This is a repurposed episode of the Authors Who Lead Podcast with Azul Terronez, where I was interviewed about my latest book.

A small, green, 99-cent book at a thrift store changed Ryan J. Rhoades’s life. At the time, he had just gone from running a design agency in the thriving Silicon Valley area to starting over basically from scratch in Oregon. He was desperately searching for inspiration and ideas when he decided to search through the business books section in a local second-hand store.

On this week’s episode of “Authors Who Lead,” I talk to Ryan J. Rhoades about the thrift store find that changed his life and how he came about publishing his own version of the book, The Science of Getting Rich: How to Manifest and Monetize Your Ideas.

The book that Ryan picked up was a second version of the original The Science of Getting Rich, by Wallace Wattles, which was first published in 1910 and is now in the public domain. Public domain means that the original copyright of that book has expired and now can be republished by anyone.

Since Ryan was basically starting over, he was challenging a lot of the notions about his business. He would doodle notes in the margin of this little green book as he read it and thought about how it applied to his business and life. Soon he had so many ideas to add to this book, he decided to create a new edition with his additions and self-publish it.

Eventually, Ryan was approached by a New York publishing house to update his self-published version. He had previously done design work for this publishing house, so when he posted on social media about the book, they saw it and were interested in publishing it. He enjoyed the process of publishing with them and appreciated the opportunity of creating the new edition.

There are a lot of different reactions to and interpretations of the law of attraction and books like The Science of Getting Rich. I asked Ryan what he thought the science of getting rich is all about. Ryan understands the different points of view on this topic because when he originally saw the book in the thrift store, his first reaction to the title was one of disbelief. But after working with the content to create a new version of the book, Ryan realized that it really boils down to “focusing on what you can control. Take action every day to work on your ideas.” You can spend forever envisioning a successful life, but if there is no action behind it, opportunities can’t manifest.

Ryan goes on to describe the science of getting rich as the very essence of entrepreneurship. As you put yourself out there and work on your ideas, you’ll find out who your market is and how your audience will respond. And then you repeat the things that work and scale them.

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Imagine two buckets.

On each there is a label that reads:

🪣 - Bucket #1: Things you CAN change

🪣 - Bucket #2: Things you CAN’T change

You can only choose to carry one around with you at any given moment.

Some things that always are within reach for you within bucket #1:

Some things that always out of your reach, deep in the endless bottom of bucket #2:

When you’re focused on the things in Bucket #1 🪣, you will feel empowered, centered, (mostly) at peace, and in a state of flow and presence.

When you’re focused on the things in Bucket #2🪣, you will feel powerless, scattered, afraid, frustrated, disappointed, angry, and in a state of chaos, anxiety, and distraction.

Accepting (and yes, perhaps even embracing) the things you can’t change — and then acting accordingly — isn’t a sign of weakness.

It’s the only thing that will actually leave you feeling empowered out of that hole 🕳 you’ve found yourself stuck in.

The first step to getting out of a hole is to stop pretending you’re not in one in the first place.

The question then becomes: what are you going to do about it?

You’ve got two buckets in that hole with you.

Only one of them will help you get out of it.

The Creative Revolution Podcast: Season 3 - Episode 4 - Unleashing a Supply Chain Revolution with Shashi Jain

Shashi has also collaborated with NASA and worked with numerous startups on a variety of projects and is one of the most fascinating people I know and I'm really looking forward to this conversation.

* Cultivating innovation in the midst of crisis

* Focusing on what you can control vs what you can’t  

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You can check out Shashi's website at www.shashijain.co and check out MakerForce.org for all the latest on how you can get involved and help support the great work they are doing. 

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The Creative Revolution Podcast: Season 3 - Episode 3 - Navigating Uncharted Waters with Sam Torode

On today's episode, I am interviewing author, musician, and publisher Sam Torode. We'll be talking about navigating uncharted waters and some ways you can stay focused on what matters and hone your creativity in the midst of all the craziness that is going on in our world today.

Sam and I both started looking into writing, publishing, and various creative arts in the midst of the recession in 2008 and to this day are utilizing skills that we developed through those challenging times to earn us both income and selling products that we created despite those challenges.

If you're even remotely considering writing a book, releasing an album, starting a business or a non-profit, or leaning into some kind of creative project, you won't want to miss this.

You'll also get to see some of the cool design wizardry you can do with Zoom calls if you know what you're doing

If you'd like to support our work with this podcast, you can do so here - www.patreon.com/ryanjrhoades

You can check out Sam's books at www.amazon.com/author/samtorode and his music at www.samtorode.com

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OVERALL TALKING POINTS:

The Creative Revolution Podcast: Season 3 - Episode 2 - Creating a Documentary Series with Mary Bee of Finding Harmony

On today's episode, I am super excited to my second interview with Mary Bee of Finding Harmony. Mary is a brilliant, talented, and funny musician and creative entrepreneur who is living an unconventional and exciting life and blazing her own creative trail.

We'll be talking all about the lessons she's learned since our last chat in October of 2018 - right before she traveled the world making music and new connections with other artists around the globe in places like Ireland, Italy, Scotland, England, France, and Belgium!

Got any questions? Just let us know!

You can check out Finding Harmony at http://bit.ly/Finding-Harmony-Episodes-FB

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OVERALL TALKING POINTS:

 The Creative Revolution Podcast: Season 3 - Episode 1 - Building a Creative Legacy with Dan Piraro of Bizarro Comics

As of January 2018, Dan was making comics 7 days a week for over 33 years! The longevity and discipline necessary to sustain a creative career is something that has always fascinated me and that's what we will be talking about on this episode of the podcast.

Got any questions? Just let us know!

You can connect with Dan at https://www.bizarro.com and at https://diegopiraro.com

Also go visit his shop at https://http://shop.bizarro.com !

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The Creative Revolution Podcast: Season 2 - Episode 7 - Music, Focus and Creativity with DJ Mike "Delta Notch" Williams

Today we're talking all about how to get in the zone for your creative pursuits, the power and purpose of music, and how to tap into your own intentional focus and creativity.

Got any questions? Just let us know!

You can connect with Mike at http://www.deltanotch.com

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When you need mind blowing creativity, there's only one cage free, 100% natural, organic growth solution.

The Creative Revolution Podcast: Season 2 - Episode 6 - Getting the Word out with Rachel Howe

Got any questions? Just let us know!    You can connect with Rachel at www.rachelmhowe.com

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Want to watch this in video form? Check out the link here:   https://youtu.be/SdYj9ZTYmCY 

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This is The Creative Revolution Podcast: Season 2 - Episode 5 - Creating the Future with Shashi Jain.  Today we're talking creating the future and all of the crazy awesome stuff that you're able to do these days. We talk about artificial intelligence, data breaches and what to do about them, mining for resources with crowdsourcing and space travel, and more.

Shashi works as an innovation manager at Intel and runs a 3D printing meetup in Portland, OR. 

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