What do you do when you want and need to come up with ideas and all you can see before you is the dreaded blank slate? This morning, I turned to Instagram and started mindlessly scrolling through an impressive display of other people creating amazing work. Not really the best way to start the day, […]

How would you describe your journey of personal development? Better yet, why even learn new things at all? For today’s guest, the answer is all about curiosity, connecting with herself so she can connect with others, and most importantly, being a better human. Karla Amanda Brown is a psychotherapist, coach, entrepreneur, and life-long learner in […]

What does it mean to be creative? What is creativity? How can we express our creativity in how we learn and communicate? How can we be more creative? These are four questions I’ve been pondering on a variety of levels over the past few weeks because I’ve seen, heard, and felt a variety of messages […]

If you could safely travel to anywhere in the universe, where would you go? How much do we really know about the universe? How important is the relationship between science fiction and science? This is a small glimpse into the mind-expanding curiosity questions I ask Katherine Kornei, astrophysicist and award-winning science journalist, in today’s episode […]

What do you do to keep the train running when your primary means of making a living stops? You figure out a new way and make it happen. At least that’s what today’s guest has done with his comedy content at BeernutsProductions.com. Gough is a long-time friend of the show and a filmmaker from Australia […]

How do you get back up after you’ve lost your job or your business has crumbled down around you? How do you plan for the unknown storms of the uncertain future? These are two questions today’s guest George McGehrin has answered throughout his entrepreneurial journey over the last 20 years building an executive recruitment and […]

An important part of being a creative entrepreneur is embracing and following a daily routine. I talk a lot about it in Getting Work To Work because I’m still figuring out what works best for me. In the latest entry in my routine diary, I add a few thoughts on the relative nature of routines: What […]

If you couldn’t do the activity that defines your profession, then who are you? Why do you do what you do? How can you be the dumbest person in the room? I was inundated with so many thought-provoking questions in this conversation with brand strategist and founder of Lucere Design, Rachel Nichols. From her journey […]

I’ve had the need for validation lately. Does what I do still matter? Is it essential? Even necessary? These questions reveal I’ve been operating under a faulty assumption: If I keep at what I’m doing, more people will pay attention, and eventually I’ll hit a point where it all takes off. But what if it […]

After listening to my friend’s podcast aptly titled The Great Reflection, he asked me, “What do you think will change after all of this is said and done?” My initial response was, “Well, I think, a redefinition of what productivity means.” Two weeks later and I’m still thinking about that question and my answer has shifted […]