Sophia Amoruso is an online educator, serial entrepreneur and New York Times Bestselling Author. She has been featured on the cover of Forbes magazine and featured in the Fortune 40 under 40, Forbes 30 under 30, Inc. 30 under 30, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business lists, and featured on the June 2016 cover of Forbes’ Richest Self-Made Women issue. Sophia founded women’s network Girlboss as well as fashion startup Nasty Gal, which she built to over $100 million in revenue. In 2014, S...
Sep 30, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Here's the secret to getting out of a rut, to getting unstuck and breaking through that wall: Make. More. Stuff. No matter what's blocking you creatively, your best bet is always to just turn up the volume. MAKE . Can't make something good? Make something bad. Make something ugly. Make something crazy doesn't make sense. It doesn't matter what you make, only that you're taking action. Remember, you can't think your way out of a rut. You must do. Only through creating can you find clarity on what...
Sep 28, 2020•14 min
Luvvie Ajayi Jones is a New York Times bestselling author, podcast host and an incredible speaker. She sits at this amazing intersection of comedy, justice and what she calls, professional troublemaking. Speaking of professional troublemaking, this episode Luvvie brings so much clarity around finding our voice, being intentional in our actions, and being unapologetically ourselves. Luvvie starts us at her journey through writing. What started as a fledging side project she worked on in her free ...
Sep 23, 2020•1 hr 19 min
A creative life is built through consistency, not by lurching from one outsized explosion of effort to the next. If you're feeling a bit burned out, overworked, or even a little stuck, rest can work wonders. Enjoy! Today's episode is brought to you by CreativeLive. CreativeLive is the world's largest hub for online creative education in photo/video, art/design, music/audio, craft/maker and the ability to make a living in any of those disciplines. They are high quality, highly curated classes tau...
Sep 21, 2020•9 min
Today's episode is another doozy. Guy Raz is the creator and host of so many popular podcasts including How I Built This , Rewind , Wisdom from the Top, TED Radio Hour, and the children's program Wow in the World . Or you may have heard him on the radio as the host of the breakout NPR Radio show, All Things Considered . A journalist by trade, Guy has received the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize, the National Headliner Award, and the NABJ Award, among many others. Now h...
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Your most remarkable work won’t simply be your craft. I promise you. When you’re at the end of your career looking back, your best stuff will be on the fringe of your craft that makes your favorite projects feel whole…feel different…feel interesting and unique to you. In this episode, we explore why our craft is foundational and necessary, yet the richest fruit of our labor actually exists beyond it. Enjoy! Today's episode is brought to you by CreativeLive. CreativeLive is the world's largest hu...
Sep 15, 2020•15 min
Peter H. Diamandis, MD has started over 20 companies in the areas of longevity, space, venture capital and education. Inspired by the great storytellers of science fiction who imagined a world as it could be, Peter set his sights on making bold ideas into reality. Recently named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Peter H. Diamandis believes there is nothing we cannot do. He is a New York Times Bestselling author of two books: Abundance – The Future Is Better Than You Think a...
Sep 09, 2020•1 hr 3 min
President Dwight D. Eisenhower often said that what is important is rarely urgent and what is urgent is rarely important. I’ve found that the most badass people I know, the ones who are the best in the world at their craft, are rarely busy in the way we’ve been taught to think of it. Being busy is a disease, a terminal one. It destroys your precious time. Being effective is about using every minute thoughtfully and mindfully as you make steady progress toward your dream. The biggest surprise to ...
Sep 07, 2020•11 min
I'm excited to share my conversation with my dear friend Nabil Ayers. He's a multi-talented hyphenate who opened one of Seattle's iconic record stores, Sonic Boom at age 25. As both an executive and an artist who began his career as a musician Ayers has performed on several albums on both independent and major labels. Today, Nabil is the US General Manager of Beggars Group label 4AD where he has run campaigns for The National (GRAMMY award winner in 2018), Big Thief (GRAMMY award nominee in 2020...
Sep 02, 2020•1 hr 23 min
Ever feel stressed? It's a question that almost is absurd. So much of our human experience involves stress and anxiety these days. It is further compounded by the fact that our brain is wired to respond to it. Adrenaline. Cortisol. Fight or flight... If a bear is chasing us, helpful. If you're reading the news? Not so much. Enter Dr. Cynthia Ackrill. She's a physician, a stress expert, and leadership coach and she is on a mission to keep dis-stress from eroding focus, creativity, health, success...
Aug 31, 2020•1 hr 19 min
One of the things I love about photography is it's a universal language. You can look at an image intuitively feel the power and the emotion, regardless of age, race, gender, social/economic status, geography, even time. Pete Souza is such a critical creator in not just the arc of the United States of America and world politics, but as a guy out there doing what he loves, chasing his passion and hoping to tell a story and represent history in a powerful and profound way. He's done cover stories ...
Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 20 min
Today's episode is a little pick-me-up, a friendly reminder of three things to think about this week: 1- The happiness of our life depends on the quality of our thoughts 2- It's OK to quit stuff you weren't meant to do 3- Focus on actions that bring you joy We get all into it in this short episode. Hope it's a shot of goodness to keep top of mind. Enjoy! Today's episode is brought to you by CreativeLive. CreativeLive is the world's largest hub for online creative education in photo/video, art/de...
Aug 24, 2020•14 min
Ijeoma Oluo is a writer, speaker, and Internet Yeller. Her NYT bestselling book So You Want to Talk about Race has had a huge resurgence as of late, and it's no wonder given the times we are in. Ijeoma has been named The Root’s 100 Most Influential African Americans, one of the Most Influential People in Seattle by Seattle Magazine and Seattle Met for her work on issues of race and identity, feminism, social and mental health, social justice, the arts, and personal essay. In this episode: How to...
Aug 19, 2020•1 hr 13 min
If you turn back the clock a couple decades, you’ll find me in the following situation: I’m sitting at my parents’ kitchen table, explaining to them that I’ve decided to drop out of med school and a PhD in philosophy to become a professional photographer. In addition to being a tough conversation, this was perhaps the biggest turning point in my career (and life). It was the moment where I walked away from what I was told I “should” do and committed myself to building a career around my passion:...
Aug 17, 2020•24 min
If you've been a long time listener to this show, you'll know today's show is a combination of some of my most favorite topics in one episode. Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, and author of five New York Times best sellers, including The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, Lying, Waking Up, and Islam and the Future of Tolerance (with Maajid Nawaz). His work covers a wide range of topics from the worlds of neuroscience, moral philosophy, meditat...
Aug 12, 2020•1 hr 48 min
The person you talk to the most in your life, is you. Yet what we often say to ourselves isn't always kind, true or helpful. Enter today's guest: Lori Gottlieb. Lori is a psychotherapist and author of the New York Times bestseller 'Maybe You Should Talk to Someone'. In our fast-paced world of independence and individualism, we often minimize the importance of our interdependence to each other. In this episode, we take a deep dive into: How to recognize and manage negative self-talk How to gain p...
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Creativity has never been more important. Art, creative expression, and creative solutions are required to create our future, and the world we want to live in. This is session #6 of a 6-week mentoring series on CreativeLive to put our creativity into action. Though this series is based on the IDEA framework in my book, Creative Calling, you don’t need to have the book to participate. Some topics we will explore in this series: why creativity, why now the creative mindset and how to de-program me...
Aug 03, 2020•2 hr 16 min
Today's episode is a dose of positivity, inspiration, and energy from my guest Mario Armstrong. He is on a mission to help others accelerate their personal growth through their passions through positivity, motivation and tactical advice. Mario is a two time Emmy Award winning talk show host of the Never Settle Show, a web television series that provides advice and tools to help us tackle the mindset holding us back or tangible constraints such as lack of money or resources. Mario is also the hos...
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 38 min
Creativity has never been more important. Art, creative expression, and creative solutions are required to create our future, and the world we want to live in. This is session #5 of a 6-week mentoring series on CreativeLive to put our creativity into action. Though this series is based on the IDEA framework in my book, Creative Calling, you don’t need to have the book to participate. Some topics we will explore in this series: why creativity, why now the creative mindset and how to de-program me...
Jul 27, 2020•2 hr 52 min
Interested in making work not suck? We spend a quarter of our lives in our jobs. My guest today wants to make all that time worth your time. Enter Organizational Psychologist, Adam Grant. Adam has been Wharton’s top-rated professors for 7 straight years. He is recognized as one of the world’s most-cited, most prolific, and most influential researchers in business and economics. He has written 4 New York Times best selling books including Give and Take, Originals, Option B, and Power Moves. Adam ...
Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Creativity has never been more important. Art, creative expression, and creative solutions are required to create our future, and the world we want to live in. This is session #4 of a 6-week mentoring series on CreativeLive to put our creativity into action. Though this series is based on the IDEA framework in my book, Creative Calling, you don’t need to have the book to participate. Some topics we will explore in this series: why creativity, why now the creative mindset and how to de-program me...
Jul 20, 2020•1 hr 48 min
Steve John Irby, aka Steve Sweatpants, is a renowned street photographer and cofounder of Street Dreams Magazine, a beautiful zine that is unlike anything of it's kind featuring up and coming photographers and crowd sourced photography in beautiful layouts and stories. The majority of Steve's photographic work is derived from the endless source of inspiration found in his home turf in NYC with intriguing travel logs to round out what has become an insanely compelling portfolio that is behind his...
Jul 15, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Creativity has never been more important. Art, creative expression, and creative solutions are required to create our future, and the world we want to live in. This is session #3 of a 6-week mentoring series on CreativeLive to put our creativity into action. Though this series is based on the IDEA framework in my book, Creative Calling, you don’t need to have the book to participate. Some topics we will explore in this series: why creativity, why now the creative mindset and how to de-program me...
Jul 13, 2020•2 hr 24 min
Society would have us believe that we’re just supposed to know what we’re meant to do in our life, but it’s not true. It’s only through action - taking small steps every day - that the bigger picture is revealed. That is something that my guest, Steve Aoki, shares on this episode of the show. He’s one of the most prolific, renowned DJ and music producers in the world. He’s been nominated for multiple Grammys and known for his high-impact experiential live performances. Steve is also the founder ...
Jul 08, 2020•56 min
One of the things I love about this show is the opportunity to share with you things I'm learning, listening to, and taking inspiration from. Today's show is no different. My guest today is Sheri Riley. After 20 years of creating really innovative marketing fo Usher, TLC, Toni Braxton, Converse, the NBA, BMW, and Turner, to name a few, she now serves as an Empowerment Speaker and Life Strategist. Not too long ago, Sheri joined us at the CreativeLive studios for her class, based on her book Expon...
Jul 06, 2020•54 min
Roxane Gay is an award-winning pop culture powerhouse whose writing appears in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories 2012, Best Sex Writing 2012, A Public Space, McSweeney’s, Tin House, Oxford American, American Short Fiction, Virginia Quarterly Review, and many others. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. She is the author of the books Ayiti, An Untamed State, the New York Times bestselling Bad Feminist, the nationally bestselling Difficult Wome...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Creativity has never been more important. Art, creative expression, and creative solutions are required to create our future, and the world we want to live in. This is session #2 of a 6-week mentoring series on CreativeLive to put our creativity into action. Though this series is based on the IDEA framework in my book, Creative Calling, you don’t need to have the book to participate. Some topics we will explore in this series: why creativity, why now the creative mindset and how to de-program me...
Jun 29, 2020•1 hr 45 min
It's a very rare occurrence when my man Jimmy Chin is in one place for any length of time. But in these pandemic times, he finds himself adventuring in his backyard in Jackson, WY and staying close to home with his family. Of course I had to seize the opportunity to finally sit down and check-in on his whirlwind career. Jimmy Chin is an Academy Award winning filmmaker, National Geographic photographer and mountain sports athlete known for his ability to capture extraordinary imagery and stories ...
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Creativity has never been more important. Art, creative expression, and creative solutions are required to create our future, and the world we want to live in. This is session #1 of a 6-week mentoring series on CreativeLive to put our creativity into action. Though this series is based on the IDEA framework in my book, Creative Calling, you don’t need to have the book to participate. Some topics we will explore in this series: why creativity, why now the creative mindset and how to de-program me...
Jun 22, 2020•1 hr 39 min
You might know my next guest from her bestselling book Grit. Its sold millions of copies and stayed on the bestseller lists for hundreds of weeks. If you're not familiar with her work, Angela is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the founder and CEO of Character Lab, a nonprofit whose mission is to advance scientific insights that help children thrive. Her TED talk is among the most-viewed of all time. If you're a note taker of these episodes, get rea...
Jun 17, 2020•1 hr 12 min
