Win At Work, Succeed At Life (with Megan Hyatt Miller)
How to thrive in all areas of your life, not just at work.
Win At Work, Succeed At Life (with Megan Hyatt Miller)
Articles about Books
Developing Creative Resilience
Developing Creative Resilience
Principles for thriving in the face of adversity.
Fear Of Missing Out (with Patrick McGinnis)
Fear Of Missing Out (with Patrick McGinnis)
Learning to embrace what's in front of you.
Leadership Is Language (with L. David Marquet)
Leadership Is Language (with L. David Marquet)
On this episode, L. David Marquet shares insights into how to use the power of language to unleash your team's best work.
Life’s Great Question (with Tom Rath)
Life’s Great Question (with Tom Rath)
How do you uniquely contribute to the world? On this episode, Tom Rath is here to help you understand why you are here on this planet.
Sizing People Up (with Robin Dreeke)
Sizing People Up (with Robin Dreeke)
How to know if you can really trust someone.
You Are Awesome (with Neil Pasricha)
You Are Awesome (with Neil Pasricha)
Developing resilience as a creative pro.
Pitch Better (with Brant Pinvidic)
Pitch Better (with Brant Pinvidic)
The first few minutes of your pitch can make all the difference between a successful and failed outcome. On this episode, Brant Pinvidic shares how to pitch better.
Becoming Indistractable (with Nir Eyal)
Becoming Indistractable (with Nir Eyal)
How to spend your attention on the things that matter.
You Are A Badass Every Day (with Jen Sincero)
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...
The Big Idea: Herding Tigers
The Big Idea: Herding Tigers
What do highly creative people really need from their leader? Two things, primarily: stability and challenge. On this episode, I dive into the big idea from my latest book Herding Tigers, and explain why these two forces are the key to unlocking performance and brilliance in the team you lead, in your relationships with your clients, and in any complex collaborative relationship.
The Big Idea: The Accidental Creative
The Big Idea: The Accidental Creative
Today we're beginning a new podcast series called The Big Idea, in which we'll cover the core concepts from each of Todd Henry's first four books. This episode is devoted to the first book, The Accidental Creative.
Wisdom At Work (with Chip Conley)
Wisdom At Work (with Chip Conley)
There are many stages we go through in our career, from novice to being the senior and most experienced person on the team. How we think about our role as we transition through these stages plays a large part in the quality of the body of work that we build. On today's episode, Chip Conley, a strategic advisor at Airbnb, shares insights into the making of a modern elder from his new book Wisdom At Work.
Friend Of A Friend (with David Burkus)
Friend Of A Friend (with David Burkus)
Networking. Just the word can sometimes bring chills to introverts like me. We tend to think of networking as "slapping palms" and "swapping business cards" and the whole thing often feel a little... swarmy. However, today's guest David Burkus is here to tell us how to think differently about networking, and how we can leverage both our strong and weak ties to help us accomplish our professional goals. His new book is called Friend Of A Friend.
Great At Work (with Morten T. Hansen)
Great At Work (with Morten T. Hansen)
What separates top performers from everyone else? Is it really just a matter of hustle and multi-tasking, or is there something else going on? Today's guest Morten T. Hansen has spent several years studying top performers and he's discovered that there are seven key differentiators between average and remarkable performers. On this episode, he shares why working more hours can be counter-productive, how to prune priorities to create maximum value, and how to say "no" to your boss.
Podcast: Being a Strategic Storyteller (with Alexander Jutkowitz)
Podcast: Being a Strategic Storyteller (with Alexander Jutkowitz)
How often are you conscious of the story you're telling through your work? You can't afford to create just for yourself. You need to be mindful of how the work you're creating will be received by the educated consumer on the other end. In today's episode, Alexander Jutkowitz shares how to use wisdom, wonder, and delight to weave stories that will connect with your audience with insights from his new book The Strategic Storyteller.
Podcast: Real Artists Don’t Starve (with Jeff Goins)
Podcast: Real Artists Don’t Starve (with Jeff Goins)
We've all heard the myth of the starving artist. Everyone knows that artists have to suffer for their art, live in squalid conditions, and experience great pain in order to produce brilliant work. Except, according to today's guest, that's not really the case. Jeff Goins has just written a new book called Real Artists Don't Starve, and on today's show he shares some of the differences between starving artists and thriving artists, and how you can make enough money from your art to sustain it.
Podcast: Four Books To Read In 2017
Podcast: Four Books To Read In 2017
On today’s episode I’m going to share four books I think you should read in 2017. These are not new books, and a few of them are actually many years old. However, they are books that I either recently read, or go back to over and over, and that I’ve not heavily recommended before.