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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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Redemption and Reinvention After a Life Sentence with Andy Dixon- Part 1 May 26, 2014

Show notes

Andy Dixon’s life has been anything but conventional. Born into a life of crime, he grew up imprinted with the notion that violence translated to love. In this amazing story, Andy talks about a journey of redemption and reinvention after a life sentence.

Coming from a long line of people who lived outside the law
An early vision of possibility in Andy’s life
How Andy wound up shooting somebody at age 12
Why the “nerds” in high school became friends with Andy
Returning to a life of crime after finishing high school
What it’s like to be $700,000 in debt as a criminal
What it’s like to be an unconditional taker and never give
The meeting with a spiritual leader that changed Andy’s prison time
A pivotal moment that caused Andy to let go of violence
The AIDS epidemic in the prison system
How the prison system takes advantage of the individuals in it
The marriage case that found its way to the Tennessee Supreme court
The generational issue that exists in the prison system
A look how we deal with maternal loss as children
The transformation from violence to nonviolence

Andy Dixon spent 27 years in Tennessee prisons, and has since committed himself to altering the generational conviction cycle, particularly with America’s youth. Through an open dialogue and open heart, he has changed the lives of hundreds, facilitating rehabilitation and hope rather than continued violence and sigma.

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The Difference Between Living in Your Head and Living in Your Heart with Nick Onken May 21, 2014

Show notes

Nick Onken’s journey began at crossroads of art and technology, with his work in desktop publishing and design. Upon discovering his passion for more hands-on means of expression, he eventually chose to take the entrepreneurial leap into digital photography.

How an early trip to Africa opened Nick’s eyes to photography
Why you should be constantly creating in order to improve your art
Nick’s signature point of view, found in his art of capturing moments
Reconnecting or reawakening your childhood dreams
The power of going back to analog methods of creation
The dangers of the digital trance and its impact on creativity
How design influences everything that we do in the world
The balance between living in the moment and capturing the moment
Learning to recognizing the moments when doors open in your life
The problem with looking at the world through formulas and rules
Why you should look at good work and curate what you’re attracted to
The challenges of marrying art and commerce
Brick walls, obstacles and plateaus of every creative journey
Developing a unique point of view by finding your personal joy and passion in the world
Listening to your intuition in order to find your creative resonance
Expanding your default to increase the field of your subconscious
Why your point of view and brand make you unmistakable

Nick Onken’s practice is based around unadulterated passion and creative resonance. Based out of New York City, and fueled by curiosity and inspiration, he travels the world to capture souls, stories and moments.

Resources and People Mentioned

The Crossroads of Should and Must by Elle Luna

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The Spiritual Path an Ex-Monk with Dandapani May 19, 2014

Show notes

Dandapani realized at the age of 4 that he wanted be a monk. He saw it as the most efficient path to enlightenment. But it wasn’t until completing an electrical engineering degree and finding his teacher that he joined a monastery, where he decided not to renew his vows after 10 years.

How Dandapani knew at the age of 4 he wanted to be a monk
A formative childhood experience that wouldn’t go away
Finding a deeper purpose and meaning in your life
Why spirituality needs a systematic approach
Discovering the deeper pursuit of your spiritual path
Dealing with the religious beliefs that contradict our own ideals
Why you must spend time with yourself in self reflection
How to build a meditation practice one minute a time
Why we have a finite amount of energy each day
Finding the teachers who were meant to be in your life
Our misperceptions of the people in the “monk business”
A Look at the daily life and routine of a monk
Why Dandapni decided not to renew his vows
The reintegration process that occurs after leaving a monastery

Dandapani is Hindu priest, speaker on self development and entrepreneur.

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Unmistakable Classic: The First 20 Hours of Learning Any New Skill with Josh Kaufmann May 16, 2014

Show notes

Josh Kauffman is a poster child for how to give yourself an education that kicks the crap out of the one you got in school. Instead of going to business school, he decided to create a Personal MBA. The result has been a book that sold over 130,000 copies, and an incredible journey. In this interview we get into the first 20 hours of learning any new skill.

What You Can Learn from the Marketing of Procter and Gamble
Insights into How You Can Conduct Consumer Research
The Importance of Rapid Experimentation in Your Early Days
The Advantages You Have Over Procter and Gamble
Translating Data and Insights into Something Actionable
Why You Should Tune Out What Other People Are Doing
The Power of Taking a Very Strong Stand on Things
Dissecting How to Give Yourself an MBA
An In-Depth Exploration of Self-Directed Learning
Deconstructing Things into Smaller Parts
The Growth and Many Iterations of the Personal MBA
The #1 Mistake You've Heard 1,000 Times
Seeds for What Resulted in the First 20 Hours
An In-Depth Look into Josh's Accelerated Learning Model

Josh Kaufman is the bestselling author of The First 20 Hours and The Personal MBA. His work helps people make more money, get more done, and have more fun. You can follow him on twitter @joshkaufman.

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Navigating the Challenges of a Nomadic Marriage with Betsy and Warren Talbot May 14, 2014

Show notes

A moment that shook them to the core caused Betsy and Warren Talbot to reevalute what was truly important in their marriage and their lives. They got rid of their belongings and decided to travel the world together. But the dream hasn't comes without unexpected challenges and hurdles.

Being shaken to the core in order to make changes in your life
Embracing the life you want to have vs the one you created
A moment in marriage when a deep connection occurs
Why you must work every single day towards a dream
The difference between a dream and a fantasy
Distinguishing what we want from what we think we want
Why you can’t be afraid to admit that you hate your dream
The harsh realities of navigating a nomadic marriage
Running away from a life vs running towards a new one
Learning to trying the things that bring more joy to your life
The importance of not being too specific with your plans
Why you never want to bridge the gap between you and a dream
The dangers of focusing on the outside of a relationship instead of the inside
The moulding moment of Betsy and Warren’s marriage
Bringing trust back into a marriage when it’s lost
The uncomfortable conversations that take place when saving a relationship
Navigating difficult circumstances of your life in the moment
Running a business as a married couple

Betsy and Warren Talbot are a recovering, 40-something, Type-A couple who learned that living large is not necessarily living well

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The Small Journeys That to Lead us to Our Destinations with Hugh Howey May 12, 2014

Show notes

Hugh Howey has on the surface what might appear to be Cinderella story from the world of self publishing. His best selling series Wool caught the attention of Ridley Scott and has been turned into a screenplay. But as you might expect, there's alot more to this story.

Why so few writers follow a traditional path
The role that our life experiences play in our writing
Saying yes to every opportunity to for adventure
Gaining it back when you've experienced a loss of faith
The importance of having a flexible career
Learning to question what we've been told and taught
Why living on a boat taught Hugh the value of patience
Inside the creative process of writing fiction
Why Hugh doesn't read things similar to what writes about
The importance of being committed to a creative craft
How 1000 true fans can radically transform your life
Keeping yourself constantly delighted with little successes
Why everybody has a story about their life

Hugh Howey is the author of the award-winning Molly Fyde Saga and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling WOOL series.

Hugh Howey has on the surface what might appear to be Cinderella story from the world of self publishing. His best selling series Wool caught the attention of Ridley Scott and has been turned into a screenplay. But as you might expect, there's alot more to this story.

Why so few writers follow a traditional path
The role that our life experiences play in our writing
Saying yes to every opportunity to for adventure
Gaining it back when you've experienced a loss of faith
The importance of having a flexible career
Learning to question what we've been told and taught
Why living on a boat taught Hugh the value of patience
Inside the creative process of writing fiction
Why Hugh doesn't read things similar to what writes about
The importance of being committed to a creative craft
How 1000 true fans can radically transform your life
Keeping yourself constantly delighted with little successes
Why everybody has a story about their life

Hugh Howey is the author of the award-winning Molly Fyde Saga and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling WOOL series.

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Unmistakable Classic: How to Become a BulletProof Performer with Noa Kageyama May 09, 2014

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In this unmistakable classic we revisit our interview with Julliard faculty member, violinist and performance psychologist, Noa Kageyama. We discuss how to apply principles of peak performance psychology from the world of music to every area of your life.

A Look into the Influences of Suzuki Violin in Noa's Life
Why You Can Only See Dots Connecting in Hindsight
The Reality of What It Takes to Get Good at Something
Why So Many Small Ideas Are the Foundation for Big Things
The Role That Intense Curiosity Plays in Your Success
Why There's an Element of Performance in Everything You Do
The Role That Learning and Practice Plays in Peak Performance
Why You Can't Learn Effectively without Taking Action
Making Small Adjustments and Tweaks to Get Closer to Your Goal
How the Curse of Instant Results Holds You Back
Why You have to Be OK with Being on the Journey
Making a Mindset Shift to Doing Things for Intrinsic Value
An Eye-Opening Look at the Master's Path
Why There Is No Final Destination
Looking at the Times in Your Past When You Were Really Engaged
Why You Must Learn to Simplify Very Difficult Concepts
Identifying and Developing the Key Mental Skills for Peak Performance
Using the Past to Act Courageously in the Moment
How Pushing Your Comfort Zone Will Cause You to Exceed Your Expectations
Cultivating a Framework for Accelerating Your Progress
Leveraging the Influences of Others to Create Your Artistic DNA

Dr. Noa Kageyama is a performance psychologist, Juilliard graduate, and is on the faculty of both Juilliard and the New World Symphony. He teaches musicians how to do their best under pressure. He is a wee bit obsessed with computers, technology, and the internet (and all things Apple). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click hereto post it to Twitter.

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Identifying the Patterns and Underlying Threads of Your Life’s Work with Josh Long May 07, 2014

Show notes

To say that Josh Long is an entrepreneur who keeps himself busy is an understatement. He’s the creator of the to-do list app Cheddar, the podcasting service Simplecast, and oversees sponsorship at the Great Discontent. In this interview he talks to me about the underlying themes and threads of his life’s work and how to identify yours.

Josh’s exposure to entrepreneurship at a very early age
Why entrepreneurship is all about creating value
The innate entrepreneurial spirit within all of us
Why our low points teach us so much about ourselves
Learning to put things in perspective when you’re challenged
Why facing your fears head on is the best way to deal with them
Looking at your whole life through the lens of design
Finding the things that make you weird to develop your own frameworks
The concept of design as a religion
Stripping things down to a core idea
Why should build and create things that you wish existed
Josh’s role in getting projects and funded for The Great Discontent
What separates the risk takers from the ones who play it safe
A look at the work that Josh did with Seth Godin
The cathartic drive that comes from pain
Leveraging the patterns of successful people you admire
The difference between getting A’s in life
Why Josh is only focused on serving 1000 people
The role that the story plays in everything you create

Josh Long is a designer and writer with a degree in philosophy and three books under his belt: Execute, Jenius, and Design Evolution. He co-hosts the Happy Monday podcast with Sarah Parmenter, is building the to-do app Cheddar, coordinates sponsorships for The Great Discontent, and is the co-founder of Simplecast.

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Changing your Identity to Change your Habits With James Clear May 05, 2014

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James Clear’s journey resulted in the intersection of entrepreneurship, health, and creativity. The byproduct of this intersection was an deep study on how habits impact our lives. In this interview we discuss the process of creating identity based habits in order to change our lives.

How habits impact entrepreneurship, health, and creativity
Lessons from the baseball field that James has applied to his life
Why you can design your own options for things in life
Post traumatic growth vs post traumatic stress
Learning to treat your failures as data points
Why mistakes and failures are required for mastery
The importance of changing habits gradually
How volume, repetition and routine help us deal with failure
Why basics and foundational pieces of mastery truly matter
Designing your environment to reduce activation energy
The myth that you can’t miss a day with a habit

James Clear writes at JamesClear.com, where he shares strategies based on proven research and real-world experiences that make it easier to stick to good habits and live a healthy life

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Using Math to Find Love on OkCupid with Chris Mcinklay Apr 30, 2014

Show notes

Chris Mckinlay’s disparate career path has led to working as a Chinese- English translator, playing team blackjack, and eventually a math PHD program at UCLA. The perfect real world scenario to test the the knowledge gained from his math PHD was OkCupid. And using math to hack OkCupid eventually led to meeting the love of his life.

A look at an unconventional college experience in China
Why intentional discomfort is instrumental to growth
How to deal with the feeling that you don’t fit in
The realities of survival in other parts of the world
Learning to reorient your life in order to find meaning
Life as a professional blackjack player
Using a painful experience as a powerful opportunity for growth
Learning to see connections and patterns in your work
The myths that technology will drastically improve your life
Balancing the qualitative and quantitative elements of dating
Hilarious online dating anecdotes and things to avoid
How Chris’ appearance on Wired led to other opportunities

Resources Mentioned

How a Math Genius Hacked OkCupid to Find Love

Chris Mcinklay has a PhD in Mathematics from UCLA.

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