The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Michael Bungay Stanier, senior partner at Box of Crayons joins us to discuss coaching questions that create behavioral change and enable us to do more great work. Highlights Nurturing the seeds that get planted in our livesThe path from conscious incompetence to masteryThe power working the system to get we wantHow to be the rebel within the systemThe balance between madness and measure Making change in complex systems resistance to change The difference between great work and good workLessons learned from working with Seth Godin Coaching questions that lead to behavioral changeQuotesYou’re always trying to find the balance between madness and measureQuestions are portals into the future Turn the volume up to 10 on who you are and how you show up in the world. Books and ResourcesDo More Great Work End Malaria The Coaching Habit Michael Bungay Stanier is the Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, a company that helps organizations do less Good Work and more Great Work. Box of Crayons is best known for their coaching programs that help time-crunched managers coach in 10 minutes or less. He’s written a number of books, the best known of which is Do More Great Work, created a series of short internet videos that have been seen by millions of people around the world, and organized the Great Work MBA, a virtual conference that had 10,000 registrants. He’s proudest of the book End Malaria, a collection of essays about Great Work from thought leaders that has raised $400,000 for Malaria No More. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim Bunch, coach and founder of The Ultimate Game of Life returns to the show to talk about 9 the environment that make up our lives. Download Your FREE 9 Environments AssesmentHighlights What causes our addiction to personal developmentShifting your mindset to believing you have enoughWhy the likelihood of change is less likely without a catalystHow your environments work on you 24 hours a dayThe small ways to start changing environmentsCreating environments that pull you into a bigger youWhere people go wrong in the process of changing environmentAnchoring environments to create changeThe 9 Environments that Make Up Your Life With Jim Bunch    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tess Vigeland, veteran radio producer and former anchor for public radio’s Marketplace, join us to discuss her story of leaping without a plan B.Highlights Developing an awareness of the moments we fall in love with our workThe challenges of coming up with your own definitions of successWhy we all don’t have to be specialThe mentality that sets us up to feel like failuresHow definitions of success change over the course of our lives and our careersLessons in mastery from more than 20 years in radioNavigating loss of identity that comes with significant changes in your lifeNavigating the psychological challenges of leaping into uncertaintyBooks and ResourcesTess’s talk at the World Domination SummitLeap without a Plan BQuotesEverybody doesn’t have a calling, but why should they? @tessvigeland via @unmistakableCRYou have one life to live. Live it the way you want to live it. @tessvigeland via @unmistakableCRYou can’t be a journalist if you don’t have a curious mind. @tessvigeland via @unmistakableCRThere’s a great responsibility to making sure people are informed about their world. @tessvigeland via @unmistakableCRPeople back from the cliff because they can’t imagine who they are without what they do.If the self-help books worked, we wouldn’t have so many of them.Tess Vigeland is a veteran journalist, and a well-known voice to millions of American radio listeners. She is the CEO of Tess Vigeland Productions, a Los Angeles-based multi-media company. Tess spent 11 years as an anchor for public radio’s Marketplace, including six hosting the personal finance show Marketplace Money. Her first book, titled “Leap: Leaving A Job With No Plan B to Find the Career and Life You Really Want,” was published in August 2015, by Random House Harmony. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reema Zaman, writer, visual artist, and actress joins us to talk about using her art to become a voice for people who don’t have one. Highlights: How curiosity enables us to cultivate self-awarenessLeveraging writing to find clarity and comfort in our livesBecoming the author of your own life The golden thread that exists in each of our livesCreating narratives of resilience and choice How to deal with the questions we’ll never have answers toWhy pain gives us an opportunity to gain strength Why forgiveness is the greatest gift you can give to yourselfCreative lessons learned from the world of acting and theaterQuotes Art gives voice to so many other things that would otherwise remain quiet. Every time something painful happens it tests your loyalty to yourselfFor me watching pain turn into poetry is the biggest high – ReemaWhen you’re an actor you’re the instrument that communicates the story You don’t want to tell the story, you want to feel the story. All art is an act of intimacy and vulnerability. Reema Zaman  is a writer, actress, and artist from Bangladesh.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim Lawrence, creator of The Adversity Within shares how we navigate the internal journeys of loss, adversity, and how we grow by putting ourselves in challenging environments. Highlights How adversity creates ferocious internal resolvePutting yourself in intentionally constraining environmentsWhy we don’t have to believe something inherently good aboutThe difference between approval and acceptance Building foundations of empathy and compassion What causes us to confuse responsibility and blameFocusing on what we control vs what we don’tThe masks we wear to hide our challengesFinding our way back into the light through service QuotesIt takes balls to actually stand in your painIt’s really hard to find meaning if you haven’t fully acknowledge what you’ve gone through Acceptance is simply acknowledging reality for what isI think hiding is responsible for unimaginable amounts of suffering in the worldI’ve learned to find strength in my weaknesses and love in my vulnerability Through his words, Tim Lawrence helps people navigate life’s difficulties – grief, injury, depression, or loss – and learn to forge strength in the fire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Tseitlin,  founder of Benchic chocolates joins us to discuss how he leverages curiosity to design experiences and make chocolate. Highlights The power of not having domain expertiseWhy breaking things helps you understand themLetting go of expectations to create resultsThe importance and power of focus Making deliberate choices about running a business Why empathy is the most critical aspect of design Combining your background and experience to create your message Unlearning what we know to develop a beginners mind  Quotes The desire for mastery is one of those things that can’t be forced on anyone. Childlike curiosity and exploration are the oxygen of mastery. The information that you consume and the people around you shape who you really areSponsors Get 30% off all hosting packages with Hostgator. Use the promo code creative. Develop a mediation habit with Start Here Now. With TruecarTruecar you get guaranteed savings and never overpay Ben Tseitlin is the founder of Benchic Chocolate and is driven to make something extraordinary from nothing. Ben Tseitlin,  founder of Benchic chocolates joins us to discuss how he leverages curiosity to design experiences and make chocolate. Highlights The power of not having domain expertiseWhy breaking things helps you understand themLetting go of expectations to create resultsThe importance and power of focus Making deliberate choices about running a business Why empathy is the most critical aspect of design Combining your background and experience to create your message Unlearning what we know to develop a beginners mind  Quotes The desire for mastery is one of those things that can’t be forced on anyone. Childlike curiosity and exploration are the oxygen of mastery. The information that you consume and the people around you shape who you really areSponsors Get 30% off all hosting packages with Hostgator. Use the promo code creative. Develop a mediation habit with Start Here Now. With TruecarTruecar you get guaranteed savings and never overpay Ben Tseitlin is the founder of Benchic Chocolate and is driven to make something extraordinary from nothing.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Salim Ismail, Singularity University’s global ambassador and founding executive director, joins us to discuss the keys to exponential personal and professional growth. HIGHLIGHTSHow institutions and organizations can adapt to a new worldControversial theories on the success of Indian CEO’sNavigating complex human relationships Combining lunacy and rational thinking The role that forcing functions play in our lives and our workExpanding your capacity to push boundaries Tools for internal transformation and rewriting our operating systems. Disruptive technologies that will have profound impacts on our livesThe Power of Thinking at Scale QuotesAlmost all profoundly successful entrepreneurs were dismal failures the first three or four times around.Real power comes from when you can put yourself over the edge and pull yourself back. Life at its core level is just a process.The purpose of life is to grow.If you try to do something disruptive, the immune system of the organization will attack you. If you’re on the consumer internet, the two attributes you’d better have are speed and riskSalim is a sought after speaker, strategist and entrepreneur – his last company, Angstro, was acquired by Google in August 2010. Salim spent two years as SU’s founding Executive Director and currently serves as its Global Ambassador focusing on its global presence. He Twitters his thoughts at @salimismail and blogs infrequently at www.salimismail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jerry Colonna CEO of Reboot.IO and former venture capitalist joins us for one of this year’s deepest and most thought provoking conversations about resiliency, our sense of self, and much more. HighlightsThe keys to developing resiliencyMyths about our moment of arrival Dealing with impostor syndrome Uncoupling our sense of self from extrinsic The storm of emotions of that make up lifeThe power of insatiable curiosity and voracious readingLessons learned from working with Fred Wilson Books and ResourcesFaith by Sharon SalzburgWhen Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron The Reboot Podcast QuotesWhatever capacity I have to see has come from standing on the shoulders of giants.The fact that I cry and I feel, that’s a superpower. I think that we’re afraid of our own feelings. How can you be in relationship with someone if you don’t know who you are and you don’t love yourself? I used the chase to define myself for such a long that time that when the chase was over who was I? The promise of Buddhism is not eternal salvation. The promise of Buddhism is the alleviation of suffering in this lifetime.Jerry Colonna is an executive coach who uses the skills he learned as a venture capitalist to help entrepreneurs. He draws on his wide variety of experiences to help clients design a more conscious life and make needed changes to their career to improve their performance and satisfaction  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave Munson founder of Saddleback leather joins us to discuss the rather humble beginnings of building a successful retail business.HighlightsWhy we are not always aware how we’re impacting peopleExpecting something wonderful to happen when we’re inconveniencedCultivating a constant state of wonder Why our impact starts to happen later in lifeThe importance of asking for help Experience joy outside of our need for moneyDave Munson is the founder of Saddleback Leather, a people business cleverly disguised as a leather goods company. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amy Oestreicher joins us to discuss how she turned her life-threatening illness and over 27 surgeries into what she now calls a beautiful detour. HIGHLIGHTSFinding hope when in our most difficult times Dealing with the fear of not being able to make our mark on the world Turning obstacles into opportunity How Amy turned her story into a beautiful detourWhy art and creativity can help us to heal The unexpected places that detours take usBringing a sense of wonder to our daily lives Using gratitude to build resilience Shifting our questions from “why me?” to “why not?”QuotesI wasn’t able to heal until I could start sharing my story. There’s life outside the plans we have for ourselves. I don’t think you can change people until they’re ready to change. When you find out what you’re grateful for, you realize what you’re about.If life does take a detour you’ve got to follow that detour and just be open to where it leads because you really don’t know what you’ll get along the way.SponsorsThis  episode is sponsored by Hostgator. Use the promo code CREATIVE  for 30% off all hosting package. This is episode is also sponsored by TrueCar. Visit their web site or  download the Truecar AppAmy Oestreicher is a  PTSD peer-to-peer specialist, artist, author, writer for The Huffington Post, speaker for RAINN, award-winning health advocate, actress and playwright.  Amy Oestreicher joins us to discuss how she turned her life-threatening illness and over 27 surgeries into what she now calls a beautiful detour. HIGHLIGHTSFinding hope when in our most difficult times Dealing with the fear of not being able to make our mark on the world Turning obstacles into opportunity How Amy turned her story into a beautiful detourWhy art and creativity can help us to heal The unexpected places that detours take usBringing a sense of wonder to our daily lives Using gratitude to build resilience Shifting our questions from “why me?” to “why not?”QuotesI wasn’t able to heal until I could start sharing my story. There’s life outside the plans we have for ourselves. I don’t think you can change people until they’re ready to change. When you find out what you’re grateful for, you realize what you’re about.If life does take a detour you’ve got to follow that detour and just be open to where it leads because you really don’t know what you’ll get along the way.SponsorsThis  episode is sponsored by Hostgator. Use the promo code CREATIVE  for 30% off all hosting package. This is episode is also sponsored by TrueCar. Visit their web site or  download the Truecar AppAmy Oestreicher is a  PTSD peer-to-peer specialist, artist, author, writer for The Huffington Post, speaker for RAINN, award-winning health advocate, actress and... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.