performance psychologists, happiness researchers, entrepreneurs, startup founders, artists, venture capitalists, and even former bank robbers. Former guests have included Tim Ferriss, Seth Godin, Justine Musk, Scott Adams, Rob Bell, David Heinemeier Hansson, Elle Luna, Jordan Harbinger Brett Mckay, and Simon Sinek.

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Latest Episodes:

The Business of Spreading Ideas with Al Pittampalli Feb 09, 2015

Show notes

Al Pitampalli’s frustration with endless meetings and other things that don’t seem to have a purpose led to what he calls a meetings revolution. In this episode we discuss his experience as one of Seth Godin’s first alternative MBA students, publishing a book with the domino project and why we must learn to become persuadable…that’s right not persuasive, but persuadable, and how this enables us to spread ideas.

The importance of continually asking why
Learning to explore our hidden assumptions
The power of thinking backwards
Why certain ideas are inherently spreadable
The meetings epidemic in organizational culture
Advantages of becoming more persuadable
Dissecting and understanding our models of the world

Quotes

When you want to change the world, the most dangerous thing can do is being unpersuadable

Resources

Al Pittampalli is founder of The Modern Meeting Company, a group that helps organizations transform meetings, make decisions, and coordinate complex teams

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Drawing to Make Sense of the World with Dave Gray Feb 04, 2015

Show notes

In this episode, Dave Gray discusses his journey from the world of traditional journalism to helping large organizations clarify, communicate and achieve their goals. We also discuss how you can use drawing to make sense of the world and solve our own problems.

Overcoming the starving artist objection
Doing work that is truly aligned with who you are
Finding a question that drives all your work
Why people lose sight of their calling
How the school system creates a lack of alignment
Cultivating a capacity to overcome fear
Showing your work when it’s not perfect
Having a deep understanding of the materials you are working with
Why drawing gives us a way to see if something is possible
The importance of visual literacy
Using an emotional impression to make something unmistakable

Resources

The Instigator's Compass

Quotes

Money isn’t a goal. It’s a byproduct of you providing value and services for people.

Dave Gray helps large organizations solve complex problems related to culture, innovation and change.

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The Power of Visual Note Taking with Mike Rohde Feb 02, 2015

Show notes

Mike Rohde found himself incredibly frustrated with his note taking efforts. Instead of trying to capture all of the information he was hearing ,he decided focus on capturing only those things that were most meaningful to him, and add visual elements to his notes. The result was sketch noting.

Tapping into your desire to see something exist in the world
The intersection of community and creativity
How to create your very own logbook
Embracing an experimental mindset
Bringing constraints into your work in order to produce your best work
Why moving from digital to analog forces your mind to slow down
Developing your capacity to capture and observe
Focusing on the most meaningful information in content you consume

Resources

The Sketchnote Handbook

The Sketchnote Workbook

Sketchbook School

Creating a Logbook

Presentation Zen

The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future

The Five Minute Journal

Quotes

A lot of times having limitations allows you to be creative in different ways

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Designing Your Environment For Optimal Performance and Creativity with Jim Bunch Jan 28, 2015

Show notes

In this episode of the show we speak with entrepreneur and coach Jim Bunch about rapid transformation, why will power fails to change the behavior of 96% of people and, how you can design your environment for optimal performance and and creativity.

Why transformation has been the glue that held together Jim’s businesses
The importance of having a bigger brighter vision for the future
A Look at why willpower fails to change the behavior of 96% of people
How every environment we’re in inspires or expires us
Designing your environments so that they express your values
Shifting the focus of your efforts from yourself to what you can contribute to the world
The 3 foundational components that influence of our success
Using environments to create the behavior you want to cultivate

People and Resources Mentioned

Tony Robbins Personal Power II Program

Conversations with God

The Yourturn Challenge

The 90-day Challenge

Quotes

Simplicity succeeds. Complexity kills.

Your mind is your most valuable asset especially when it comes happiness health and wealth.

Most entrepreneurs don’t go financially bankrupt first, they go emotionally bankrupt first.

Jim Bunch is the founder of The Ultimate Game of Life and has been a leader in the coaching and personal transformation industry for over 20 Years. Also referred to as “The Ultimate Life Entrepreneur,” Jim has coached and mentored some of the world top business and thought leaders. You can follow him on twitter @itsjimbunch

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How to Steal Like an Artist with Austin Kleon Jan 26, 2015

Show notes

Join us on Unmistakable Creative for an inspiring conversation with Austin Kleon, a New York Times bestselling author known for his unique approach to creativity in the digital age. In this episode, Kleon shares his journey from a child who never stopped drawing to a bestselling author of books like 'Steal Like an Artist,' 'Show Your Work,' and 'Newspaper Blackouts.'

Discover how scheduling time to create can fuel a body of work and why Kleon found his best work after leaving school. Learn about the dance that all artists deal with when they have an audience and how to grow your audience while maintaining the integrity of your work.

Kleon also discusses why excessive self-awareness stifles our creativity and the importance of actively seeking influence and input for your work. Don't miss Kleon's unique definition of creativity and his belief that creativity is about combining two things that nobody thought of putting together.

Tune in to this episode to learn from one of the most influential voices in creativity today and gain insights that could transform your creative process.

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The Journey of a Y Combinator Startup Founder with Mattan Griffel Jan 21, 2015

Show notes

As an NYU undergraduate, Mattan Griffel had aspirations for a career in finance. But getting rejected from over 100 jobs he applied drastically altered the course of his career ultimately leading to the launch of the Ycombinator startup One Month.

Separating your self worth from experiencing rejection
Using self education and online learning to accelerate your career path
Why we have to make our own ideas happen
How a series of blog posts turned into an online class with over 2000 registrants
The problem with experts and the internalization of knowledge
Cultivating the ability to see opportunity when you hit roadblocks
Designing your life around serendipity
A framework for accelerated learning that you can apply to any new skill
A look inside the Ycombinator experience

Quotes

Once something is actually useful to you, you’re much more interested in learning it

Resources

General Assembly

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The Art of Producing Reality TV with Jerry Kolber Jan 19, 2015

Show notes

In this episode of the podcast, we speak with reality television producer about Jerry Kolber about his work on shows like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, National Geographic documentaries and Brain Games. We also talk about why the story you’re telling is so essential to any creative project you’re working on.

Inside the NYU Ecosystem of Creative Professionals
Using a meditation practice for career guidance
A creative framework for working with limited resources
Dealing with significant career failures
Learning to Separate Your Identity from Your Work
Why you have to connect to people to find opportunities
The Reason Story Is So Essential to Your Creative Process
Inside the reality television production process
Why we always have some version of the creative struggle

Quotes

The nature of the universe is honest good work gets recognized

Jerry is a writer, producer, and Buddhist. Projects include Queer Eye, Inked, National Geographic documentaries, and more.

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The Making of Macgyver With Lee Zlotoff Jan 14, 2015

Show notes

In this episode of the podcast we speak with Macgyer creator Lee Zlotoff about the making of his hit TV show which has remained on their air across the world for 30 years, and using what he calls the Macgyver methodd to engage the enormous capabilities of your subconscious mind to bear on effective problem solving.

The 3 key elements that have caused Macgyver to be on the air for 30 years
Creating global resonance and timelessness in your work
Why this could be a critical century to the future of humanity
Learning to solve our problems with humor and humility
A transmedia approach to creativity and creation
Why the average college student will change careers 5 times Applying the macgyver method for prolific creative output
Removing the stress of creative production by using our subconscious
Why you shouldn’t waste time worrying about how you’re going to get there
Inside the problem solving mechanisms of the subconscious mind
Using incubation activities to keep your conscious mind fro thinking about problem

Quotes

If there’s something you want to do in the entertainment business just start doing it.

The ability to reach millions of people is now in the hands of the individual.

Resources

The Macgyver Foundation

Macgyver Global

Lee David Zlotoff is an award-winning writer, producer and director of film and television. Among his more than one hundred hours of film and television credits, he was the creator/writer of the hit series “MacGyver” as well as the writer/director of the indie hit film “Spitfire Grill” which won the coveted Audience Award at the Sundance film festival, and which has also gone on to become a successful musical.

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From Business School to Broadway Producer with Vivek Tiwary Jan 12, 2015

Show notes

In this episode of the podcast, we speak with Vivak Tiwary about his journey from business school to producing Broadway musicals and working with artists like Greenday, Alanis Morisette and many others.

Highlights

The cultural conflict of doing what you love versus doing what’s practical
Why unorthodox paths are inherently difficult
How Vivek used Brian Epstein’s life story to serve as a mentor for his career
A look at the Broadway production of Greenday’s American Idiot
Making the choices that allow for a profitable expression of art and commerce.
How technology changes the entire creative process
Lessons in creativity from the production of a Broadway Musical

Quotes

If your dream’s are unorthodox be prepared to work your ass off.

Resources

The Fifth Beatle

Vivek’s TEDX talk

Tiwary Entertainment Group

Vivek J. Tiwary is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer, and the founder of multi-platform arts and entertainment company Tiwary Entertainment Group.

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A Mission to Become Insanely Productive with Andrew Filev Jan 07, 2015

Show notes

In this episode of the show we speak with Wrike founder and CEO Andrew Filev about his mission to become insanely productive.

Highlights

Cultural influences of a post-Soviet world
Building perseverance and becoming resourceful
Why time is our most precious resource
Recognizing the magic moments in your life
The difference between your work managing you and you managing your work
Developing a system to drastically change your results
Using small wins to get to a really big goal
Combining things from different worlds to make something Unmistakable

As the founder and CEO of Wrike, Andrew Filev is the visionary behind the unique social project management mix that has become an irreplaceable collaboration solution for thousands of customers. As a successful software entrepreneur and experienced project manager, Andrew not only oversees the company's business strategy, but passionately leads the product management.

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