The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Today, we're excited to have Tim Ferriss back on the show. Tim has been listed as one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People”, Forbes Magazine’s “Names You Need to Know,” and is the 7th “most powerful” personality on Newsweek’s Digital 100 Power Index for 2012. He is an angel investor/advisor (Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, and 20+ more) and author of The Four Hour Work Week, The Four Hour Chef, and The Four Hour Body.

In this episode, we explore the concept of peak performance and making the impossible possible. Tim shares his insights on how to develop an individualized style of competition, compensate for your weaknesses, capitalize on your strengths, and push beyond what you think is humanly possible.

We delve into the mindset that allows people to become extremely successful and discuss the importance of energy and attention management. Tim also shares his thoughts on how to look at success holistically and absorb the qualities of our mentors through osmosis.

Timothy Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People”, Forbes Magazine’s “Names You Need to Know,” and is the 7th “most powerful” personality on Newsweek’s Digital 100 Power Index for 2012. He is an angel investor/advisor (Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, and 20+ more) and author of The Four Hour Work Week, The Four Hour Chef, and The Four Hour Body. 

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Gabriel Wyner was best known for his opera singing, but he moved on from that and now focuses on helping people become fluent in foreign languages. But he doesn’t just teach languages to people through typical means; he helps people comprehend those languages in much easier, more intuitive ways. Hear his story about transitioning from one career to the next, how humans learn language, and more!

Gabriel Wyner graduated summa cum laude from USC (where he won the school’s Renaissance Award) with degrees in mechanical engineering and vocal arts, and has gone on to distinguish himself as an opera singer. He intends to learn one language a year for the rest of his life.

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When you think of a successful business person, do you think of someone who dropped out of school and hates “hustle” in work? Well you should, because that’s Amy Birks. She’s a hugely successful business strategist who wants to take all the unnecessary work out of life and help you create a “hustle-free” business. Hear about her journey to her career, her “GPS brain” and how it works, how becoming a mother changed what she brings to her life, and more!

Amy Birks is a business strategist for entrepreneurs. She’s the author of The Hustle-Free Business and calls herself the “Strategy Ninja.”

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When Brad Montague created Kid President, he didn’t anticipate how successful it would become. But to him, the process of creating that series revealed to him the importance of messengers in our lives, how small moments can create spectacular encouragement, and much more. Hear his story as he shares with us all about that project and more!

Brad Montague is the creator and co-producer of Kid President and founder of Love in Stereo. 

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What is synchronicity? And how does it pertain to your physical and mental health? Jeffrey Zimmerman has studied synchronicity and knows about how person being out of sync within themselves can hurt both their physical and mental well being. He shared with us his knowledge of energy, health, science, and more!

Jeffrey C. Zimmerman is a doctor of oriental medicine. He equips modern day people with the secrets of western science and ancient Chinese practices to create extraordinary results.

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Kelly Ruta grew up with severe depression and was even suicidal. At the time, she did not see any greatness within her. But as she got older, she began to realize that everyone, not just herself, has some sort of greatness inside them, and she wanted to help others develop the tools to find that within them. She shares her story with us and discusses how she helps people cultivate that awareness of their own power and worth.

Kelly Ruta is a seasoned therapist-turned-millionaire-mindset mentor for female entrepreneurs. She teaches female entrepreneurs how to take back their personal power and become true leaders of businesses they are in love with by learning to master their mindset.

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Michael Bungay Stanier is a Rhodes Scholar who founded the company Box of Crayons. His main objective in his career is to help companies and managers go from doing good work to great work, and he’s become extremely successful at doing just that. He shares with us his thoughts on how to do that, how to change behaviors for maximum performance, and more!

Michael Bungay Stanier is the Senior Partner of Box of Crayons. His company is best known for their coaching programs that help time-crunched managers coach in 10 minutes or less. He’s written a number of books, the best known of which is Do More Great Work, created a series of short internet videos that have been seen by millions of people around the world, and organized the Great Work MBA, a virtual conference that had 10,000 registrants. He’s proudest of the book End Malaria, a collection of essays about Great Work from thought leaders that has raised $400,000 for Malaria No More.

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Throughout her life, Jen Gottlieb has gone down several different paths. She’s been an actress on television, performed on stage, and is now a personal fitness trainer. But through those shifts, she began to realize something: She was putting up a front to the world. Hear Jen talk about her story and how and why she decided to remove the mask she had been wearing for so long.

Jennifer Gottlieb is an actress and personal trainer based in New York City. 

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Kate Swoboda grew up in a split household. Her mother was very liberal and her father was very conservative. The experiences from her childhood because of that shaped her perspective on life. Now she’s a life coach and the creator of the Courageous Living Program. Hear what she believes forms courageous habits, why people shy away from the idea of life coaches, and more in our latest episode!

Kate Swoboda is the author of the Courageous Living Program, founder of the Courageous Living Coach Certification Program and creator of YourCourageousLife.com.

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It may seem counter-intuitive at first to spend money in order to increase your wealth and financial stability, but that’s just what Michael Ellsberg wants you to do. And he has plenty of reasons why that’s the case. He joins us to discuss education, not ignoring your “light bulb moments,” developing superskills to increase your earning, and much more!

Michael Ellsberg is the author of “The Last Safe Investment: Spending Now to Increase Your True Wealth Forever,” and The Education of Millionaires: It’s Not What You Think, and It’s Not Too Late, both published by Penguin/Portfolio

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