Our Podcasts
With millions of downloads, The Accidental Creative podcast has provided twice-weekly tips and interviews with top thinkers, leaders, and artists for over a decade.
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts · Email
The Daily Creative podcast offers a quick daily idea, tip, or strategy to help you be better at what you do each day. Hosted by Todd Henry (author of The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, Herding Tigers).
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts · Email
Plan Your Day On An Index Card
On this episode, I share how to plan your day on an index card using the framework E-M-P-T-Y. [iframe style="border:none"...
Using Time Chunks To Master Your Days
Your Ethic
Do you have a defining ethic, or a set of words that describes how you go about making decisions, and that is the filter for the value you bring to the table each day? On this episode, you'll hear about mine and how to develop your own. [iframe style="border:none"...
You’ll Be Known For What You Do
In my book The Accidental Creative, I quoted Kristian Andersen who said "You'll be known for what you do, so you'd better get busy doing what you want to be known for." What exactly is it you want to be known for, and are you busy doing it? [iframe...
Getting To The Best Idea (with Niki Papadopoulos)
Every idea - even a great one - needs an editor. Someone to help sift through the fluff and get to the heart of it all. For a band, it's the producer. For an agency, a creative director. And for an author, it's the editor. On this episode, renowned book editor Niki...
The Four Phases Of Growth
There are four phases that you'll pass through in your effort to produce brilliant work in your career. By understanding them, you can ensure that you don't get stuck and that you continue pushing up the growth curve over time. [iframe style="border:none"...
A Lesson From Coldplay
I was recently watching the Coldplay documentary "A Head Full Of Dreams", and lead singer and songwriter Chris Martin said something that struck me in a profound way. He said something like, "The best songs all come in 10 minutes, but it's the hours you s [iframe...
Shooting For The 3
Invisible metrics and hidden agendas can sometimes prevent us from producing the work we are capable of. How did pop music become so bland? Not because people didn't want to make great music. It's because the entire industry was driven by something they c [iframe...
You Are A Badass Every Day (with Jen Sincero)
Your everday practices are what set you up for success. It's not the "every so often" mustering of your will, it's the things you choose to implement regularly that prepare you for those moments when you need to be brilliant. Today's guest is Jen Sincero, and she's...
Standing Out and Fitting In
I recently spoke at an event, and one of the other speakers - Chase Jarvis - said "you can't stand out and fit in at the same time." I think most creative pros oscillate between these two things: a fear of standing out too much, to the point that we might [iframe...
Bury The Butterfly
When beautiful things die - like our ideas, our hopes, our dreams, a career path we thought would pan out - we often just move on and focus on the next thing without stopping to consider how we've been affected by the disappointment of it all. Even good, [iframe...
Four Ways To Stoke Curiosity
Stimulus Dive
No matter how long you've been doing what you're doing, it's easy to get into assumptive ruts. Thought ruts. Ruts that prevent you from seeing potentially great ideas. On this episode, I share a few ways to use a "stimulus dive" to get out of your comfort [iframe...
Lower Your Expectations
Paralyzed and unable to gain traction on that big project? Maybe it's because your expectations are too high. (What? Too high?!?!) By lowering your expectations for regular output you can increase the likelihood of actually making meaningful progress on your...
