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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:

Developing a Tolerance for Risk and Failure with Billy Murphy Sep 03, 2014

Show notes

Billy started his first job after college, soon realizing this typical path wasn’t for him. Instead, he began a career as a professional poker player, eventually scaling it into a successful multi-entity business and founded Forever Jobless. He shares with us what poker has taught him about risk, failure, and standing out.

In this episode, hear:

Developing a tolerance for risk, failure, and loss
How do you bounce back from failures?
Are you born with the ability to move forward in the face of failure?
Making the shift from long-term mindset if you’ve had a short-term mindset
Working hard now to pave the easier road later
How Billy used long-form content to stand out amongst the noise

Resources:

“The riskiest play is not taking the risk.” – Billy Murphy

“When you fill a gap in the market, that’s when the successes are born.” – Billy Murphy

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Overcoming the Loss of a Child Part-2 With Lisa DeLong Sep 01, 2014

Show notes

In the conclusion of our two-part interview with Lisa, we go deeper into her life after losing her son and how that has taught her how to live with sorrow and joy equally.

In this episode, hear about:

Using a mantra to navigate difficult times of fear
Raising a healthy-minded child through terminal sickness
Why we should listen to others without reaction
Making sense of bad things happening
Navigating pain and uncertainty over an extended period of time
Embrace joy
THere's' more to life experience than what we see in front of us
LIsa had a mantra that helped her navigate her most difficult times of fea
The purpose of your personality and how we can use it to learn from each other
Self judgment and scrutiny can be a weight to bear in your lifetime
Raising a healthy minded child through terminal sickness
Why we should listen without reaction
How can we learn from sick children?
LIve as fully as they can live in the moment with whatever energy they have
HOw do you live with curiosity and urgency when you're not dying?
I can have sorrow and joy equally, at the same time.
Making sense of bad things happening

We're really good at trying to be like everyone else and feeling a need to conform, and when we get to that point in our life where we're free and so full of love that we can be our authentic self without being afraid, that is unmistakable. – Lisa DeLong

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Overcoming the Loss of a Child Part-1 With Lisa DeLong Aug 27, 2014

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In this special two-part episode, Lisa shares her grief in coping with the loss of a child, followed by navigating the sickness of another child, and her journey from religion to an unexpected shift in spirituality.

Resources:

“Life, even with all of its tragedies, is not something we have to suffer through, but rather experience…and learn what it is to be human at every level.” – Lisa Solis DeLong

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Rewriting our Narratives of Brokenness with Esme Wang Aug 25, 2014

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Esme shares her courageous journey of writing her way through struggles bipolar, Cotards Delusion, and a medication-resistant form of schizophrenia, and how we can shift our own narratives of brokenness through our own creative expressions.

Episode highlights:

How do we develop a sense of self without achievement?
How looking at others differently helps us heal ourselves.
Reading and playing with others voices to develop your own.
Writing our way through our own stories to create a different ending.

Resources:

– Esme's Web Site 

– HardwiringHappiness by Rick Hanson

What if you take that narrative [of brokenness] that you've been using for a really long time and then you do a new one? And what happens when you start to wear that groove into your brain…and into your life? – Esme Wang

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Think Better and Live Longer With Ben Greenfield Aug 20, 2014

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In this episode, Ben shares how he uses bio-feedback, specific practices, and supplements to think better and perform optimally.

Episode Highlights:

Homeschooling, and how to cultivate creativity in an indoctrinated system.
How to use bio feedback, cold showers, and specialized breathing to increase our instinctual emotional response.
How to train our stress response.
Using health and fitness to think better.
Brain inflammation: What causes it and what helps it.
Smart drugs for optimal thinking.

Resources mentioned:

“Big difference between reading what someone wrote on a blog who has never spent the time in a gym vs someone who has spent time in the trenches.” – Ben Greenfield

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The House for All Saints and Sinners With Nadia Bolz Weber Aug 13, 2014

Show notes

Her frustrations with organized religion caused Nadia to create the kind of church that she wanted to attend. What started out as a living room congregation, eventually grew into the House for All Sinners and Saints.

In this episode, hear:

How and why Nadia started the House for All Sinners and Saints
Her experience being raised as a fundamentalist Christian
Dealing in an environment where you don’t fit in
The dissonance between what we’re told and what we experience
Choices we have in response to the circumstances of our lives
Nadia’s deep commitment to being as honest as she can
The power of vulnerability and telling the truths about yourself
A recurring experience of death and resurrection
Why we don’t learn and grow when life is free of problems
Learning how not to judge our suffering and how to release it
How to have authority in a community full of people suspicious of authority
The freedom in not being an idealist when it comes to humans
Personal transformations that have occurred within the House for All Sinners and Saints

Nadia Bolz-Weber is a Lutheran minister who founded and is the pastor at the House for All Sinners and Saints, a mission congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Denver, Colorado.

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Taking Epic Journeys into the Unknown with Chris Plough Aug 11, 2014

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An epic journey of driving an ambulance from the UK to Mongolia became a turning point in Chris Plough's life. When he returned to the United States, he realized that he could not return to the life he was living before.

In this episode, hear about:

Chris' year of incredible highs and incredible lows
The loss of his two parents at the same time
What happens when your company starts to become your identity
Leveraging adventure as an escape into the unknown
Driving an ambulance from UK to Mongolia
Chris’ realization that he couldn’t go back to the life he had before
Dealing with grief in a way that doesn’t completely consume you
Learning to unlink cause and effect in a way that serves us
The inflection points in life that lead us in a different direction
Living according to your own definition of success
What happens when we equate dollar value to happiness
Making sure you know when you’ve hit the point of success
Riding a rickshaw 3000 miles across India
A life changing motorcycle ride across Siberia
The moments that reinvigorate our hopes for humanity
How endurance adventures give us perspective

Chris Plough is an adventurer, entrepreneur and storyteller who has launched companies, survived sketchy adventures, and met incredible people.

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How The World Sees You at Your Best with Sally Hogshead Aug 06, 2014

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Join us on Unmistakable Creative for an enlightening conversation with Sally Hogshead, a Hall of Fame speaker, best-selling author, and leading expert on branding and fascination. In this episode, Hogshead shares her insights on how the world sees you at your best and how to apply it to every aspect of your life.

Discover the importance of finding work that truly speaks to you and learn how to come up with the perfect words that describe a brand or product. Hogshead discusses why certain people and brands fascinate while others don’t and how wellspring and quicksand tasks impact your work.

She also delves into the concept of becoming a high performer in the areas which you are suited to achieve and why you’re adding value or taking up space when you’re communicating. Don't miss this episode to learn from one of the most influential voices in personal branding and gain insights that could transform your life and career.

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Taking Action in the Absence of Clarity with Jason Gaignard Aug 04, 2014

Show notes

Jayson Gaignaird created an online product business to over 6 million dollars a year. Like many entrepreneurs, he built his business at the expense of his health. Eventually, he realized that money and happiness scale differently, and decided to focus on doing work that lit him up.

Growing an online product business to 6 million dollars a year
Looking at success through Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Why money and happiness scale very differently
How Jason navigated the challenges of 250,000 dollars in debt
The start of the Mastermind Dinner series
The large financial commitment that put Jayson’s back against the wall
Finding the things that cause you to lose track of time
The perfect day exercise to help you identify your ideal life
Building your business off of what you want your perfect day to look like
Why we must take action in the absence of clarity
Setting up your day in order to gather small wins
The space between stimulus and response that can determine our freedom
Why Jayson doesn’t focus his efforts on building connections with big names
The ROI of going to higher priced events with influential people
Identifying our greatest fears and worst case scenarios
Why Jayson’s core goal is to put 100 amazing people in a room
The mind necessary to take on a very big goal
The power of surrounding yourself with the high caliber individuals
Viewing everything through the lens of incredible experiences

Jayson Gaignaird is the founder talent scout of Mastermind Talks and the host of the #1 Rated Business Podcast, The Early to Rise Podcast. He spends his days sharing value, inspiration, resources, and ideas with fellow entrepreneurs.

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25 Journeys of 1000+ Miles via Non-Motorized Transport with Dave Cornthwaite Jul 30, 2014

Show notes

Dave Cornthwaite reached a low point at the age of 25; he was completely dissatisfied with his life. Traveling via skateboard changed his view of the town he lived in, and eventually led to Expedition 1000, a mission to take 25 different journeys of 1000 miles or more using a form of non-motorized transport.

Achieving surface level success at the age of 25
A moment when Dave was less than inspired by himself
Why a snowboarding trip altered Dave’s trajectory
How skateboarding changed Dave’s perception of the town he lived in
Why getting too comfortable kills your ambition
The importance of getting off the grid and taking micro-adventures
Making your first big decision to take a leap of faith
Why improving ourselves endlessly is the key to growth
Finding the things that satisfy us, creatively and futuristically
Looking at life for what it could be, as opposed to what it is now
Skateboarding nearly 5000 miles across Australia
The advantages of working a job that you absolutely hate
Finding the thing that is totally unique to you
Why the only thing we control is how we spend our time
Dealing with the moments when you doubt yourself and your capabilities
The physical challenges that increased Dave’s mental prowess
Developing your personal yes muscle with daily activities
What causes Dave to turn down significant amounts of money

Dave Cornthwaite has built a career around his passions. He is a keynote speaker, author, and motivator, instilling his yes-oriented philosophy into his audience. He has contributed to the sprouting of many international adventures and strongly advocates for bettering the world through less consumption and more happiness.

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