With so much information, and gadgets and access and hustle and email and …and.. aren’t you overloaded at work!? It’s understandable and it’s a real problem. If this describes you or someone you love…you’ll LOVE this episode of the show. Enter: Jason Fried. He’s the brilliant NYT best-selling author and co-founder of the software firm, Basecamp. Since long before meeting Jason in person he’s always caught my eye as perhaps THE outspoken thinker / critic of the current status of work, our unhealt...
Jan 19, 2022•2 hr 53 min•Transcript available on Metacast We all want to be more productive, creative and fulfilled. This show is literally built on that premise, and there are an infinite number of ways to get there. On today's show I share 6 prompts with the goal to give you the scaffolding to engage in meaningful self-reflection. Pro tip: discomfort and anxiety mean you're going in the right direction. The deeper you dig, the better. You don't need a pen and paper to do this exercise. List of prompts: Assessing life harmony vs. balance Burnout level...
Jan 17, 2022•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast What do you think of when you hear the word fitness? Going to the gym? Going for a run? Yoga? For most of us, fitness is something that we do. We block off an hour or two during the day to focus on our physical health. We get our sweat session in, but then what? On the show this week, we are joined by Aaron Alexander. Aaron is a manual therapist and movement coach, as well as an author (The Align Method), and host of the Align Podcast. Aaron’s message is clear. Fitness is not what you do - it’s ...
Jan 12, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nothing intimidates a writer more than a blank page. Yet, the tranquillity in the white space is what stimulates thinking. As a communicator and storyteller, isn't creativity all about contemplating filling up those white spaces with words? Margaret Atwood is an award-winning author whose work has been published in more than forty-five countries in multiple forms of creative expression, including graphic novels, TV series and films. Her latest novel, The Testaments, sequel to her award-winning b...
Jan 10, 2022•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Psychotherapy and Buddhist thought have long been considered separate worlds - psychotherapy is about optimizing the mind and minimizing the impact of emotional trauma, while Buddhist practice emphasizes letting go of control. The two approaches are not mutually exclusive. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Mark Epstein, psychotherapist and bestselling author, to discuss the intersection of Eastern and Western thought. We discuss the critical importance to “getting over yourself,” the power of...
Jan 05, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast In today's episode, we address two questions. The first is from Storm, a photographer, who is unclear as to what he should build his brand around – his name or something else? This is a common question small business owners and freelancers grapple with, but it applies to anyone building a brand from the ground up. There are pros and cons to both; your end goals will determine the best plan. The second question is from Billy, a mobile DJ, who wants to discover a better way to stay connected with ...
Jan 03, 2022•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Words contain the power to transport you anywhere. No matter who you are and where you are in the universe, reading a story can trigger our imagination and lead to growth. Today's guest, Arianna Davis gravitated towards books and stories from a young age, setting the stage for a career that has, in a relatively short time, traversed the media landscape from Oprah Magazine to her current role as Editorial Director of the TODAY Show. Arianna's love for books created a deep sense of empathy and a k...
Dec 29, 2021•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Each and every moment is an opportunity to create. It might be as simple as cooking a meal, trying a new exercise or co-creating a conversation, but creativity on a small scale has a tremendous ripple effect in other areas of life. It's a muscle with infinite potential. Sounds crazy, right? Creativity and art are often conflated. While they're certainly related, they are not the same thing. Simply put, creativity is connecting two unlikely or unrelated things to produce something new and ideally...
Dec 27, 2021•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast We spend over a third of our lives speaking to ourselves internally. And unsurprisingly, that internal voice isn’t always nice. Self-talk can take a positive or negative spiral depending on your control of the brain. Negative self-talk gets you spinning around your worry, hindering productive energy. Positive self-talk creates confidence and motivation, especially during a challenge. Dr. Ethan Kross has been researching how to manage emotions for more than two decades. As one of the world's lead...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s easy to lose sight of what you have when you’re immersed in a world telling you that you need more. Turn on the TV during any commercial break and you’ll most likely observe a business suggesting that you need something new in order to be better. It can be a challenge to feel satisfied with what you have when you’re constantly surrounded by these unsolicited proposals from companies. It’s no wonder so many of us are impacted by the epidemic of “never enough.” While progress should always be...
Dec 20, 2021•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our world is filled with opportunities. We can more easily share our ideas and pursue our dreams. Even though it’s easier than before, the path is still challenging. If you want to pursue your dreams, you’ll enjoy hearing about how you can skip the line. It’s possible to get catapulted to the front of any discipline in an ethical way. James Altucher shares the path we can follow. James is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, prolific writer, podcaster, standup comedian, and chess master. H...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast The most important skills in business aren't WHAT you can do, but HOW you do it. Soft skills such as problem solving, adaptability, and empathy can take years to hone. In this episode, I explore the most powerful skill that has been a difference maker in my career, relationships and life. Enjoy! Have a question? Text me 1-206-309-5177 Tweet me @chasejarvis --- Today's episode is brought to you by CreativeLive. CreativeLive is the world's largest hub for online creative education in photo/video, ...
Dec 13, 2021•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Do you have 12 minutes a day? That’s all that my guest asks of you to make your life more fulfilled. I was super excited to have Dr. Amishi Jha on the show because she provides a detailed how-to in her extraordinary book Peak Mind . This bestseller is a brilliant guide to train our attention with mindful awareness and maximize our human potential. Meditation, mindfulness, and attention are personal passions of mine. My wife is a meditation, mindfulness, and attention teacher and I’ve found some ...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today we have a question from a man named Chris who feels like he has all the passion and energy in the world, but doesn't know how to harness it, or where to start. The second question addressed in this episode comes from a photography brand owner named Marcus who is transitioning into a new phase of his professional creative journey; teaching and mentoring. With an obvious knack for his craft, Marcus has found success with his business while he's behind the wheel. But teaching others to do the...
Dec 06, 2021•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast How’s your nervous system doing as we enter the final month of 2021? It’s been one heck of a ride for most of us, and tensions are at an all-time high with the ongoing pandemic, the “great resignation,” and skyrocketing prices in stores, online, and at gas pumps. If there were ever a time to have a sit down with the great behavior change expert Mel Robbins, it’s now. I first interviewed Mel four years ago when her book The 5 Second Rule hit the bestseller’s list. She’s now celebrating another bo...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Writing is a skillful art. But it’s not as flashy as playing a musical instrument or sand-painting. One reason for this is that we’ve all been taught how to write in school. So, when we think about writing a novel — and you have thought about it if you’re an avid reader — we expect it to be easy. But it’s not. Unlike other art forms, you cannot teach writing. If you have ever given writing a shot, the first hurdle you bump into it is finding your niche. Who are you writing for? Once you figure t...
Nov 29, 2021•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast How many times have you heard about people going home to cry after a tough day at work? Perhaps you’ve seen your parents carry home the stress of work life because they couldn’t release it in the business world. We all know that feelings are signs of weakness that have no place in the business world, right? Today I speak to serial entrepreneur, investor, and author Gary Vaynerchuk about the often undervalued and misunderstood importance of emotional intelligence. After publishing five New York T...
Nov 24, 2021•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast You may well be aware that the classic idea of stress — or at least the popular opinion of it — is that it's restraining. However, stress can also have a positive impact- this is eustress. In today’s micro show we’re going to explore how to use stress to your advantage. Eustress is what puts you on the spot to tackle necessary situations you would otherwise choose to keep away from. It helps you overcome inhibition, face fear, and leverage opportunities. So if you're someone who is willing to ma...
Nov 22, 2021•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Longevity and mastery over any creative profession require relentless passion, conscious steps to continually reinvent your swing, and a seriousness of purpose, which results from profound self-reflection and introspection. World-renowned journalist and writer Malcolm Gladwell joins me to dig deep into building an everlasting career as a creative and what it takes to pursue it. Malcolm is the author of five New York Times bestsellers — The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and Da...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Operating at the edge of your ability means at times you will inevitably feel like an impostor. It's a universal experience that complete beginners to seasoned experts share. To take it one step further, I would argue that impostor syndrome is a critical ingredient to the formula of mastery; self-awareness and an accurate understanding of one's skills foster growth, while too much self-doubt can be restraining and counter-productive. In today's episode I field two audience questions on the Daily...
Nov 15, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast “How many people do you know who are truly free?” Elizabeth Gilbert posed this question to me 2 years ago during our conversation to promote her book, City of Girls . The question, and the episode, have stayed with me. I know very few truth tellers like Liz. Tied to anxiety and fear, work and stress, we put on faces to hide our true selves, people-please and value others’ priorities above our own. Liz talks openly about how she is breaking this mold and focusing on taking care of her mental heal...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast We're part of a society that constantly pulls us down into the collective no matter how high we want to fly -- only so that we cultivate a more agreeable (or amenable) behavior, mend our "weird" ways, and reduce ourselves to the average of the majority. But as I would ask (and I'm sure you would, too), is it really possible to average out things that we cannot even measure? Do you think we're programmed to be part of a randomly picked "data set"? That's why in this episode, I get into the import...
Nov 08, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, I'm revisiting one of my favorite conversations with my good friend Tim Ferriss. For those of you who don’t already know, Tim is an entrepreneur, angel investor, author of 3 New York Times Best Sellers, and host of “The Tim Ferriss Show,” a podcast that receives millions of downloads each week. Tim is widely considered a human guinea pig and has self-experimented his way through unfamiliar territory time and time again. He has a keen ability to simplify complicated systems into tangib...
Nov 03, 2021•2 hr 41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today's episode features one of my favorite thinkers, Gretchen Rubin. Gretchen Rubin is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature. She’s known for her ability to distill and convey complex ideas with humor and clarity. In fact, when we sat down previously as part of the 30 Days of Genius series, her concept of sprinters vs marathoners was a bit unlock for my team (I'm a sprinter). Gretchen is the author of many books including the blockbuster N...
Nov 01, 2021•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Freedom is a hot topic in 2021 as the pandemic continues to challenge everything we thought we knew. Author Sebastian Junger digs deep into the concept of freedom and how all of human history has contributed to the value of freedom today. Sebastian Junger is an award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author. His books include: A Death in Belmont , Fire , The Perfect Storm , Tribe , and War . After reporting on the war in eastern Afghanistan, Sebastian shifted to making documentar...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's episode I take two questions. The first is regarding a popular topic many businesses are asking about how to work with influencers - striking the balance between paying them enough to make it worth their while without paying too much that impacts your business negatively. While Cory is knowledgeable about the hair industry, and clearly has an understanding of Netflix and Spotify's business models, it's always worthwhile to re-evaluate your strategies. Is subscription really the best w...
Oct 25, 2021•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Self-evidently, design and creativity are everywhere -- literally in every man-made thing we make, use, or celebrate. According to today’s guest, the act of design and creativity can benefit everyone, whether they see themselves as creative or not. Sarah Stein Greenberg is Executive Director of the d.school at Stanford (aka the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design), which explores what great design can bring to global industries. She’s the author of the book Creative Acts for Curious People: How t...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Working too hard is one of the top regrets of the dying.” Yet, when faced with the fear of not having lived the life we truly desire, we seek answers: how hard should we really work? The answer depends on what you want to make out of your life -- your purpose, your calling. It also depends on your definition of 'balance'. How much time do you want to spend working? Would you happily allow your craft to consume most of your days, or would you rather work less and spend the rest of the time in na...
Oct 18, 2021•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Musician, actor, journalist, political activist, philanthropist and, now, book author. Stevie Van Zandt is a lot more than Bruce Springsteen’s legendary E-Street Band guitarist, and much more than The Sopranos’ Silvio Dante. In today’s episode, Stevie takes us through how a self-assured, Catholic New Jersey kid ended up first performing on the world’s biggest rock’n’roll stages, then fighting against apartheid in South Africa, and eventually starring in one of the most successful TV series of al...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you heard? CreativeLive has been acquired. W e're joining @fiverr . In this episode, I reflect a bit on the journey and the future of CreativeLive. Enjoy! Have a question? Text me 1-206-309-5177 Tweet me @chasejarvis --- 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 ...
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