#023 - Ever wondered how Sruthi Dhulipala juggles doing Hollywood PR full-time and forging her own identity as an indie singer/songwriter on the side? Join Connor as dives into a deep and meaningful conversation with Sruthi about all things creative! Here's what we touch on:

• imitation is the greatest form of flattery
• choosing mastery or being a Jack or Jill of all trades
• music as a relationship
• wrestling social media comparisons and unnecessarily harsh self-criticism
• how creating something everyday is a useful metric
• being a type-A creative personality
• writing songs to your future self / future children
• how an engineering graduate from India became a publicist in Hollywood
• musicians are a band
• fear of bombing or making something to no applause prevents creatives from attempting ideas with full abandon
• how a branding matrix can be the most important thing you do after this podcast
• writer's block and what to do then
• calming the mind for creativity
• imitating leads to originality
• the power of showers
• letting others judge you (because they will anyways), but not judging yourself
• limiting your attempts to prevent unproductive perfectionism
• creating with purpose vs not
• task switching when the going gets tough
• thoughts on harbouring a healthier mental relationship with the technology and platforms we use to make and share our art
• what you can do to be more creative

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