Your "on demand" job cannot contain the totality of your creative ideas and energy. We all must embrace "unnecessary creating" in order to maintain a portfolio of activity that helps us grow in skills, drive, and the ability to take advantage of opportunities.
It's so easy to allow negative experiences to define your life and work. Today's guest, Dr. Rick Hanson, offers ideas and practices from his best-selling book Hardwiring Happiness to help you learn to "stay with the good" in your life, and remain open to possibilities and ideas.
We need strong, thriving relationships in order to produce great work over time. Specifically, we need three types: mirrors, circles, and guides. In this episode, we address each and how they can play a role in our growth.
Tom Rath is the author of several books, including Strengths Finder 2.0, and Eat Move Sleep. His new book is called Are You Fully Charged?, and addresses the small actions that make a big difference in everyday effectiveness in life and work.
Brian Koppelman, screenwriter (Rounders, Oceans Thirteen), producer (The Illusionist, The Lucky Ones), and director (Solitary Man), talks about his personal practices, compromise versus creative courage, and his new podcast The Moment.
We all have blind spots in our creative work, and they can rob us of really valuable insights and contribution. It's important to test assumptions and ensure that we're not fossilizing around them.
Are you "rejection proof"? Jia Jiang has just released a book by that title, and in this interview he shares his journey of struggling with rejection and how he overcame it.
In this interview, Jon discusses how to make strategic investments now in your life and career that will pay dividends for a long time to come.
Jeff Goins is the author of a brand new book called The Art of Work. In this interview he shares what he learned in writing his book through the stories of others, and some advice for how each of us can step into our calling.
David Allen shares insights from the 2015 revised edition of his bestseller Getting Things Done.
Why is it so difficult to change our behavior, even when we know it's not good for us? Gretchen Rubin's new book is called Better Than Before, and is about how we can form better habits and break bad ones.
How can leaders inspire a culture of meaning? Today's guest, Scott Mautz, runs a $3 Billion business and is the author of the new book Make It Matter. He shares some of the battle-tested strategies he's used to build strong teams and strong results.
A few months ago, I heard Mitch Joel in conversation with Seth Godin on the podcast Six Pixels of Separation, and I knew I had to have him back on to chat about careers, fear, failure, and building a body of work that is substantive. Mitch is president of Mirum, a global digital marketing agency, and author of the book Ctrl Alt Delete. We talk about career paths, embracing the "squiggle", and the line between following your muse and being flighty.
What you do first thing in the morning often sets the tone for the rest of your day. On today's episode, I'll share the basics of how to establish a morning ritual, and some specific methods for starting each day strong.
What separates compelling leaders from the rest? They are able to tell stories that inspire action and change. Today's guest, Paul Smith, shares how to tell stories that will help us lead and collaborate more effectively.
Typically, it’s misalignment around expectations, and conflicting definitions of the word excellence. Excellence is a slippery concept, because it can mean so many different things depending on your perspective.
Steven Pressfield is a warrior. He gets up everyday and fights Resistance to put words on a page and bring art to life. Steven’s book The War of Art is a masterpiece on how to thrive in the create-on-demand world.
Chris Michel is a successful entrepreneur, having built and sold multiple companies, and a world-traveling writer and photographer. In this interview, he shares his thoughts about where ideas come from, the importance of compliance mechanisms, and how to continue to grow and evolve in life and work.
One of the biggest challenges we all face is getting people to listen to our ideas, especially in a team setting. In this episode, I share four tips for getting your ideas heard.
Your best work results from a deep understanding of who you're creating for. You have to define your intended audience.