Six Principles For Cutting Through The Noise
How to be heard in a crowded world.
Six Principles For Cutting Through The Noise
Articles about voice
Standing Out (with Jason Van Orden)
Standing Out (with Jason Van Orden)
How do you make your message stand out in a crowded marketplace? On this episode, Jason Van Orden shares principles for getting your ideas into the world more effectively.
Finding Your Sweet Spot
Finding Your Sweet Spot
Your "sweet spot" of effectiveness is discovered through active contemplation, not passive reflection. The broader your base of experience, the more patterns you will be able to discern.
Finding Your “Sweet Spot” Of Effectiveness
Finding Your “Sweet Spot” Of Effectiveness
Where do you add the most value?
The Big Idea: Louder Than Words
The Big Idea: Louder Than Words
On this episode, I share the big idea of my third book Louder Than Words, and a few ideas for how to develop a voice that resonates with the people you lead and serve.
Find Your Creative Voice With These 10 Questions
Find Your Creative Voice With These 10 Questions
We must actively search for our creative voice, and clear a path for it to emerge. It is uncovered, not manufactured. We may not even like what we discover at first, but by embracing it we will position ourselves to occupy the unique space for which we’re wired.
Here are a ten questions that will help you uncover clues to your unique contribution.
Podcast: Doing What You’re Wired For
Podcast: Doing What You’re Wired For
Are you doing the work you're wired to do, or are you just moving through you days? If you want to figure out what you're wired for, and you want to create impact with your work, you need to cultvate six traits.
Podcast: Overcoming Creative Roadblocks
Podcast: Overcoming Creative Roadblocks
The hardest part of any creative project isn't the beginning or the end, it's squarely in the middle. This is where you'll encounter three common roadblocks, or hurdles, that will make it difficult to complete your task. In today's episode, we deconstruct these three hurdles and discuss how to overcome them.
Discover What’s Worth Working For, Then Spend Yourself On It
Discover What’s Worth Working For, Then Spend Yourself On It
I just spent years researching and writing a book about voice. Voice? Seriously? Why would I do that? Honestly, if I offered you ten potential books to read, and a book about voice was among them, I'd guess that the voice book would probably be among the least...
Podcast: Two Traps To Avoid
Podcast: Two Traps To Avoid
Strangely, the more skilled you become at something, the easier it can be to feel stuck. There are a few common places where even the best and brightest stagnate: emulating others, and emulating (a past form of) themselves. Today, I discuss how to move beyond these two traps.
Podcast: DJ Z-Trip on Finding Your Voice
Podcast: DJ Z-Trip on Finding Your Voice
On any given night, you'll find DJ Z-Trip entertaining tens of thousands of fans at sold-out shows or at festivals such as Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, or SXSW. In this interview, he shares how he developed such a unique, resonant style, and how each of us can follow his example to develop our own unique voice.
Why Authenticity Is The Key To Making Your Work Resonate
Why Authenticity Is The Key To Making Your Work Resonate
It’s noisy. Not physically noisy, but culturally noisy.
Everyone is clamoring for attention, and clanging their gongs trying to win a few seconds of your precious time. Clickbait, shock tactics, and distractions are so commonplace that they are now used even by previously “credible” institutions. It’s tempting to follow suit and fall into these tactics with your own work. Don't do it.
Podcast: Louder Than Words
Podcast: Louder Than Words
Your authentic voice is a gift. How will you offer it to others today through your work? Don't waste your life chasing vapor and building someone else's body of work.
AC Podcast: Jocelyn Glei on Make Your Mark
AC Podcast: Jocelyn Glei on Make Your Mark
Jocelyn Glei, Director of 99u, returns to the podcast to share three big movements that are affecting creative pros and businesses, and to talk about the brand new book Make Your Mark.
AC Podcast: Tara Mohr on Playing Big
AC Podcast: Tara Mohr on Playing Big
Are you playing too small in life and work? Today's guest Tara Mohr is the author of the brand new book Playing Big, and she will challenge you to move past your perceived limits and fears in order to create impact.
Why Does Criticism Sting?
Why Does Criticism Sting?
It’s often not the circumstances we learn from, but our response to them. Identifying limiting narratives or patterns of self-destruction can help us spot them when they crop up, then nip them before they cause us to implode or obsess needlessly over critique.
AC Podcast: Marc Ecko on Unlabel
AC Podcast: Marc Ecko on Unlabel
Marc Ecko, founder of Ecko UNLTD, discusses insights on personal branding, finding your voice, and doing work that matters from his new book Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling Out.
AC Podcast: Amos Heller
AC Podcast: Amos Heller
What if the thing you do is highly competitive? How do you get noticed? On this episode, Amos Heller (touring bass player for Taylor Swift) shares how he went from barista to touring bass player and some things he learned along the way that anyone can use to gain a foothold in a competitive industry.
10 Questions That Will Help You Find Your Voice
10 Questions That Will Help You Find Your Voice
A few ways to begin to identify your unique contribution to the world.
Justine Musk on Creativity and Finding Your Inner Freak
Justine Musk on Creativity and Finding Your Inner Freak
A conversation about making great things and discovering your voice.