#242: Timm Chiusano – On Creativity, Loss, & Love

Timm Chiusano is a 44-year-old marketing executive at a Fortune 100 company by day. But at night he's a TikToker with over 486,000 followers. 

His videos are often personal, creative, and filled with sound advice. His style reminds many viewers of Casey Neistat – for the way he's able to tell a tremendous story and make the viewer feel like they *really* know him.

(0:00) Timm’s Creativity

(6:41) Timm’s First Creative Acts

(10:20) Pushback On Creativity

(16:22) Curiosity

(21:00) Childhood

(24:21) Crazy Schedule

(29:10) “There’s Nothing Special About Me, Just You”

(31:57) Mental Health Days

(35:01) Overcoming Childhood Trauma

(37:45) Attitude Is A Skill

(43:48) Kindness = Exciting

(46:18) The Truman Show

(50:21) Casey Neistat

(56:17) Feeling Awkward

(1:02:01) Girl Dad

(1:05:01) Timm’s Wife

(1:13:54) Learning From Everyone

(1:18:20) Taking Nothing Personal

(1:26:28) Pain & Loss

(1:35:19) Lack of Judgment

(1:42:01) “I Don’t Know What To Do”

(1:46:25) Timm Appreciation

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Resources Mentioned  

• Sleeper (Amazon Prime Video) – https://www.amazon.com/Sleeper-Woody-Allen/dp/B00950V6SQ 

• Seth Godin's Blog – https://seths.blog/ 

• The Royal Tenenbaums (Disney Plus) – https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/the-royal-tenenbaums 

• Rushmore (Disney Plus) – https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/rushmore/4PESa2gTrw52 

• Andrew Murnane – https://tiktok.com/@notandrewmurnane

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This episode was recorded on July 9, 2022.

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Timm on TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@timmchiusano?lang=en

Timm on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/timmchiusano

Timm's Links – https://linktr.ee/timmchiusano

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