The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

In this episode of the podcast, Dan Martell  talks about his journey from ending up in jail for drug related charges to starting and investing in multiple successful companies, and about the inner game of entrepreneurship  HIGHLIGHTS Changing a narrative of brokenness Understanding your story, internal emotions and beliefs How adversity can unlock a powerful belief system   Why dealing with chaos and uncertainty has to become normal Bouncing back from entrepreneurial failures  The role that your friends play in everything you do  Creating a file of your accomplishments  The entrepreneurial pendulum   The difference between betting on a person or a company  Managing your time and energy more efficiently  QUOTES As an artist my canvas was starting and building companies  (Click to Tweet)   If you’re the smartest person on your street find a new street  (Click to Tweet) 

In this episode of the podcast, Dan Martell  talks about his journey from ending up in jail for drug related charges to starting and investing in multiple successful companies, and about the inner game of entrepreneurship  HIGHLIGHTS Changing a narrative of brokenness Understanding your story, internal emotions and beliefs How adversity can unlock a powerful belief system   Why dealing with chaos and uncertainty has to become normal Bouncing back from entrepreneurial failures  The role that your friends play in everything you do  Creating a file of your accomplishments  The entrepreneurial pendulum   The difference between betting on a person or a company  Managing your time and energy more efficiently  QUOTES As an artist my canvas was starting and building companies  (Click to Tweet)   If you’re the smartest person on your street find a new street  (Click to Tweet) 

Bob Chapman is a different kind of leader, one who treats the employees who work for him like members of his family. And what Bob refers to as Truly human leadership has not only led to increased employee satisfaction, but record growth for this company. In this episode we talk about the difference between leadership and management, and changing the broken language of business.  HIGHLIGHTS Why Giving People Hope is a Key for Leadership  The Journey from Accountant To CEO  How Business Could Be The Most Powerful Force for Good Learning to Develop a Vision for Your Future  Changing the Language of Business for More Optimal Outcomes How Adversity Causes us to Grow The Difference between Creating a Budget and a Vision  Grounded Optimism vs Delusional Optimism Not Seeing People as Functions  Understanding the difference between leadership and management  QUOTES From my greatest challenges came my greatest growth.  Go live the life of the person you want to be remembered by.  BOOKS AND RESOURCES Why Everybody Matters by Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia. Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

Bob Chapman is a different kind of leader, one who treats the employees who work for him like members of his family. And what Bob refers to as Truly human leadership has not only led to increased employee satisfaction, but record growth for this company. In this episode we talk about the difference between leadership and management, and changing the broken language of business.  HIGHLIGHTS Why Giving People Hope is a Key for Leadership  The Journey from Accountant To CEO  How Business Could Be The Most Powerful Force for Good Learning to Develop a Vision for Your Future  Changing the Language of Business for More Optimal Outcomes How Adversity Causes us to Grow The Difference between Creating a Budget and a Vision  Grounded Optimism vs Delusional Optimism Not Seeing People as Functions  Understanding the difference between leadership and management  QUOTES From my greatest challenges came my greatest growth.  Go live the life of the person you want to be remembered by.  BOOKS AND RESOURCES Why Everybody Matters by Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia. Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

In this special 2 part episode, Greg Hartle, a mentor and friend who played played an instrumental role in the development of Unmistakable Creative returns to the show for one of the year’s most riveting and thought provoking conversations about how to live well and die well. This episode is filled with so much wisdom, you’ll likely want to revisit it again and again.  HIGHLIGHTS How Labels Limit What we can Accomplish in Our Lives Why our Temporary Circumstances Don’t have to Define Us Dealing With The Challenges of Overcoming Our Environment How the “Observer Effect” can Change What We See in Ourselves Why We are Perceived as a Threat When we Rise Above Our Environment How We Put Ourselves In a Position to Shape Our Environment   Why Your Problems Don’t Go Away With Success  The Role That Intelligence and Talent play in success  The Differentiating Factor Between People Who Get Past Difficult Experiences And The Ones Who Don’t Learning to Respond Instead of React  How Difficult Experiences Create Layers That Enable Us Handle New Situations with Resiliency Creating a Standard of Excellence in Every Area of Your Life  What Leads to an Inevitability of Success  Why Iconic Figures May not be Our Best Role Models  Understanding the Difference Between Probability of Success and Possibility  Why We Need to Create Environments in Which People Can Tell us the Truth  A Look at the Process of How to Rebuild Your Life  During a Significant Transition  Why We Need to Come up With Our Own Beliefs About Money  Exploring Things in a Way that We don’t ave to Attach Our Identity to Them  Starting From a Place Where You Have Significant Advantages  Learning to Let Things Inform You Rather Than Define You  Navigating a World of Ambiguity One Simple Question That Can Transform Every Moment of Your Life  The Difference Between Inviting Participation and Demanding It  The Dangers of Extrapolating People’s Advice as a Formula BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED Wes Moore  The Soulpancake Animated Series Chris Sacca’s Interview with Tim Ferriss Chris Sacca’s Commencement Speech  The Psychology of Visionaries with Justine Musk  The Compass  Greg’s Hartle’s Web Site  QUOTES The problems don’t go away. They only magnify. What changes is your capacity to handle them.  If possible isn’t tempered with probable, we unnecessarily suffer.  You can not go to any place further than that which you are attached to  Don’t just jump off a cliff and try to build a parachute on the way down  Greg Hartle is a an entrepreneur and smartist who has survived a misspent youth, a kidney transplant, and visited all 50 states using nothing more than Ten Dollars and a Laptop. You can follow him on twitter @greghartle

In this special 2 part episode, Greg Hartle, a mentor and friend who played played an instrumental role in the development of Unmistakable Creative returns to the show for one of the year’s most riveting and thought provoking conversations about how to live well and die well. This episode is filled with so much wisdom, you’ll likely want to revisit it again and again.  HIGHLIGHTS How Labels Limit What we can Accomplish in Our Lives Why our Temporary Circumstances Don’t have to Define Us Dealing With The Challenges of Overcoming Our Environment How the “Observer Effect” can Change What We See in Ourselves Why We are Perceived as a Threat When we Rise Above Our Environment How We Put Ourselves In a Position to Shape Our Environment   Why Your Problems Don’t Go Away With Success  The Role That Intelligence and Talent play in success  The Differentiating Factor Between People Who Get Past Difficult Experiences And The Ones Who Don’t Learning to Respond Instead of React  How Difficult Experiences Create Layers That Enable Us Handle New Situations with Resiliency Creating a Standard of Excellence in Every Area of Your Life  What Leads to an Inevitability of Success  Why Iconic Figures May not be Our Best Role Models  Understanding the Difference Between Probability of Success and Possibility  Why We Need to Create Environments in Which People Can Tell us the Truth  A Look at the Process of How to Rebuild Your Life  During a Significant Transition  Why We Need to Come up With Our Own Beliefs About Money  Exploring Things in a Way that We don’t ave to Attach Our Identity to Them  Starting From a Place Where You Have Significant Advantages  Learning to Let Things Inform You Rather Than Define You  Navigating a World of Ambiguity One Simple Question That Can Transform Every Moment of Your Life  The Difference Between Inviting Participation and Demanding It  The Dangers of Extrapolating People’s Advice as a Formula BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED Wes Moore  The Soulpancake Animated Series Chris Sacca’s Interview with Tim Ferriss Chris Sacca’s Commencement Speech  The Psychology of Visionaries with Justine Musk  The Compass  Greg’s Hartle’s Web Site  QUOTES The problems don’t go away. They only magnify. What changes is your capacity to handle them.  If possible isn’t tempered with probable, we unnecessarily suffer.  You can not go to any place further than that which you are attached to  Don’t just jump off a cliff and try to build a parachute on the way down  Greg Hartle is a an entrepreneur and smartist who has survived a misspent youth, a kidney transplant, and visited all 50 states using nothing more than Ten Dollars and a Laptop. You can follow him on twitter @greghartle

In this special 2 part episode, Greg Hartle, a mentor and friend who played played an instrumental role in the development of Unmistakable Creative returns to the show for one of the year’s most riveting and thought provoking conversations about how to live well and die well. This episode is filled with so much wisdom, you’ll likely want to revisit it again and again.  HIGHLIGHTS How Labels Limit What we can Accomplish in Our Lives Why our Temporary Circumstances Don’t have to Define Us Dealing With The Challenges of Overcoming Our Environment How the “Observer Effect” can Change What We See in Ourselves Why We are Perceived as a Threat When we Rise Above Our Environment How We Put Ourselves In a Position to Shape Our Environment   Why Your Problems Don’t Go Away With Success  The Role That Intelligence and Talent play in success  The Differentiating Factor Between People Who Get Past Difficult Experiences And The Ones Who Don’t Learning to Respond Instead of React  How Difficult Experiences Create Layers That Enable Us Handle New Situations with Resiliency Creating a Standard of Excellence in Every Area of Your Life  What Leads to an Inevitability of Success  Why Iconic Figures May not be Our Best Role Models  Understanding the Difference Between Probability of Success and Possibility  Why We Need to Create Environments in Which People Can Tell us the Truth  A Look at the Process of How to Rebuild Your Life  During a Significant Transition  Why We Need to Come up With Our Own Beliefs About Money  Exploring Things in a Way that We don’t ave to Attach Our Identity to Them  Starting From a Place Where You Have Significant Advantages  Learning to Let Things Inform You Rather Than Define You  Navigating a World of Ambiguity One Simple Question That Can Transform Every Moment of Your Life  The Difference Between Inviting Participation and Demanding It  The Dangers of Extrapolating People’s Advice as a Formula BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED Wes Moore  The Soulpancake Animated Series Chris Sacca’s Interview with Tim Ferriss Chris Sacca’s Commencement Speech  The Psychology of Visionaries with Justine Musk  The Compass  Greg’s Hartle’s Web Site  QUOTES The problems don’t go away. They only magnify. What changes is your capacity to handle them.  If possible isn’t tempered with probable, we unnecessarily suffer.  You can not go to any place further than that which you are attached to  Don’t just jump off a cliff and try to build a parachute on the way down  Greg Hartle is a an entrepreneur and smartist who has survived a misspent youth, a kidney transplant, and visited all 50 states using nothing more than Ten Dollars and a Laptop. You can follow him on twitter @greghartle

In this special 2 part episode, Greg Hartle, a mentor and friend who played played an instrumental role in the development of Unmistakable Creative returns to the show for one of the year’s most riveting and thought provoking conversations about how to live well and die well. This episode is filled with so much wisdom, you’ll likely want to revisit it again and again.  HIGHLIGHTS How Labels Limit What we can Accomplish in Our Lives Why our Temporary Circumstances Don’t have to Define Us Dealing With The Challenges of Overcoming Our Environment How the “Observer Effect” can Change What We See in Ourselves Why We are Perceived as a Threat When we Rise Above Our Environment How We Put Ourselves In a Position to Shape Our Environment   Why Your Problems Don’t Go Away With Success  The Role That Intelligence and Talent play in success  The Differentiating Factor Between People Who Get Past Difficult Experiences And The Ones Who Don’t Learning to Respond Instead of React  How Difficult Experiences Create Layers That Enable Us Handle New Situations with Resiliency Creating a Standard of Excellence in Every Area of Your Life  What Leads to an Inevitability of Success  Why Iconic Figures May not be Our Best Role Models  Understanding the Difference Between Probability of Success and Possibility  Why We Need to Create Environments in Which People Can Tell us the Truth  A Look at the Process of How to Rebuild Your Life  During a Significant Transition  Why We Need to Come up With Our Own Beliefs About Money  Exploring Things in a Way that We don’t ave to Attach Our Identity to Them  Starting From a Place Where You Have Significant Advantages  Learning to Let Things Inform You Rather Than Define You  Navigating a World of Ambiguity One Simple Question That Can Transform Every Moment of Your Life  The Difference Between Inviting Participation and Demanding It  The Dangers of Extrapolating People’s Advice as a Formula BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED Wes Moore  The Soulpancake Animated Series Chris Sacca’s Interview with Tim Ferriss Chris Sacca’s Commencement Speech  The Psychology of Visionaries with Justine Musk  The Compass  Greg’s Hartle’s Web Site  QUOTES The problems don’t go away. They only magnify. What changes is your capacity to handle them.  If possible isn’t tempered with probable, we unnecessarily suffer.  You can not go to any place further than that which you are attached to  Don’t just jump off a cliff and try to build a parachute on the way down  Greg Hartle is a an entrepreneur and smartist who has survived a misspent youth, a kidney transplant, and visited all 50 states using nothing more than Ten Dollars and a Laptop. You can follow him on twitter @greghartle

In this episode of the podcast, author, speaker and coach Kary Oberbrunner joins us to talk about overcoming resistance in our work and and our lives, dealing with our perfectionist tendencies and much more.  HIGHLIGHTS Dealing with and Overcoming Addiction  Resolving the Tension in our Lives  How Perfectionism Negatively Impacts Our Lives Why We All Have Self Sabotaging Tendencies  The Myth That We Can Eradicate Pain  The Relationship Between Our Tolerance for Pain and Our Level of Success  The Two Lies That We all Believe  Learning to Separate Ourselves from Our work  Some Ideas on Overcoming Resistance  QUOTES  I believe we can’t lead people past where we haven’t gone ourselves  I think you open a whole portion of your life when you take away the editor in your brain.  Success doesn’t ruin  you. It’s reveals you.  Kary Oberbrunner is a coach, author, and speaker who helps individuals and organizations clarify who they are and why they’re here , and where they’re going so they can become a Soul on Fire and share their message with the world. You can follow him on twitter @karyoberbrunner 

In this episode of the podcast, author, speaker and coach Kary Oberbrunner joins us to talk about overcoming resistance in our work and and our lives, dealing with our perfectionist tendencies and much more.  HIGHLIGHTS Dealing with and Overcoming Addiction  Resolving the Tension in our Lives  How Perfectionism Negatively Impacts Our Lives Why We All Have Self Sabotaging Tendencies  The Myth That We Can Eradicate Pain  The Relationship Between Our Tolerance for Pain and Our Level of Success  The Two Lies That We all Believe  Learning to Separate Ourselves from Our work  Some Ideas on Overcoming Resistance  QUOTES  I believe we can’t lead people past where we haven’t gone ourselves  I think you open a whole portion of your life when you take away the editor in your brain.  Success doesn’t ruin  you. It’s reveals you.  Kary Oberbrunner is a coach, author, and speaker who helps individuals and organizations clarify who they are and why they’re here , and where they’re going so they can become a Soul on Fire and share their message with the world. You can follow him on twitter @karyoberbrunner 

In this episode of Unmistakable Creative, author of the The Happiness Project, and Better than Before  joins us to share unconventional wisdom  on habits and happiness.  HIGHLIGHTS: Manageable and Realistic Ways to Become Happier Why We Need a Burning Desire and the Willingness to do the work  The Power of Unconditional Support from Important People in your Life  Four Tendencies That Drive our Habits  The Role of Intrinsic Motivation  Understanding What is True of You   A Critical Variable that Changes all Formulas for Success  The Myth of Safety and Security  Questions that Help You to Discover What’s True You  How Your Personality Impacts Your Habits  Setting Aside Time for Your Highest Value Work BOOKS AND RESOURCES  The Habits Quiz The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg Happier with Gretchen Rubin (Podcast) The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin  Better than Before  by Gretchen Rubin  Daily Rituals by Mason Currey QUOTES Getting enough sleep is one of the few iron laws of habit formation.  Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including the blockbuster New York Timesbestsellers, Better Than Before, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home. She has an enormous readership, both in print and online, and her books have sold more than two million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages

In this episode of Unmistakable Creative, author of the The Happiness Project, and Better than Before  joins us to share unconventional wisdom  on habits and happiness.  HIGHLIGHTS: Manageable and Realistic Ways to Become Happier Why We Need a Burning Desire and the Willingness to do the work  The Power of Unconditional Support from Important People in your Life  Four Tendencies That Drive our Habits  The Role of Intrinsic Motivation  Understanding What is True of You   A Critical Variable that Changes all Formulas for Success  The Myth of Safety and Security  Questions that Help You to Discover What’s True You  How Your Personality Impacts Your Habits  Setting Aside Time for Your Highest Value Work BOOKS AND RESOURCES  The Habits Quiz The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg Happier with Gretchen Rubin (Podcast) The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin  Better than Before  by Gretchen Rubin  Daily Rituals by Mason Currey QUOTES Getting enough sleep is one of the few iron laws of habit formation.  Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including the blockbuster New York Timesbestsellers, Better Than Before, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home. She has an enormous readership, both in print and online, and her books have sold more than two million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages

In this episode of the podcast, artist and designer Aerosyn Lex whose work has been exhibited and New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and who has collaborated with iconic brands and individuals like  Kanye West and Nike joins us to talk about the process of finding your creative identity.  HIGHLIGHTS:  The difference between a professional pursuit and calling Why success isn’t promised with even hard work and talent The reasons we tend to ignore our calling The importance of environment and emotional support What causes us to misinterpret our calling  What it takes to find your creative identity  Thinking about what you want to do, not just want you to have How the modern digital world causes us a lot of confusion  Lessons from working with iconic masters of their craft Bouncing back from our major setbacks QUOTES Without art I wouldn’t really I know who I am  Aerosyn Lex is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the CFDA Awards, and beyond. He is one of the top 40 alumni from the prestigious Pratt institute and has been awarded the coveted SCOPE grand prize during the Armory Arts Show. Living and working in both New York and  has collaborated with some of today’s most illustrious names including Kenzo, Nike, LVMH, Public School, Kanye, and Diplo

In this episode of the podcast, artist and designer Aerosyn Lex whose work has been exhibited and New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and who has collaborated with iconic brands and individuals like  Kanye West and Nike joins us to talk about the process of finding your creative identity.  HIGHLIGHTS:  The difference between a professional pursuit and calling Why success isn’t promised with even hard work and talent The reasons we tend to ignore our calling The importance of environment and emotional support What causes us to misinterpret our calling  What it takes to find your creative identity  Thinking about what you want to do, not just want you to have How the modern digital world causes us a lot of confusion  Lessons from working with iconic masters of their craft Bouncing back from our major setbacks QUOTES Without art I wouldn’t really I know who I am  Aerosyn Lex is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the CFDA Awards, and beyond. He is one of the top 40 alumni from the prestigious Pratt institute and has been awarded the coveted SCOPE grand prize during the Armory Arts Show. Living and working in both New York and  has collaborated with some of today’s most illustrious names including Kenzo, Nike, LVMH, Public School, Kanye, and Diplo

In this episode of the podcast, musician, programer, author and CD baby founder Derek Sivers joins us to talk about creating a life that enables you get anything you want.  HIGHLIGHTS: The impact of continually moving around on Derek’s life How to be an introvert and run a company The similarities between music, programming and writing Treating entrepreneurship and creativity as an opportunity for personal development Lessons learned from being a full time musician  Dealing with wealth and our internal narratives around money  Knowing what works for you when it comes to money Making self help practical and useful  Why sharing something with people helps you to internalize it more Lessons learned from working at the circus  When to say yes to everything and when to say no QUOTES My primary is reason for doing any of this is personal development  If you want to entertain an audience it’s all about them, not you.  BOOKS AND RESOURCES AND MENTIONED Predictably Irrational  Thinking Fast and Slow The Paradox of Choice Stumbling on Happiness How to Win Friends and Influence People  Book Notes (Derek’s notes from books he’s read) Anything You Want SPONSORS Today’s episode is brought to you by Freeshipping.com  Derek Sivers is best known for being the founder and former president of CD Baby, an online CD store for independent musicians.  He’s also a musician, programmer, writer, and student. You can follow him on twitter @sivers.