The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Life as an artist can be full of wonder and joy, but it can also have its fair share of trials and hardships. Dani Shapiro has experienced both, and she’s shared many of those moments in her best-selling memoirs. She discusses her life and trying to find the balance between portraying the truth and putting up a mask. HelloFresh – Want to make cooking easy and fun? Then try out HelloFresh. All their ingredients come out pre-measured, so it takes away the hassle of figuring out how much of everything to use when cooking. Each box is made of fresh, responsibly obtained ingredients. For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, just visit hellofresh.com/unmistakable and use the promo code “unmistakable.” Audience of One – Download a FREE chapter of Srini’s new book, An Audience of One, and find out about more about the pre-order bonuses you get as an Unmistakable Creative listener by visiting unmistakable.com/audience. Dani Shapiro is the author of five novels and best-selling memoirs, her most recent of which is titled Hourglass.  Her new book, Inheritance will be published this winter. She’s also written for magazines such as The New Yorker, The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, and ELLE. Life as an artist can be full of wonder and joy, but it can also have its fair share of trials and hardships. Dani Shapiro has experienced both, and she’s shared many of those moments in her best-selling memoirs. She discusses her life and trying to find the balance between portraying the truth and putting up a mask. HelloFresh – Want to make cooking easy and fun? Then try out HelloFresh. All their ingredients come out pre-measured, so it takes away the hassle of figuring out how much of everything to use when cooking. Each box is made of fresh, responsibly obtained ingredients. For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, just visit hellofresh.com/unmistakable and use the promo code “unmistakable.” Audience of One – Download a FREE chapter of Srini’s new book, An Audience of One, and find out about more about the pre-order bonuses you get as an Unmistakable Creative listener by visiting unmistakable.com/audience. Dani Shapiro is the author of five novels and best-selling memoirs, her most recent of which is titled Hourglass.  Her new book, Inheritance will be published this winter. She’s also written for magazines such as The New Yorker, The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, and ELLE.

We all have secrets in our lives, and we all struggle with which ones to share and why. Frank Warren created PostSecret back in 2005 as a way for people to anonymously share their secrets they didn’t want to share with those closest to them, and he’s learned a great deal about humanity, intimacy, and compassion throughout the years because of those secrets. Care/Of – If you’ve ever been to a pharmacy or a supplement store trying to figure out what to take, it can be very overwhelming. Care/Of offers a much easier way to figure out what your body needs. They offer an online quiz that helps find out personalized recommendations for what you need. For 25 percent off your first month of personalized Care/Of vitamins, visit takecareof.com and use the promo code “unmistakable.” An Audience of One – To pre-order Srini’s upcoming book and to learn about all the pre-order bonuses Unmistakable Creative listeners can get, visit unmistakablecreative.com/audience. You can download a free chapter of An Audience of One while there too! Frank Warren is the creator of PostSecret, an ongoing community art project he started in 2005 where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. He’s also the author of five books, the latest of which is titled The World of PostSecret. We all have secrets in our lives, and we all struggle with which ones to share and why. Frank Warren created PostSecret back in 2005 as a way for people to anonymously share their secrets they didn’t want to share with those closest to them, and he’s learned a great deal about humanity, intimacy, and compassion throughout the years because of those secrets. Care/Of – If you’ve ever been to a pharmacy or a supplement store trying to figure out what to take, it can be very overwhelming. Care/Of offers a much easier way to figure out what your body needs. They offer an online quiz that helps find out personalized recommendations for what you need. For 25 percent off your first month of personalized Care/Of vitamins, visit takecareof.com and use the promo code “unmistakable.” An Audience of One – To pre-order Srini’s upcoming book and to learn about all the pre-order bonuses Unmistakable Creative listeners can get, visit unmistakablecreative.com/audience. You can download a free chapter of An Audience of One while there too! Frank Warren is the creator of PostSecret, an ongoing community art project he started in 2005 where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. He’s also the author of five books, the latest of which is titled The World of PostSecret.

How do you separate your work and the effort you put into that work from the results that come after it, especially when those results aren’t dependent on the work you did? Focusing exclusively on results as a means of satisfaction with yourself isn’t good for your happiness or ego, and Ryan Holiday joins us to discuss that, writing, and much more. An Audience of One – To pre-order Srini’s upcoming book and to learn about all the pre-order bonuses Unmistakable Creative listeners can get, visit unmistakablecreative.com/audience. You can download a free chapter of An Audience of One while there too! Ryan Holiday is a strategist and writer. He dropped out of college at age nineteen to apprentice under Robert Greene, author of  The 48 Laws of Power, and later served as the director of marketing  for American Apparel. He’s the author of 4 books including his latest, Ego is the Enemy How do you separate your work and the effort you put into that work from the results that come after it, especially when those results aren’t dependent on the work you did? Focusing exclusively on results as a means of satisfaction with yourself isn’t good for your happiness or ego, and Ryan Holiday joins us to discuss that, writing, and much more. An Audience of One – To pre-order Srini’s upcoming book and to learn about all the pre-order bonuses Unmistakable Creative listeners can get, visit unmistakablecreative.com/audience. You can download a free chapter of An Audience of One while there too! Ryan Holiday is a strategist and writer. He dropped out of college at age nineteen to apprentice under Robert Greene, author of  The 48 Laws of Power, and later served as the director of marketing  for American Apparel. He’s the author of 4 books including his latest, Ego is the Enemy

Sometimes your creativity can grow stagnant if you continuously work alone. The best way to help expand your creative horizons is by working with someone else, and nobody understands that more than Mars Dorian. He returns to discuss the foundation of his creative career, why trust is so important in collaborative relationships, and why working with others helps creativity flourish. An Audience of One – To pre-order Srini’s upcoming book and to learn about all the pre-order bonuses Unmistakable Creative listeners can get, visit unmistakablecreative.com/audience. You can download a free chapter of An Audience of One while there too! Mars Dorian is a digital illustrator and storyteller.  He creates  visual illustrations and designs to help your content spread online, and stand above the noise.  He also is the logo designer and special projects artist for The Unimstakable Creative Podcast. You can follow him on Twitter @marsrodian   Sometimes your creativity can grow stagnant if you continuously work alone. The best way to help expand your creative horizons is by working with someone else, and nobody understands that more than Mars Dorian. He returns to discuss the foundation of his creative career, why trust is so important in collaborative relationships, and why working with others helps creativity flourish. An Audience of One – To pre-order Srini’s upcoming book and to learn about all the pre-order bonuses Unmistakable Creative listeners can get, visit unmistakablecreative.com/audience. You can download a free chapter of An Audience of One while there too! Mars Dorian is a digital illustrator and storyteller.  He creates  visual illustrations and designs to help your content spread online, and stand above the noise.  He also is the logo designer and special projects artist for The Unimstakable Creative Podcast. You can follow him on Twitter @marsrodian  

Ever heard the phrase “practice makes perfect?” According to Anders Ericsson, that’s only true if that practice is done deliberately and not simply absently-mindedly. He discusses the idea of deliberate practice and how to apply that not only to technical fields and artistic practices, but also to our daily work lives. Grove Collaborative – It’s possible you don’t give much thought to the cleaning products you purchase. But it turns out, many of the household cleaning products we use are filled with chemicals that can be very toxic for our environment and even us. That’s where Grove Collaborative comes in. They’re on a mission to help every family create a healthy and sustainable home. They sell eco-friendly and non-toxic products you can use around your house. Go to grove.co/creative for a special offer that includes a $30 gift set, a free 60-day VIP membership, and a bonus gift when you sign up and place an order of $20 or more! An Audience of One – To pre-order Srini’s upcoming book and to learn about all the pre-order bonuses Unmistakable Creative listeners can get, visit unmistakablecreative.com/audience. You can download a free chapter of An Audience of One while there too! Anders Ericsson is a Swedish psychologist and Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University who is internationally recognized as a researcher in the psychological nature of expertise and human performance. He focuses primarily on the idea of deliberate practice as a means of how expert performers acquire their superior performance. Ever heard the phrase “practice makes perfect?” According to Anders Ericsson, that’s only true if that practice is done deliberately and not simply absently-mindedly. He discusses the idea of deliberate practice and how to apply that not only to technical fields and artistic practices, but also to our daily work lives. Grove Collaborative – It’s possible you don’t give much thought to the cleaning products you purchase. But it turns out, many of the household cleaning products we use are filled with chemicals that can be very toxic for our environment and even us. That’s where Grove Collaborative comes in. They’re on a mission to help every family create a healthy and sustainable home. They sell eco-friendly and non-toxic products you can use around your house. Go to grove.co/creative for a special offer that includes a $30 gift set, a free 60-day VIP membership, and a bonus gift when you sign up and place an order of $20 or more! An Audience of One – To pre-order Srini’s upcoming book and to learn about all the pre-order bonuses Unmistakable Creative listeners can get, visit unmistakablecreative.com/audience. You can download a free chapter of An Audience of One while there too! Anders Ericsson is a S

Karan Bajaj discusses his life in the Indian Himalayas and how very different the “east” is from the “west” in our world. He talks about living your Dharma, keeping community alive in a world that’s continuously connected but more isolated, a little bit of mysticism, and much more. An Audience of One – To pre-order Srini’s upcoming book and to learn about all the pre-order bonuses Unmistakable Creative listeners can get, visit unmistakablecreative.com/audience. You can download a free chapter of An Audience of One while there too! Karan Bajaj is a novelist and striving Yogi. Born and raised in the Indian Himalayas, he now lives in Brooklyn, New York. He’s also the author of The Yoga of Max’s Discontent.  Karan Bajaj discusses his life in the Indian Himalayas and how very different the “east” is from the “west” in our world. He talks about living your Dharma, keeping community alive in a world that’s continuously connected but more isolated, a little bit of mysticism, and much more. An Audience of One – To pre-order Srini’s upcoming book and to learn about all the pre-order bonuses Unmistakable Creative listeners can get, visit unmistakablecreative.com/audience. You can download a free chapter of An Audience of One while there too! Karan Bajaj is a novelist and striving Yogi. Born and raised in the Indian Himalayas, he now lives in Brooklyn, New York. He’s also the author of The Yoga of Max’s Discontent. 

We all have our own story, but what common thing ties your story together? Pamela Slim discusses that, taking pride in heritage and how to carry that heritage over generations, how creativity shifts over time, and more. An Audience of One – To pre-order Srini’s upcoming book and to learn about all the pre-order bonuses Unmistakable Creative listeners can get, visit unmistakablecreative.com/audience. You can download a free chapter of An Audience of One while there too! Pamela Slim is an award-winning author, business coach and speaker. In 2005, she started the Escape from Cubicle Nation blog, which is now one of the top career and business blogs on the web. She’s the author of Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur. You can follow her on Twitter @pamslim We all have our own story, but what common thing ties your story together? Pamela Slim discusses that, taking pride in heritage and how to carry that heritage over generations, how creativity shifts over time, and more. An Audience of One – To pre-order Srini’s upcoming book and to learn about all the pre-order bonuses Unmistakable Creative listeners can get, visit unmistakablecreative.com/audience. You can download a free chapter of An Audience of One while there too! Pamela Slim is an award-winning author, business coach and speaker. In 2005, she started the Escape from Cubicle Nation blog, which is now one of the top career and business blogs on the web. She’s the author of Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur. You can follow her on Twitter @pamslim

How does attention work? Adam Gazzaley has devoted his career to figuring out the science behind how we develop attention and how to optimize it. He knows what we need to do in order to have peak attention, how to make our minds work more efficiently, and why education has failed us in giving us the tools to optimize our attention. Grove Collaborative – It’s possible you don’t give much thought to the cleaning products you purchase. But it turns out, many of the household cleaning products we use are filled with chemicals that can be very toxic for our environment and even us. That’s where Grove Collaborative comes in. They’re on a mission to help every family create a healthy and sustainable home. They sell eco-friendly and non-toxic products you can use around your house. Go to grove.co/creative for a special offer that includes a $30 gift set, a free 60-day VIP membership, and a bonus gift when you sign up and place an order of $20 or more! An Audience of One – To pre-order Srini’s upcoming book and to learn about all the pre-order bonuses Unmistakable Creative listeners can get, visit unmistakablecreative.com/audience. You can download a free chapter of An Audience of One while there too! Adam Gazzaley is an American neuroscientist, author, photographer, entrepreneur and inventor. He is the founder and executive director of Neuroscape and Professor of Neurology, Physiology, and Psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco. He’s the author of The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World. You can follow him on Twitter @adamgazz How does attention work? Adam Gazzaley has devoted his career to figuring out the science behind how we develop attention and how to optimize it. He knows what we need to do in order to have peak attention, how to make our minds work more efficiently, and why education has failed us in giving us the tools to optimize our attention. Grove Collaborative – It’s possible you don’t give much thought to the cleaning products you purchase. But it turns out, many of the household cleaning products we use are filled with chemicals that can be very toxic for our environment and even us. That’s where Grove Collaborative comes in. They’re on a mission to help every family create a healthy and sustainable home. They sell eco-friendly and non-toxic products you can use around your house. Go to grove.co/creative for a special offer that includes a $30 gift set, a free 60-day VIP membership, and a bonus gift when you sign up and place an order of $20 or more! An Audience of One – To pre-order Srini’s upcoming book and to learn about all the pre-order bonuses Unmistakable Creat

Body language and non-verbal communication often says more about you than the actual words you use. Mark Bowden is an expert in body language, non-verbal communication, and behavior, and he’s learned how to use non-verbal communication to change the emotions of an audience, to influence and persuade people, and to change how others view you. Mark Bowden is a body language and behavior expert and the creator of TRUTHPLANE®, a communication training company and unique methodology for anyone who has to communicate with impact. With a reputation as one of the world’s foremost authorities on nonverbal communication, Mark travels all over the world to train groups and give keynote speeches. His clients include leading businesspeople, teams, and politicians, presidents and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and current Prime Ministers of G8 powers. You can follow him on twitter @truthplane Body language and non-verbal communication often says more about you than the actual words you use. Mark Bowden is an expert in body language, non-verbal communication, and behavior, and he’s learned how to use non-verbal communication to change the emotions of an audience, to influence and persuade people, and to change how others view you. Mark Bowden is a body language and behavior expert and the creator of TRUTHPLANE®, a communication training company and unique methodology for anyone who has to communicate with impact. With a reputation as one of the world’s foremost authorities on nonverbal communication, Mark travels all over the world to train groups and give keynote speeches. His clients include leading businesspeople, teams, and politicians, presidents and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and current Prime Ministers of G8 powers. You can follow him on twitter @truthplane

From a young age, Holly Shaw knew that she wanted to perform. She felt the most alive and awake when performing in front of others, and she uses that passion to help try and awaken others. She details her creative journey and how her creative DNA has woven itself into being. Distraction Mastery – Let us help you learn how to eliminate time-robbing distractions, master your tension, and get in the zone on the command. We have the research and experience to back up our process! Visit courses.unmistakablecreative.com to get started today. Holly Shaw is the host of the Performers & Creators Lab Podcast. She’s also a bestselling author and creativity coach who has helped hundreds of artists, some of them Emmy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated, to overcome performance anxiety, impostor syndrome and creative blocks. You can follow her on Twitter @hollyshawcreate From a young age, Holly Shaw knew that she wanted to perform. She felt the most alive and awake when performing in front of others, and she uses that passion to help try and awaken others. She details her creative journey and how her creative DNA has woven itself into being. Distraction Mastery – Let us help you learn how to eliminate time-robbing distractions, master your tension, and get in the zone on the command. We have the research and experience to back up our process! Visit courses.unmistakablecreative.com to get started today. Holly Shaw is the host of the Performers & Creators Lab Podcast. She’s also a bestselling author and creativity coach who has helped hundreds of artists, some of them Emmy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated, to overcome performance anxiety, impostor syndrome and creative blocks. You can follow her on Twitter @hollyshawcreate

After her husband and creative partner of over two decades left her, Val Vigoda went through one of the roughest moments of her life. Creating was no longer the joyous process it used to be. But through working on Earnest Shackleton Loves Me, she discovered what “peak aliveness” felt like. Now she hopes to help others find that joy. Distraction Mastery – Let us help you learn how to eliminate time-robbing distractions, master your tension, and get in the zone on the command. We have the research and experience to back up our process! Visit courses.unmistakablecreative.com to get started today. Valerie “Val” Vigoda is a successful electric violinist who has written or starred in musicals such as Striking 12 and Earnest Shackleton Loves Me and her own one-woman show “Just Getting Good.” She’s even shared the stage with former first lady Michelle Obama. She uplifts and connects with people through her unique combination of vocals, electric violin, trailblazing technology, and heartfelt, authentic musical storytelling. After her husband and creative partner of over two decades left her, Val Vigoda went through one of the roughest moments of her life. Creating was no longer the joyous process it used to be. But through working on Earnest Shackleton Loves Me, she discovered what “peak aliveness” felt like. Now she hopes to help others find that joy. Distraction Mastery – Let us help you learn how to eliminate time-robbing distractions, master your tension, and get in the zone on the command. We have the research and experience to back up our process! Visit courses.unmistakablecreative.com to get started today. Valerie “Val” Vigoda is a successful electric violinist who has written or starred in musicals such as Striking 12 and Earnest Shackleton Loves Me and her own one-woman show “Just Getting Good.” She’s even shared the stage with former first lady Michelle Obama. She uplifts and connects with people through her unique combination of vocals, electric violin, trailblazing technology, and heartfelt, authentic musical storytelling.

Laura Belgray is the founder of Talking Shrimp, co-creator of The Copy Cure, and has written promos, launch campaigns, online content, full show episodes, and more in her career. She knows all about finding what fuels you and pursuing your passion. She knows that the feeling of inspiration itself isn’t everything; it’s what you do with that inspiration and how you move forward that matters. Career & Purpose eBook – If you’re like most of the world, work is more of an obligation and necessity than a source of meaning or purpose. But after speaking to hundreds of the most successful and happy people on the planet, I know for a fact that your career and your calling do not have to be mutually exclusive. Join me in exploring how to find purpose and meaning in your career. Together we’ll: – Define what makes a career purposeful – Explore the 3 essential ingredients fro a fulfilling and lucrative career – Discover how to consistently venture out of your comfort zone to where big opportunities await you – Learn from Simon Sinek, Geoff Blades, Chris Guillebeau, and Laura Belgray Laura Belgray is the founder of Talking Shrimp and co-creator of The Copy Cure. She’s won numerous awards and has worked with companies such as Bravo, NBC, HBO, TBS, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Nick Mom, VH1, The N, Sundance Channel, Ion, WE, Lifetime, Oxygen, the CW and USA.  Laura Belgray is the founder of Talking Shrimp, co-creator of The Copy Cure, and has written promos, launch campaigns, online content, full show episodes, and more in her career. She knows all about finding what fuels you and pursuing your passion. She knows that the feeling of inspiration itself isn’t everything; it’s what you do with that inspiration and how you move forward that matters. Career & Purpose eBook – If you’re like most of the world, work is more of an obligation and necessity than a source of meaning or purpose. But after speaking to hundreds of the most successful and happy people on the planet, I know for a fact that your career and your calling do not have to be mutually exclusive. Join me in exploring how to find purpose and meaning in your career. Together we’ll: – Define what makes a career purposeful – Explore the 3 essential ingredients fro a fulfilling and lucrative career – Discover how to consistently venture out of your comfort zone to where big opportunities await you – Learn from Simon Sinek, Geoff Blades, Chris Guillebeau, and Laura Belgray Laura Belgray is the founder of Talking Shrimp and co-creator of The Copy Cure. She’s won numerous awards and has worked with companies such as Bravo, NBC, HBO, TBS, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Nick Mom, VH1, The N, Sundance Channel, Ion, WE, Lifetime, Oxygen, the CW and USA. 

What’s the secret to having an engaged and productive team? It’s having a plan for developing all employees, no matter where they are on their personal learning curves. Whitney Johnson is an expert in this field and built her ideas of constructing a proficient team off her ideas of how to “disrupt yourself” from a more personal level. Whitney Johnson was named one of the world’s fifty most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50in 2017. She is the author of the bestselling Build an A Team. She was the co-founder of the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard’s Clayton Christensen and was an award-winning Wall Street analyst. You can follow her on Twitter @johnsonwhitney What’s the secret to having an engaged and productive team? It’s having a plan for developing all employees, no matter where they are on their personal learning curves. Whitney Johnson is an expert in this field and built her ideas of constructing a proficient team off her ideas of how to “disrupt yourself” from a more personal level. Whitney Johnson was named one of the world’s fifty most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50in 2017. She is the author of the bestselling Build an A Team. She was the co-founder of the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard’s Clayton Christensen and was an award-winning Wall Street analyst. You can follow her on Twitter @johnsonwhitney

How do you get past some of the mental roadblocks you’ve put up? How do you get past failures in both your personal and business life? Jessica Eley has devised a mental framework called the Four Quadrants of Achievement that helps set up pathways and strategies to help you get the most out of your process. Grove Collaborative – It’s possible you don’t give much thought to the cleaning products you purchase. But it turns out, many of the household cleaning products we use are filled with chemicals that can be very toxic for our environment and even us. That’s where Grove Collaborative comes in. They’re on a mission to help every family create a healthy and sustainable home. They sell eco-friendly and non-toxic products you can use around your house. Go to grove.co/creative for a special offer that includes a $30 gift set, a free 60-day VIP membership, and a bonus gift when you sign up and place an order of $20 or more! Jessica Eley helps go-getters and high-achievers reach their big goals without losing themselves in the process. She created the idea of the 4 Quadrants of Achievement to help herself and her clients figure out how to process their life and become more successful not only in business, but personally as well. How do you get past some of the mental roadblocks you’ve put up? How do you get past failures in both your personal and business life? Jessica Eley has devised a mental framework called the Four Quadrants of Achievement that helps set up pathways and strategies to help you get the most out of your process. Grove Collaborative – It’s possible you don’t give much thought to the cleaning products you purchase. But it turns out, many of the household cleaning products we use are filled with chemicals that can be very toxic for our environment and even us. That’s where Grove Collaborative comes in. They’re on a mission to help every family create a healthy and sustainable home. They sell eco-friendly and non-toxic products you can use around your house. Go to grove.co/creative for a special offer that includes a $30 gift set, a free 60-day VIP membership, and a bonus gift when you sign up and place an order of $20 or more! Jessica Eley helps go-getters and high-achievers reach their big goals without losing themselves in the process. She created the idea of the 4 Quadrants of Achievement to help herself and her clients figure out how to process their life and become more successful not only in business, but personally as well.

How do you overcome a fear of rejection? By getting rejected over and over again and learning lessons from those experiences. Jia Jiang did just that, and he turned 100 days of rejection into a life-altering experience that culminated in a full blown movement. Hear his story and how rejection completely changed his life. Jia Jiang came to the United States with the dream of being the next Bill Gates. But despite early success in the corporate world, his first attempt to pursue his entrepreneurial dream ended in rejection. Jia was crushed, and spiraled into a period of deep self doubt. But he realized that his fear of rejection was a bigger obstacle than any single rejection would ever be, and he needed to find a way to cope with being told no without letting it destroy him. Thus was born his “100 days of rejection” experiment, during which he willfully sought rejection on a daily basis–from requesting a lesson in sales from a car salesman (no) to asking a flight attendant if he could make an announcement on the loud speaker (yes) to his famous request to get Krispy Kreme doughnuts in the shape of Olympic rings. How do you overcome a fear of rejection? By getting rejected over and over again and learning lessons from those experiences. Jia Jiang did just that, and he turned 100 days of rejection into a life-altering experience that culminated in a full blown movement. Hear his story and how rejection completely changed his life. Jia Jiang came to the United States with the dream of being the next Bill Gates. But despite early success in the corporate world, his first attempt to pursue his entrepreneurial dream ended in rejection. Jia was crushed, and spiraled into a period of deep self doubt. But he realized that his fear of rejection was a bigger obstacle than any single rejection would ever be, and he needed to find a way to cope with being told no without letting it destroy him. Thus was born his “100 days of rejection” experiment, during which he willfully sought rejection on a daily basis–from requesting a lesson in sales from a car salesman (no) to asking a flight attendant if he could make an announcement on the loud speaker (yes) to his famous request to get Krispy Kreme doughnuts in the shape of Olympic rings.