The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

In this episode of the podcast, writer, coach, and co-founder of the investment firm Rose Park advisors talks about incorporating the principles of disruptive innovation into our lives.  HIGHLIGHTS Dealing with and Resolving Parental Expectations Why Some of Our Biggest Strengths Come from Our Biggest Challenges  The Different Types of Intelligence  Identifying the Types of Intelligence You Have  The Path from Secretary to Investment Banker  Why We have to Play to Our Strengths to Reach Our Full Potential  Character Traits That Enable a Drastic Identity Shift  Why All Successful People Deal with Self Doubt and Fear  The Antidote To Low Grade Depression That Gives You an Edge   Determining How you Measure Success   The 7 Keys to Personal Disruption  Whitney Johnson is the leading thinker on driving innovation through personal disruption. Johnson is the co-founder of Rose Park Advisors, along with Clayton Christensen where they led the seed round for Korea’s Coupang, currently valued at $5+ billion. 

In this episode of the podcast business strategist Tara Gentile talks about how to make your work more compelling and yourself more effective.  HIGHLIGHTS Developing a Sense of Abundance  Living a Priority to Driven Life  Where We Inherit Our Beliefs About Money Dealing with Your Blocks Around Money Why the Notion of a Solo Entrepreneurship is a Myth How Confirmation Bias Gets in Our Way  Shifting from an Employee Money Mindset to an Entrepreneurial Money Mindset Building a Business Around What Makes You Most Compelling and Effective  Taking Action in a Moment of Creative Daring  Using the Living Room Strategy to Launch Successful Products  How to Find the Main Idea or Ethos of Your Work  QUOTES  It’s focus that allows us to make forward progress very quickly  (Click to Tweet)  We’re often handed the things we’ve worked really hard for. (Click to Tweet)  The things that make us angry have great creative potential  (Click to Tweet) PEOPLE AND RESOURCES  Quiet Power Strategy  Body of Work by Pamela Slim  Chris Sacca’s Interview with Tim Ferriss  Sally Hogshead  – Listen to Our Interview with Her Tara Gentile is an author and business strategist who works with idea-driven entrepreneurs who want to do more with less. Her clients learn to lead themselves and their businesses based on what makes them most effective and compelling. Tara’s work has been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, Design*Sponge, and in the New York Times bestselling book The $100 Startup, by Chris Guillebeau. She’s a regular instructor on CreativeLive and speaks on entrepreneurship, money, and the New Economy all over the world.

In this episode of the podcast business strategist Tara Gentile talks about how to make your work more compelling and yourself more effective.  HIGHLIGHTS Developing a Sense of Abundance  Living a Priority to Driven Life  Where We Inherit Our Beliefs About Money Dealing with Your Blocks Around Money Why the Notion of a Solo Entrepreneurship is a Myth How Confirmation Bias Gets in Our Way  Shifting from an Employee Money Mindset to an Entrepreneurial Money Mindset Building a Business Around What Makes You Most Compelling and Effective  Taking Action in a Moment of Creative Daring  Using the Living Room Strategy to Launch Successful Products  How to Find the Main Idea or Ethos of Your Work  QUOTES  It’s focus that allows us to make forward progress very quickly  (Click to Tweet)  We’re often handed the things we’ve worked really hard for. (Click to Tweet)  The things that make us angry have great creative potential  (Click to Tweet) PEOPLE AND RESOURCES  Quiet Power Strategy  Body of Work by Pamela Slim  Chris Sacca’s Interview with Tim Ferriss  Sally Hogshead  – Listen to Our Interview with Her Tara Gentile is an author and business strategist who works with idea-driven entrepreneurs who want to do more with less. Her clients learn to lead themselves and their businesses based on what makes them most effective and compelling. Tara’s work has been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, Design*Sponge, and in the New York Times bestselling book The $100 Startup, by Chris Guillebeau. She’s a regular instructor on CreativeLive and speaks on entrepreneurship, money, and the New Economy all over the world.

In this episode of the podcast, Whitney Hess talks about designing a more self aware life and the power of empathy to become more effective leaders. HIGHLIGHTS Uncovering the the Desires that Drive Us  Lessons in Self Sufficiency from Being an Only Child  How We can Learn to Become More Resourceful Engaging in Experiences and Activities that Develop Our Skills Why You Have to Actually Want to Change Regardless of What it Takes  Why We Need to Understand What People’s Needs Are Finding an Approach to Fulfill Your Underlying Passion  What Causes us to Overlook Our Lightbulb Moments The Expansiveness of Our Inner World  Cultivating Your Capacity to Listen Inwardly The Multiple Centers of Intelligence That We All Have  How to Deal with Burnout  Two Key Questions that Can Help you Discover Your Long and Short Term Intentions Using Empathy to Get More Results in Your Life  QUOTES I really believe that everything we do in life is practice  (Click to Tweet)  I do not believe there is such thing as a coachable person or un-coachable person (Click to Tweet)  The only way to serve people’s needs is by understanding their needs. (Click to Tweet)  I think most people miss the lightbulb moment because they’re not listening inwardly. (Click to Tweet)  RESOURCES AND BOOKS Tumblr Empathy is Everyting  Non-Violent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg Whitney Hess is a certified coach, published author and keynote speaker putting humanity back into business. You can follow her on twitter  @whitneyhess

In this episode of the podcast, Whitney Hess talks about designing a more self aware life and the power of empathy to become more effective leaders. HIGHLIGHTS Uncovering the the Desires that Drive Us  Lessons in Self Sufficiency from Being an Only Child  How We can Learn to Become More Resourceful Engaging in Experiences and Activities that Develop Our Skills Why You Have to Actually Want to Change Regardless of What it Takes  Why We Need to Understand What People’s Needs Are Finding an Approach to Fulfill Your Underlying Passion  What Causes us to Overlook Our Lightbulb Moments The Expansiveness of Our Inner World  Cultivating Your Capacity to Listen Inwardly The Multiple Centers of Intelligence That We All Have  How to Deal with Burnout  Two Key Questions that Can Help you Discover Your Long and Short Term Intentions Using Empathy to Get More Results in Your Life  QUOTES I really believe that everything we do in life is practice  (Click to Tweet)  I do not believe there is such thing as a coachable person or un-coachable person (Click to Tweet)  The only way to serve people’s needs is by understanding their needs. (Click to Tweet)  I think most people miss the lightbulb moment because they’re not listening inwardly. (Click to Tweet)  RESOURCES AND BOOKS Tumblr Empathy is Everyting  Non-Violent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg Whitney Hess is a certified coach, published author and keynote speaker putting humanity back into business. You can follow her on twitter  @whitneyhess

In this episode of the podcast, Instagram Photographer Patrick Janelle talks about how creating a platform for your work that gets people to come to you.  HIGHLIGHTS How Multiple Art for Forms can Impact Your Work  Communication Lessons from Working on The House Floor Developing The Ability to Withstand Lots of Rejection Taking Risks Without Knowing Where They’ll Lead The Connection Between Risk and Fear  Bringing Elements of Performance, Experience and Community Into Your Work  Having a Comprehensive View into All Aspects of Your Art Telling Stories and Documenting Moments Through Images  QUOTES I  believe the best kind of performance is authentic.  (Click to Tweet)  Risk is a combination of learned behavior and behavior that exists naturally (Click to Tweet)  After living across the United States and across the globe, Patrick settled in New York in the fall of 2011. After a couple of years working in the art department at Bon Appétit magazine, he stepped out on his own to forge brand partnerships, create secret pop-up gatherings across Manhattan, and pursue a lifestyle worthy of the constant photos he posts on Instagram. You can follow him @aguynamedpatrack

In this episode of the podcast, Instagram Photographer Patrick Janelle talks about how creating a platform for your work that gets people to come to you.  HIGHLIGHTS How Multiple Art for Forms can Impact Your Work  Communication Lessons from Working on The House Floor Developing The Ability to Withstand Lots of Rejection Taking Risks Without Knowing Where They’ll Lead The Connection Between Risk and Fear  Bringing Elements of Performance, Experience and Community Into Your Work  Having a Comprehensive View into All Aspects of Your Art Telling Stories and Documenting Moments Through Images  QUOTES I  believe the best kind of performance is authentic.  (Click to Tweet)  Risk is a combination of learned behavior and behavior that exists naturally (Click to Tweet)  After living across the United States and across the globe, Patrick settled in New York in the fall of 2011. After a couple of years working in the art department at Bon Appétit magazine, he stepped out on his own to forge brand partnerships, create secret pop-up gatherings across Manhattan, and pursue a lifestyle worthy of the constant photos he posts on Instagram. You can follow him @aguynamedpatrack

In this episode, spiritual entrepreneur, philanthropist, and teacher John Assaraf talks about the power of expanding your awareness.  HIGHLIGHTS Changing Paths from a Life of Crime The Innate Desire to Feel Worthy  Shifting Paradigms to Create a Sense of Worthiness Masks that we Create to Protect Ourselves  Why Wisdom Comes From Experience How Pillars of Strength Come from Our Biggest Challenges The Value of Specialized Knowledge Separating Our Failures from Our Identity The Advantage of Looking at Things Through a Spiritual Lens The Law of GOYA Looking for Coherence Patters in The Most Important Areas of Your Life A Deep Dive into Belief Change and Perception  The Difference Between Being Interested and Being Committed  Why Pain Is a Major Motivator  for Change  QUOTES The meaning that we give anything determines how we feel and what we do.  I do believe in hope and prayer. But not as your core strategy.  John Assaraf is a serial entrepreneur, brain researcher, and CEO of PraxisNow, a brain-research company that creates some of the most powerful evidence-based brain retraining tools and programs in the world. A relentless explorer of consciousness and human behavior, John’s passion is discovering and teaching people how to release the mental blockages that hold them back from achieving their fullest potential.

In this episode, spiritual entrepreneur, philanthropist, and teacher John Assaraf talks about the power of expanding your awareness.  HIGHLIGHTS Changing Paths from a Life of Crime The Innate Desire to Feel Worthy  Shifting Paradigms to Create a Sense of Worthiness Masks that we Create to Protect Ourselves  Why Wisdom Comes From Experience How Pillars of Strength Come from Our Biggest Challenges The Value of Specialized Knowledge Separating Our Failures from Our Identity The Advantage of Looking at Things Through a Spiritual Lens The Law of GOYA Looking for Coherence Patters in The Most Important Areas of Your Life A Deep Dive into Belief Change and Perception  The Difference Between Being Interested and Being Committed  Why Pain Is a Major Motivator  for Change  QUOTES The meaning that we give anything determines how we feel and what we do.  I do believe in hope and prayer. But not as your core strategy.  John Assaraf is a serial entrepreneur, brain researcher, and CEO of PraxisNow, a brain-research company that creates some of the most powerful evidence-based brain retraining tools and programs in the world. A relentless explorer of consciousness and human behavior, John’s passion is discovering and teaching people how to release the mental blockages that hold them back from achieving their fullest potential.

In this episode motivational cartoonist and creator of Art to Self, Steph Halligan joins us to talk about how to make our childhood dreams come true as adults. HIGHLIGHTS The Power of Doing Things Unrelated to Your Primary Work  Why We Need to Feed Our Creative Interests Learning to Let Imagination Run Your Life  Developing Your Creative Habits and Rituals Learning to Visualize Your Thoughts on Paper Resolving Creative Tension in Your Work Why Showing Up And Sharing Your Work Regularly Matters Cultivating Resilience and The Refusal of Defeat The 1000 True Fan Benchmark  The Continuum of Artist Integrity QUOTES I’m fan of doing what you’re really good and the path of least resistance when it comes to creativity. (Click to Tweet) You get to make a really hard to choice or slightly easy choicer to give up. (Click to Tweet) BOOKS Big Magic by Elizabeth Glibert The War of Art by Steven Pressfield   Steph Halligan is a motivational cartoonist and  creator of Art To Self, where she delivers daily inspiration to your inbox. 

In this episode motivational cartoonist and creator of Art to Self, Steph Halligan joins us to talk about how to make our childhood dreams come true as adults. HIGHLIGHTS The Power of Doing Things Unrelated to Your Primary Work  Why We Need to Feed Our Creative Interests Learning to Let Imagination Run Your Life  Developing Your Creative Habits and Rituals Learning to Visualize Your Thoughts on Paper Resolving Creative Tension in Your Work Why Showing Up And Sharing Your Work Regularly Matters Cultivating Resilience and The Refusal of Defeat The 1000 True Fan Benchmark  The Continuum of Artist Integrity QUOTES I’m fan of doing what you’re really good and the path of least resistance when it comes to creativity. (Click to Tweet) You get to make a really hard to choice or slightly easy choicer to give up. (Click to Tweet) BOOKS Big Magic by Elizabeth Glibert The War of Art by Steven Pressfield   Steph Halligan is a motivational cartoonist and  creator of Art To Self, where she delivers daily inspiration to your inbox. 

In this episode, Geraldine Deruiter, creator and author of the popular travel blog Everywhereist, talks about how to find new beginnings in our endings.  HIGHLIGHTS Why a Sincere Perspective Can be as Powerful as a Useful One Making Our Creative Work Richer by Infusing a Compelling Narrative Questions that Can Help you to Find the Theme of A Story The Importance of Letting Ideas Bake  How We Find a New Beginning in Our Ending  Why We Need to Sometimes Appreciate and Honor Our Losses The Role of a Support System in Navigating Our Challenges  The Evolutionary Process of Developing a Voice RESOURCES AND QUOTES How Writing 1000 Words a Day Changed my Life (Medium Article)  You have to create what isn’t true to yourself in order to get to what is  (Click to Tweet)  Geraldine Deruiter is the author of the popular and hilarious travel blog Everywhereist.com 

In this episode, Geraldine Deruiter, creator and author of the popular travel blog Everywhereist, talks about how to find new beginnings in our endings.  HIGHLIGHTS Why a Sincere Perspective Can be as Powerful as a Useful One Making Our Creative Work Richer by Infusing a Compelling Narrative Questions that Can Help you to Find the Theme of A Story The Importance of Letting Ideas Bake  How We Find a New Beginning in Our Ending  Why We Need to Sometimes Appreciate and Honor Our Losses The Role of a Support System in Navigating Our Challenges  The Evolutionary Process of Developing a Voice RESOURCES AND QUOTES How Writing 1000 Words a Day Changed my Life (Medium Article)  You have to create what isn’t true to yourself in order to get to what is  (Click to Tweet)  Geraldine Deruiter is the author of the popular and hilarious travel blog Everywhereist.com 

In this episode of the podcast, Buddhist teacher and meditation instructor Susan Piver joins us for a soulful exploration of inner wisdom and talks about how to incorporate a mindfulness practice into your life.  HIGHLIGHTS The Exploration of Our Inner Wisdom   Lessons Learned from Taxi Driving and Bar Tending  How Music Can Impact Your Writing  Developing the Self Trust to find Your Place in the World Accomplishing Goals Through Being vs Doing  How the Audience Experiences What You Create in a Different Way than You Create The Effect of Massive Success on Your Inner Life  Dangers of External Affirmation and Validation  Why You Have to Let Go of Your Agenda During Meditation  Finding the Magnum Opus of your Life  QUOTES  Innovation, communication and execution don’t happen in an environment of anxiety.  (Click to Tweet)  Meditation is not a lifehack  (Click to Tweet)  Susan Piver is the New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including The Hard Questions, the award-winning How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life, andThe Wisdom of a Broken Heart. Her newest book is  Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation . You can follow her on twitter @spiver

In this episode of the podcast, Buddhist teacher and meditation instructor Susan Piver joins us for a soulful exploration of inner wisdom and talks about how to incorporate a mindfulness practice into your life.  HIGHLIGHTS The Exploration of Our Inner Wisdom   Lessons Learned from Taxi Driving and Bar Tending  How Music Can Impact Your Writing  Developing the Self Trust to find Your Place in the World Accomplishing Goals Through Being vs Doing  How the Audience Experiences What You Create in a Different Way than You Create The Effect of Massive Success on Your Inner Life  Dangers of External Affirmation and Validation  Why You Have to Let Go of Your Agenda During Meditation  Finding the Magnum Opus of your Life  QUOTES  Innovation, communication and execution don’t happen in an environment of anxiety.  (Click to Tweet)  Meditation is not a lifehack  (Click to Tweet)  Susan Piver is the New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including The Hard Questions, the award-winning How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life, andThe Wisdom of a Broken Heart. Her newest book is  Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation . You can follow her on twitter @spiver