Episodes
255 - Creative Lift: How to Find Your Ultimate Gift and Takeoff!
We’ve talked nonstop about putting in the work but we have NEVER addressed the scariest elephant in the room: TALENT. I’d be lying if I said that my true creative heroes didn’t have some form of talent. In fact, the creatives that most light me up, all seem to have some transcendent innate super strength! This is often discouraging for most of us because when we start making creative work we are faced with this uncomfortable truth: we are not supernatural!!! In this episode I want to share …
255 - Creative Lift: How to Find Your Ultimate Gift and Takeoff!
We’ve talked nonstop about putting in the work but we have NEVER addressed the scariest elephant in the room: TALENT. I’d be lying if I said that my true creative heroes didn’t have some form of talent. In fact, the creatives that most light me up, all seem to have some transcendent innate super strength! This is often discouraging for most of us because when we start making creative work we are faced with this uncomfortable truth: we are not supernatural!!! In this episode I want to share …
254 - HOW TO: Avoid Slow Slumps / Get Published / Find and Express Your Value and MORE!
WARNING THIS IS A WEIRD EPISODE! THERE IS NO EDITING OR MUSIC AND I GET REAAAAAL REAL. LET’S CUT THE CRAP. Every once in awhile I feel the need to do an episode with NO EDITING, NO MUSIC and NO AUDIO TRICKS. WHY? Because it’s VERY IMPORTANT to me that we forever come back to the true pulse of this show: SEEING CREATIVE PEOPLE THRIVE IN THEIR CAREERS. ALL THE STRATEGY and BRANDING is good but sometimes it gets in between us and clouds what this is all about. SO TODAY we strip away everythin…
254 - HOW TO: Avoid Slow Slumps / Get Published / Find and Express Your Value and MORE!
WARNING THIS IS A WEIRD EPISODE! THERE IS NO EDITING OR MUSIC AND I GET REAAAAAL REAL. LET’S CUT THE CRAP. Every once in awhile I feel the need to do an episode with NO EDITING, NO MUSIC and NO AUDIO TRICKS. WHY? Because it’s VERY IMPORTANT to me that we forever come back to the true pulse of this show: SEEING CREATIVE PEOPLE THRIVE IN THEIR CAREERS. ALL THE STRATEGY and BRANDING is good but sometimes it gets in between us and clouds what this is all about. SO TODAY we strip away everythin…
253 - What a Big Idea Looks Like with Joey Ellis
Sometimes I wonder if the secret to having great ideas is just developing the ability to notice them when they show up. I think we all have great ideas from time to time but if we haven’t developed the eye to recognize them, we won’t do what it takes to realize them to their full potential. In this conversation with my friend author and illustrator Joey Ellis we dive into the big idea that’s being driving his career for the past few years. Joey’s new book “Wolfie Monster and The Big Bad Pizza…
253 - What a Big Idea Looks Like with Joey Ellis
Sometimes I wonder if the secret to having great ideas is just developing the ability to notice them when they show up. I think we all have great ideas from time to time but if we haven’t developed the eye to recognize them, we won’t do what it takes to realize them to their full potential. In this conversation with my friend author and illustrator Joey Ellis we dive into the big idea that’s being driving his career for the past few years. Joey’s new book “Wolfie Monster and The Big Bad Pizza…
252 - Which of the 3 Stages of The Creative Path are You in Right Now?
TODAY ON THE SHOW I want to explore some territory we’ve touched on in the past in a totally new way. WHY? Because I’ve had some personal breakthroughs on this content that have me PEPPED OUT OF MY MIND!!!!! AND because I believe the content in this show is FOUNDATIONAL to a thriving creative career. The framework in this episode is a pattern I see in EVERY one of my thriving creative heroes and it’s information I revisit on a WEEKLY BASIS. For that reason I want to DIVE DEEPER into this con…
252 - Which of the 3 Stages of The Creative Path are You in Right Now?
TODAY ON THE SHOW I want to explore some territory we’ve touched on in the past in a totally new way. WHY? Because I’ve had some personal breakthroughs on this content that have me PEPPED OUT OF MY MIND!!!!! AND because I believe the content in this show is FOUNDATIONAL to a thriving creative career. The framework in this episode is a pattern I see in EVERY one of my thriving creative heroes and it’s information I revisit on a WEEKLY BASIS. For that reason I want to DIVE DEEPER into this con…
251 - 6 Tips That Helped Me Gain 20,000 New Instagram Followers in a Year
About a year ago I had this realization: if I had more Instagram followers, everything else I was trying to do would be easier. It was the domino that I had to knock over, to knock over all the others. AND YET I wasn't pumped about it. WHY? Probably the same reasons social media frustrates you: it seems like a random lottery and nothing I ever do seems to have much of an impact. BUT I was determined to reach my goal!!! SO this past year I've been approaching instagram with disciplined inte…
251 - 6 Tips That Helped Me Gain 20,000 New Instagram Followers in a Year
About a year ago I had this realization: if I had more Instagram followers, everything else I was trying to do would be easier. It was the domino that I had to knock over, to knock over all the others. AND YET I wasn't pumped about it. WHY? Probably the same reasons social media frustrates you: it seems like a random lottery and nothing I ever do seems to have much of an impact. BUT I was determined to reach my goal!!! SO this past year I've been approaching instagram with disciplined inte…
250 - How to Find Your Style
This is one of the questions I get more than any other, and yet I've never done an episode where we attacked it head on! 250 episodes into the show and I finally feel ready to tackle this monster of a topic!! This episode has 6 practical things you can do to actively find your style ON PURPOSE! There are 5 quick ideas in this show that might be exactly what you need to have a style breakthrough today. HOWEVER... THE LAST idea in this episode I am particularly STOKED ABOUT. It comes from a r…
250 - How to Find Your Style
This is one of the questions I get more than any other, and yet I've never done an episode where we attacked it head on! 250 episodes into the show and I finally feel ready to tackle this monster of a topic!! This episode has 6 practical things you can do to actively find your style ON PURPOSE! There are 5 quick ideas in this show that might be exactly what you need to have a style breakthrough today. HOWEVER... THE LAST idea in this episode I am particularly STOKED ABOUT. It comes from a r…
249 - 3 Ways How to Make More Money So You Can Have More Time to Be Creative
Nothing drives me more crazy than not having enough time to make creative work. Sacrificing quality, deadline stress and lack of margin can ruin what makes a creative career worth having in the first place. In our society MONEY really does mean TIME. If you can make more money, you have the power to slow down and give your creative work and life the time it deserves. In this episode I want to share two quick tactics that have helped me find more time and money and one bigger idea on the subje…
249 - 3 Ways How to Make More Money So You Can Have More Time to Be Creative
Nothing drives me more crazy than not having enough time to make creative work. Sacrificing quality, deadline stress and lack of margin can ruin what makes a creative career worth having in the first place. In our society MONEY really does mean TIME. If you can make more money, you have the power to slow down and give your creative work and life the time it deserves. In this episode I want to share two quick tactics that have helped me find more time and money and one bigger idea on the subje…
248 - How to Find Your Artistic Voice with Lisa Congdon
Lisa Congdon RETURNS to the show! In this episode I chat with creative superhero Lisa Congdon about her new book "Find Your Artistic Voice". In this episode we talk about the tips and tricks of finding your creative voice. We chat through: - The essential ingredient of "Openness to Experience" - How being fluent in your medium is essential to FLOW state - How quantity leads to quality - AND MUCH MUCH MORE! LISA has SO MUCH creative wisdom! You are going to LOVE THIS!
248 - How to Find Your Artistic Voice with Lisa Congdon
Lisa Congdon RETURNS to the show! In this episode I chat with creative superhero Lisa Congdon about her new book "Find Your Artistic Voice". In this episode we talk about the tips and tricks of finding your creative voice. We chat through: - The essential ingredient of "Openness to Experience" - How being fluent in your medium is essential to FLOW state - How quantity leads to quality - AND MUCH MUCH MORE! LISA has SO MUCH creative wisdom! You are going to LOVE THIS!
247 - The Top 6 Most Important Things My Creative Heroes Taught Me
Like all my creative heroes I am standing on the shoulders of my creative heroes! In this episode I go through the 6 talks that changed my creative career, the crucial lesson each one taught me and how it impacted my creative career and a dramatic way. I cut all the fat from this episode and it is a super shot of creative pep!! DRINK UP!!!
247 - The Top 6 Most Important Things My Creative Heroes Taught Me
Like all my creative heroes I am standing on the shoulders of my creative heroes! In this episode I go through the 6 talks that changed my creative career, the crucial lesson each one taught me and how it impacted my creative career and a dramatic way. I cut all the fat from this episode and it is a super shot of creative pep!! DRINK UP!!!
246 - Embracing Your Essence with 'The Dark Crystal' Executive Producer Halle Stanford
Today on the show we have the President of Television at the Jim Henson Company, Halle Stanford!!! For anyone who has listened to half an episode of this podcast knows how huge this is for us! WE ARE THE BIGGEST HENSON FANS! Halle is the executive producer on the new Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and if you haven't seen it, go binge this thing right now! It's a creative masterpiece and a scale of puppetry the world has never seen before! It was an absolute delight to si…
246 - Embracing Your Essence with 'The Dark Crystal' Executive Producer Halle Stanford
Today on the show we have the President of Television at the Jim Henson Company, Halle Stanford!!! For anyone who has listened to half an episode of this podcast knows how huge this is for us! WE ARE THE BIGGEST HENSON FANS! Halle is the executive producer on the new Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and if you haven't seen it, go binge this thing right now! It's a creative masterpiece and a scale of puppetry the world has never seen before! It was an absolute delight to si…
245 - How To Find Next Level Influences That Equal Next Level Work
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” ― Haruki Murakami If you want work that feels like no one else's you need to be consuming totally different influences. You art what you eat! Should you be influenced by your modern heroes and peers or only with your own life? I would say YES... AND MORE! In this episode I run through my Creative Influences Pyramid and share everything I've learned about taking influence in ways th…
245 - How To Find Next Level Influences That Equal Next Level Work
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” ― Haruki Murakami If you want work that feels like no one else's you need to be consuming totally different influences. You art what you eat! Should you be influenced by your modern heroes and peers or only with your own life? I would say YES... AND MORE! In this episode I run through my Creative Influences Pyramid and share everything I've learned about taking influence in ways th…
244 - Where Your Most Powerful Creative Work is Hiding with Frannerd!!
FRIENDS!!! OR SHOULD I SAY FRANDS!? FRAN IS BACK!!!! You're favorite illustrator and YouTuber is BACK on the show and this is a very very special chat. I hung out with Fran while I was in NYC recently and and during one of our chats I flipped on some microphones so I could share this conversation with you. PUT YOUR SCUBA GEAR ON CUZ we go DEEP in this one. REAL DEEP. And I think that's good because this is where our most powerful creative work is found! In this episode we cover: - The Pro…
244 - Where Your Most Powerful Creative Work is Hiding with Frannerd!!
FRIENDS!!! OR SHOULD I SAY FRANDS!? FRAN IS BACK!!!! You're favorite illustrator and YouTuber is BACK on the show and this is a very very special chat. I hung out with Fran while I was in NYC recently and and during one of our chats I flipped on some microphones so I could share this conversation with you. PUT YOUR SCUBA GEAR ON CUZ we go DEEP in this one. REAL DEEP. And I think that's good because this is where our most powerful creative work is found! In this episode we cover: - The Pro…