Once you assume an attitude of positive expectation, the great ideas will start to flow. The next step is to capture these ideas and use a system for bringing your best ideas into the real world.

"Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening" - Lord Tyrion, Game Of Thrones

0:38 Art Finds a Way

5:10 The Most Boring Thing

6:18 The Power of Words

9:15 Slipnot and Self-Development

11:00 Tiny Innovation

14:00 Stellar Ideas

18:00 Nonsense Needed

21:40 Emperor Palpatine

23:00 Go All the Way In

27:30 Introverts and Time Management

1. Break-through at a writer's club

2. Marilyn Manson and Creativity

3. Retirement Requires Purpose

4. Being at one with chaos - link

5. Make your journal interesting

6. A.I. - exciting and scary

7. Root and stem

8. Eat like I'm a judge on Bobby Flay

9. Leadership

10. Actor's exercise

11. Empire Strikes Back and Composition

12. Forrest through the trees

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Learn the creative process of the award-winning spoken word artist, Amanda Shea. Enjoy Amanda's insights on being authentic and vulnerable through art. 

Amanda Shea is a renowned spoken word and multidisciplinary artist, educator, mentor, activist, publicist, and mother. She's hosted BAMSFest and countless poetry events; she facilitates youth workshops for spoken word poetry, visual arts, and public speaking; she is a publicist for hip hop artist Brandie Blaze; she has managed and supported countless other artists in Boston. In December 2022, Shea won the inaugural category for Spoken Word Artist of the Year at the Boston Music Awards.

Visit www.amandashea.com for more information! 

Here's a counter-intuitive approach to creativity that will help you get the best ideas of your life on demand. 

0:30 Let’s See the Magic: Approach to Creativity

7:45 Hovering and Self-Development

9:57 Read Newspaper

15:19 Rabbi Steve Leder

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Episode 71 will walk you through identifying your roles - link

It was a real treat speaking with Dr. Joanna Hersey, Associate Dean of Student Success and Curriculum, for the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

2:24 Hats that Dr. Hersey Wears

4:08 U.S. Coast Guard Band

6:45 Midwest Band and Orchestra Conference

10:45 Work Life Balance

12:20 Peak Performance

13:38 Value of a Morning Routine

17:15 The Art of Practicing

18:20 Not Fitting Expectation

19:35 Goalsetting and New Year’s Resolutions

24:10 Vegan Diet

28:15 Love of History

30:48 Inspirational Teachers

31:50 Finding Your Purpose

32:50 Contact Info - How to Follow Dr. Hersey

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Today’s guest will help you recapture the childlike wonder you once had.

Kevin shares how he:

* Remains inspired

Kevin McGerigle is a director, designer and educator. He has worked on over 150 productions - this work has been viewed internationally and mentioned in Opera News, Boston Globe, Worcester Magazine, Telegram & Gazette, and many others. Kevin has worked on over 50 premier productions from off-broadway, The Farm New Works Festival, Black Lives Matter, and the Clark University New Works Festival. His work includes Plays, Opera, Ballet, Musicals, and Installation. Kevin is Professor at Clark University and Production Manager at Chamber Theatre.

For more info about Kevin, visit https://www.clarku.edu/departments/visual-and-performing-arts/people/our-faculty/theatre-arts/

Today’s guest will help you recapture the childlike wonder you once had. 

Kevin shares how he:

* Remains inspired

Kevin McGerigle is a director, designer and educator. He has worked on over 150 productions - this work has been viewed internationally and mentioned in Opera News, Boston Globe, Worcester Magazine, Telegram & Gazette, and many others. Kevin has worked on over 50 premier productions from off-broadway, The Farm New Works Festival, Black Lives Matter, and the Clark University New Works Festival. His work includes Plays, Opera, Ballet, Musicals, and Installation. Kevin is Professor at Clark University and Production Manager at Chamber Theatre.

For more info about Kevin, visit https://www.clarku.edu/departments/visual-and-performing-arts/people/our-faculty/theatre-arts/