The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Brad Montague creative director and co-producer of the wildly popular web series Kid President, talks to us about the process of how a creative project finds its voice. HIGHLIGHTSHow Small Moments Create Encouragement Brad’s Mission to Make Other People Feel like they Matter The Origin Story of Kid President The Importance of Messengers in our Lives Finding the Element that Causes Your Work to Connect at Another Level Why Everyone of Us Needs to a Build a CabinetBringing a Sense of Wonder to Your WorkThe Importance of Celebrating Everybody The Evolution of a Creative Project’s Voice Viewing the Work You Create as a Gift Choosing the Story We Want to Tell QUOTESI feel like a kid whose been invited to the grownups table (Click to Tweet)There’s a sense of wonder if we’re not careful we can lose (Click to Tweet) Brad Montague is the creator of Kid President and founder Love in Stereo.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In an effort to teach their own kids how they could change the world, Matt and Eva Webb took a one year road trip to all 50 states on which they interviewed 75 young change makers from all over the United States. HIGHLIGHTSCreating Opportunities for Children to Make a DifferenceHow Expectations Get us Sucked into Keeping Up with the JonesesMaking Good On Our Most Ambitious DreamsHow the One Year Road Trip transformed Matt and Eva’s FamilyWhat Shapes Kids to Want to Be Change makersWhy Routines Give us a False Sense of Security How Exposure to Poverty Changes Your PerspectiveWhy We can Often Find Joy in Our CommunitiesSeeing That Everyone is of Equal ValueDeveloping a Sharper Awareness of TimeQUOTESIn order to make lasting change you have to be embedded in a community. (Click to Tweet)Every kid makes an impact in the world just by being here.  (Click to Tweet)You know you’re really alive when you’re going through  (Click to Tweet)challenges Every single human has the potential to teach how you to be a better person  (Click to Tweet)When you don’t learn how to fail you don’t learn how to learn  (Click to Tweet) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the podcast, Sasha Martin talks to us about her journey of cooking a dish from every country in the world. HIGHLIGHTSWhat Causes us to Ignore Our Spark Moments How a Recipe Book Turned into a Memoir The Search for a Sense of Belonging Finding The Purpose of Your QuestDiffusing The Negative Stories of Our PastHow Food Can Serve as a Bridge Between PeopleSeeing People for Who They Are Instead of Who We Want them To BeExperiencing Every Country in the World In Your Kitchen Why Sharing Our Intentions Sets Things in Motion QUOTES“There’s a real difference between poverty of resources and poverty of spirit. (Click to Tweet) “Our past informs everything we do. But it isn’t who we are” (Click to Tweet)“I realized that it had been my perspective that was narrow, not the city.” (Click to Tweet)Sasha Martin is the author ofLife From Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family and Forgiveness. On her blog, Globaltableadventure, she’s documented her journey of cooking a meal from every country in the world.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the podcast, writer, coach, and co-founder of the investment firm Rose Park advisors talks about incorporating the principles of disruptive innovation into our lives. HIGHLIGHTSDealing with and Resolving Parental ExpectationsWhy Some of Our Biggest Strengths Come from Our Biggest Challenges The Different Types of Intelligence Identifying the Types of Intelligence You Have The Path from Secretary to Investment Banker Why We have to Play to Our Strengths to Reach Our Full Potential Character Traits That Enable a Drastic Identity Shift Why All Successful People Deal with Self Doubt and Fear The Antidote To Low Grade Depression That Gives You an Edge  Determining How you Measure Success  The 7 Keys to Personal Disruption Whitney Johnson is the leading thinker on driving innovation through personal disruption. Johnson is the co-founder of Rose Park Advisors, along with Clayton Christensen where they led the seed round for Korea’s Coupang, currently valued at $5+ billion.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the podcast business strategist Tara Gentile talks about how to make your work more compelling and yourself more effective. HIGHLIGHTSDeveloping a Sense of Abundance Living a Priority to Driven Life Where We Inherit Our Beliefs About MoneyDealing with Your Blocks Around MoneyWhy the Notion of a Solo Entrepreneurship is a MythHow Confirmation Bias Gets in Our Way Shifting from an Employee Money Mindset to an Entrepreneurial Money MindsetBuilding a Business Around What Makes You Most Compelling and Effective Taking Action in a Moment of Creative Daring Using the Living Room Strategy to Launch Successful Products How to Find the Main Idea or Ethos of Your Work QUOTES It’s focus that allows us to make forward progress very quickly (Click to Tweet) We’re often handed the things we’ve worked really hard for. (Click to Tweet) The things that make us angry have great creative potential (Click to Tweet)PEOPLE AND RESOURCES Quiet Power Strategy Body of Work by Pamela Slim Chris Sacca’s Interview with Tim Ferriss Sally Hogshead – Listen to Our Interview with HerTara Gentile is an author and business strategist who works with idea-driven entrepreneurs who want to do more with less. Her clients learn to lead themselves and their businesses based on what makes them most effective and compelling. Tara’s work has been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, Design*Sponge, and in the New York Times bestselling book The $100 Startup, by Chris Guillebeau. She’s a regular instructor on CreativeLive and speaks on entrepreneurship, money, and the New Economy all over the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the podcast, Whitney Hess talks about designing a more self aware life and the power of empathy to become more effective leaders.HIGHLIGHTSUncovering the the Desires that Drive Us Lessons in Self Sufficiency from Being an Only Child How We can Learn to Become More ResourcefulEngaging in Experiences and Activities that Develop Our SkillsWhy You Have to Actually Want to Change Regardless of What it Takes Why We Need to Understand What People’s Needs AreFinding an Approach to Fulfill Your Underlying Passion What Causes us to Overlook Our Lightbulb MomentsThe Expansiveness of Our Inner World Cultivating Your Capacity to Listen InwardlyThe Multiple Centers of Intelligence That We All Have How to Deal with Burnout Two Key Questions that Can Help you Discover Your Long and Short Term IntentionsUsing Empathy to Get More Results in Your Life QUOTESI really believe that everything we do in life is practice (Click to Tweet) I do not believe there is such thing as a coachable person or un-coachable person (Click to Tweet) The only way to serve people’s needs is by understanding their needs. (Click to Tweet) I think most people miss the lightbulb moment because they’re not listening inwardly. (Click to Tweet) RESOURCES AND BOOKSTumblr Empathy is Everyting Non-Violent Communication by Marshall RosenbergWhitney Hess is a certified coach, published author and keynote speaker putting humanity back into business. You can follow her on twitter @whitneyhess Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the podcast, Instagram Photographer Patrick Janelle talks about how creating a platform for your work that gets people to come to you. HIGHLIGHTSHow Multiple Art for Forms can Impact Your Work Communication Lessons from Working on The House FloorDeveloping The Ability to Withstand Lots of RejectionTaking Risks Without Knowing Where They’ll LeadThe Connection Between Risk and Fear Bringing Elements of Performance, Experience and Community Into Your Work Having a Comprehensive View into All Aspects of Your ArtTelling Stories and Documenting Moments Through Images QUOTESI believe the best kind of performance is authentic. (Click to Tweet) Risk is a combination of learned behavior and behavior that exists naturally (Click to Tweet) After living across the United States and across the globe, Patrick settled in New York in the fall of 2011. After a couple of years working in the art department at Bon Appétit magazine, he stepped out on his own to forge brand partnerships, create secret pop-up gatherings across Manhattan, and pursue a lifestyle worthy of the constant photos he posts on Instagram. You can follow him @aguynamedpatrack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, spiritual entrepreneur, philanthropist, and teacher John Assaraf talks about the power of expanding your awareness. HIGHLIGHTSChanging Paths from a Life of CrimeThe Innate Desire to Feel Worthy Shifting Paradigms to Create a Sense of WorthinessMasks that we Create to Protect Ourselves Why Wisdom Comes From ExperienceHow Pillars of Strength Come from Our Biggest ChallengesThe Value of Specialized KnowledgeSeparating Our Failures from Our IdentityThe Advantage of Looking at Things Through a Spiritual LensThe Law of GOYALooking for Coherence Patters in The Most Important Areas of Your LifeA Deep Dive into Belief Change and Perception The Difference Between Being Interested and Being Committed Why Pain Is a Major Motivator  for Change QUOTESThe meaning that we give anything determines how we feel and what we do. I do believe in hope and prayer. But not as your core strategy. John Assaraf is a serial entrepreneur, brain researcher, and CEO of PraxisNow, a brain-research company that creates some of the most powerful evidence-based brain retraining tools and programs in the world. A relentless explorer of consciousness and human behavior, John’s passion is discovering and teaching people how to release the mental blockages that hold them back from achieving their fullest potential.In this episode, spiritual entrepreneur, philanthropist, and teacher John Assaraf talks about the power of expanding your awareness. HIGHLIGHTSChanging Paths from a Life of CrimeThe Innate Desire to Feel Worthy Shifting Paradigms to Create a Sense of WorthinessMasks that we Create to Protect Ourselves Why Wisdom Comes From ExperienceHow Pillars of Strength Come from Our Biggest ChallengesThe Value of Specialized KnowledgeSeparating Our Failures from Our IdentityThe Advantage of Looking at Things Through a Spiritual LensThe Law of GOYALooking for Coherence Patters in The Most Important Areas of Your LifeA Deep Dive into Belief Change and Perception The Difference Between Being Interested and Being Committed Why Pain Is a Major Motivator  for Change QUOTESThe meaning that we give anything determines how we feel and what we do. I do believe in hope and prayer. But not as your core strategy. John Assaraf is a serial entrepreneur, brain researcher, and CEO of PraxisNow, a brain-research company that creates some of the most powerful evidence-based brain retraining tools and programs in the world. A relentless explorer of consciousness and human behavior, John’s passion is discovering and teaching people how to release the mental blockages that hold them back from achieving their fullest potential. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode motivational cartoonist and creator of Art to Self, Steph Halligan joins us to talk about how to make our childhood dreams come true as adults.HIGHLIGHTSThe Power of Doing Things Unrelated to Your Primary Work Why We Need to Feed Our Creative InterestsLearning to Let Imagination Run Your Life Developing Your Creative Habits and RitualsLearning to Visualize Your Thoughts on PaperResolving Creative Tension in Your WorkWhy Showing Up And Sharing Your Work Regularly MattersCultivating Resilience and The Refusal of DefeatThe 1000 True Fan Benchmark The Continuum of Artist IntegrityQUOTESI’m fan of doing what you’re really good and the path of least resistance when it comes to creativity. (Click to Tweet)You get to make a really hard to choice or slightly easy choicer to give up. (Click to Tweet)BOOKSBig Magic by Elizabeth GlibertThe War of Art by Steven Pressfield Steph Halligan is a motivational cartoonist and creator of Art To Self, where she delivers daily inspiration to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Geraldine Deruiter, creator and author of the popular travel blog Everywhereist, talks about how to find new beginnings in our endings. HIGHLIGHTSWhy a Sincere Perspective Can be as Powerful as a Useful OneMaking Our Creative Work Richer by Infusing a Compelling NarrativeQuestions that Can Help you to Find the Theme of A StoryThe Importance of Letting Ideas Bake How We Find a New Beginning in Our Ending Why We Need to Sometimes Appreciate and Honor Our LossesThe Role of a Support System in Navigating Our Challenges The Evolutionary Process of Developing a VoiceRESOURCES AND QUOTESHow Writing 1000 Words a Day Changed my Life (Medium Article) You have to create what isn’t true to yourself in order to get to what is (Click to Tweet) Geraldine Deruiter is the author of the popular and hilarious travel blog Everywhereist.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.