The Creative Giant Show with Charlie Gilkey

Tara Sophia Mohr is an expert on well-being and women's leadership. She has a book entitled, Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message and Tara has been featured on Maria Shiver, Huffington Post, and more. She talks to Charlie today about some of the problems women face in modern times, self-doubt, launching her book with a new born in tow, and resisting our true calling.    Key takeaways: 4:22 – It's hard to be seen as the likeable and good girl when you're trying to challenge the status quo.  9:55 – Play big. Identify what that means to you. Sometimes playing big doesn't have to be big at all.  14:16 – We tend to resist our true calling because of fear.  17:15 – Tara explains about two types of fear in this segment.  22:10 – Women want to be both competent and likeable, but sometimes the two collide with each other and women dumb down their competence to seem more likeable.  29:10 – Both Tara and her husband are in the same type of career field, but Tara thinks it is important to advance each of their careers individually and without using your partner as a crutch. 34:20 – Tara didn't anticipate the amount of opportunities that would open for her as a result of the book and it has been one of her challenges to manage.  37:15 – It's so hard to focus on one thing when we get 20 new ideas a day.    41:22 – The biggest takeaway? Self-doubt is a big problem for women. Tara says to work on taking action when you feel self-doubt.    Mentioned In This Episode:  http://www.taramohr.com http://www.productiveflourishing.com/

Jonathan Fields is an entrepreneur, husband, dad, and an award-winning author. Jonathan is currently focused on the Good Life Project, which is a global movement that helps educate, inspire, connect, and support mission-driven people to achieving more connected and engaged lives. He talks to Charlie today about acting on your thoughts and being the best you can be.    Mentioned In This Episode: http://www.jonathanfields.com/ http://www.productiveflourishing.com/

Susan Piver is a New York Times bestselling author of 7 books and a Buddhist teacher. She has been practicing Buddhism since 1995 and became authorized to teach Shambhala Buddhist meditation in 2005. Today on the Creative Giant Show, Susan talks about The Open Heart Project, an online meditation community, and how she wanted to help people who did not live close to or have access to a meditation teacher.   Mentioned In This Episode: http://susanpiver.com/ 

Seth Godin is a best selling author and has written 17 books that have sold all over the world. Some of his more famous books include The Dip, Tribes, Purple Cow, and Linchpin. Along with his multiple book successes, he is also the founder of Squidoo.com, a website that allows users to sell products or share their own content. Charlie sits down with Seth live to talk about some vital moments in Seth's career and experiences that you can learn from.    Mentioned In This Episode: http://www.sethgodin.com/sg http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius?language=en

Steve Errey had been diagnosed with CFS for 5 years before he decided to walk his very first 26 mile marathon. People who suffer from CFS often can not take care of themselves, get out of bed, and even the simplest of physical activity hurts. He created the RunforMe website to bring awareness to his condition and raise funds to help others understand his situation better as well as fund more research for this illness. Many doctors refuse to believe this illness exists and it has been Steve's mission to prove them wrong.      Mentioned In This Episode:  http://www.runfor.me/ https://twitter.com/SteveErrey

Pamela is an award-winning author, a motivational speaker, and the creator of the blog Escape from Cubicle Nation. She has recently released a new book called Body of Work and talks a little bit about her book, her journey in creating it, and answers some great questions from your host Charlie Gilkey on The Creative Giant Show.      Mentioned In This Episode: Body of Work by Pamela Slim Escape from Cubicle Nation by Pamela Slim http://www.escapefromcubiclenation.com/ https://twitter.com/pamslim http://pamelaslim.com/