The Right Questions with James Victore

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingConfidence isn’t a costume you earn after you “arrive.” It’s an energy you can put on when your work needs you to show up clear, steady, and useful. We explore why even asking a question takes guts, how borrowed beliefs become identity, and what changes when you stop outsourcing permission to other people. You’ll hear a candid story from the stage about wearing confidence in service of an audience, plus a revealing Oprah anecdote that proves everyone—yes, even the famous—checks in to see if they were “okay.”Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingA wish to be “big” turns into a masterclass on being true. We pull ten punchy, practical lessons from Tom Hanks’ classic—using story to unpack why loving the process beats obsessing over the future, how the right comrades act like medicine, and what happens when we stop sanding down our edges to fit rooms that were never made for us. The result is a clear blueprint for working boldly, living playfully, and getting paid to be yourself without apology.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingA headless bronze taught us more about AI than any whitepaper. We start with Rodin’s Walking Man—one foot rooted in the past, the other driving forward—and unpack why those fingerprints in the base still stop us cold: they’re proof that a person risked something to make something. From there, we trace the tension many creatives feel as generative AI explodes into our workflows—part wonder, part worry—and draw a clear line between pattern prediction and human presence.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingForget the pressure to reinvent yourself every January. We take a scalpel to the “new year, new you” mantra and uncover a more honest path: ask the right questions, trust the answers you already know, and let the five-year-old inside—the curious, playful, weirdly wonderful you—come back to the mic. Instead of chasing a shinier identity, we explore what happens when you choose congruence over performance and kindness over punishment.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingEver noticed how we're all conditioned to fear failure? From spilled milk to creative blocks, our aversion to messing up shapes our lives in profound ways.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingThe relationship between creatives and clients can be a delicate dance of expectations, boundaries, and mutual respect.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingWhat happens when you stand with one foot on the dock and one foot on a boat? You get wet. This perfectly captures the dilemma of creative professionals who want both creative freedom and absolute security—you can't have both without risking something.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingEver been told your creative work isn't important enough to make a real difference? This raw, inspiring episode challenges the dismissive notion that only certain professions can "change the world."Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingWhat does it mean to be truly human? It's about connecting with our innate ability to create beauty and magic—something we're all born with but many have forgotten along the way.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingEver wonder what truly separates creative people from creative professionals? Contrary to what you might expect, it's not extraordinary talent or revolutionary ideas—it's embracing two surprisingly mundane practices: scheduling and organization.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!