The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Justine Musk discusses creativity, emotional resonance and the psychology of visionary leaders like Elon Musk, Coco Chanel, Steve Jobs, David Bowie and many others. 

Highlights 

• The questions that we need to ask in an identity transition 
• How crisis forces complacency to be thrown out the window
• Coming out of the shadows in our lives
• Learning to read your life like a mystery novel and searching for clues
• Finding the things in our lives that lead to creative renewal
• Creating emotional resonance with an audience 
• Leveraging creativity to show the world who we are 
• The thin line between madness and creativity 
• What makes people like Elon Musk “tick”
• Developing a unwavering conviction and commitment 
• Why bold points of view are part of extreme success
• Learning to steer yourself in the direction of your strengths
• Becoming motivated by process instead of product 
• Having in faith in your own uniqueness as a person 
• The role adversity plays in reaching extreme success
• Why we trust transparency and honesty to create trust

Justine Musk writes about creativity, culture and self discovery and is the author of the thriller, Blood Angel. You can follow her on twitter @justinemusk. 

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Justine Musk discusses creativity, emotional resonance and the psychology of visionary leaders like Elon Musk, Coco Chanel, Steve Jobs, David Bowie and many others. 

Justine Musk  writes about creativity, culture and self discovery and is the author of  the thriller, Blood Angel. You can follow her on twitter @justinemusk. 

Bob Goff joins us to talk about love, what we’re made to do, and living a life filled with whimsy in this best of 2015 episode. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• What you’re able to do vs what you are made to do
• Infusing your life with a sense of wonder and taking a childlike approach to everything 
• Viewing things as additions and interruptions 
• How curiosity and humility can shape our lives 
• Factors that cause love to start to emerging
• The 8 most important people in your life
• Why we are not defined by successes or failures
• Making the choice to a beautiful reaction to people 
•  Who we used to be vs who you are becoming 
• Living a life and legacy that can be described by more than your intuition 

QUOTES

I don’t think we lose our zest for life. We lose our imagination. (Click to Tweet)

We’re all amateurs at love. (Click to Tweet)

Bob Goff is the New York Times Best-Selling Author of Love Does, as well as an attorney who founded Restore International, a nonprofit human rights organization operating in Uganda, India and Somalia. 

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Bob Goff joins us to talk about love, what we’re made to do, and living a life filled with whimsy in this best of 2015 episode. 

I don’t think we lose our zest for life. We lose our imagination. (Click to Tweet)

We’re all amateurs at love. (Click to Tweet)

Bob Goff is the New York Times Best-Selling Author of Love Does, as well as an attorney who founded Restore International, a nonprofit human rights organization operating in Uganda, India and Somalia. 

Elle Luna shares her journey to the crossroads of should and must in this best of 2015 episode. 

Highlights:

• A recurring dream that served as a sign for a calling
• Why the crossroads should and must appears over and over again
• How getting rejected from every law school changed Elle’s life
• Learning to trust the intelligence that lies beyond ourselves
• Opening the floodgates of creativity through collaboration
• Looking to peers as our mirrors when things don’t go according to plan
• Lessons in life from working at IDEO
• The power of optimism and curiosity 
• Why a team, community and support are essential to our success 
• Learning to remove the “shoulds” of our lives 
• Getting in touch with our inner psychic world 
• Why vulnerability is a good indicator that you are on to something 
• Learning to reframe what your idea of success is 
• How following “must” becomes a gift to other people

QUOTES

1+1 Adds Up to Infinity (Click to Tweet)

Often times the best way to get to must is to understand should first. (Click to Tweet)

Nowhere is the essence of must more purely exhibited than when we’re kids. (Click to Tweet)

The vulnerability piece is a really good indicator that you’re onto something. (Click to Tweet)

Resources

The Mailbox App

The Crossorads Should and Must (Medium Essay)

The Crossroads of Should and Must (Book)

Elle Luna is a designer, painter and writer. She also runs a textile venture, the Bulan Project., a collaboration with master batik artists in Bali, and has previously worked at international design firm IDEO and with teams to build Mailbox’s iPhone App, redesign Uber’s iPhone App and scale the storytelling platform Medium.  You can follow her on twitter @elleluna.

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Elle Luna shares her journey to the crossroads of should and must in this best of 2015 episode. 

1+1 Adds Up to Infinity  (Click to Tweet)

Often times the best way to get to must is to understand should first.  (Click to Tweet)

Nowhere is the essence of must more purely exhibited than when we’re kids.  (Click to Tweet)

The vulnerability piece is a really good indicator that you’re onto something.  (Click to Tweet)

The Mailbox App

The Crossorads Should and Must (Medium Essay)

The Crossroads of Should and Must (Book)

Elle Luna is a designer, painter and writer.  She also runs a textile venture, the Bulan Project., a collaboration with master batik artists in Bali, and has previously worked at international design firm IDEO and with teams to build Mailbox’s iPhone App, redesign Uber’s iPhone App and scale the storytelling platform Medium.  You can follow her on twitter @elleluna.

Jim Bunch talks about rapid transformation, why will power fails to change the behavior of 96% of people and, how you can design your environment for optimal performance and and creativity. 

• Why transformation has been the glue that held together Jim’s businesses 
• The importance of having a bigger brighter vision for the future 
• A Look at why willpower fails to change the behavior of 96% of people
• How every environment we’re in inspires or expires us 
• Designing your environments so that they express your values
• Shifting the focus of your efforts from yourself to what you can contribute to the world
• The 3 foundational components that influence of our success 
• Using environments to create the behavior you want to cultivate 

People and Resources Mentioned

Tony Robbins Personal Power II Program

Conversations with God 

The Yourturn Challenge 

The 90-day Challenge

Quotes

Simplicity succeeds. Complexity kills (Click to Tweet) . 

Your mind is your most valuable asset especially when it comes happiness health and wealth. (Click to Tweet) 

Most entrepreneurs don’t go financially bankrupt first, they go emotionally bankrupt first. (Click to Tweet) 

Jim Bunch is the founder of The Ultimate Game of Life and has been a leader in the coaching and personal transformation industry for over 20 Years. Also referred to as “The Ultimate Life Entrepreneur,” Jim has coached and mentored some of the world top business and thought leaders. You can follow him on twitter @itsjimbunch

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Jim Bunch talks about rapid transformation, why will power fails to change the behavior of 96% of people and, how you can design your environment for optimal performance and and creativity. 

Tony Robbins Personal Power II Program

Conversations with God 

The Yourturn Challenge 

The 90-day Challenge

Simplicity succeeds. Complexity kills (Click to Tweet) . 

Your mind is your most valuable asset especially when it comes happiness health and wealth. (Click to Tweet) 

Most entrepreneurs don’t go financially bankrupt first, they go emotionally bankrupt first. (Click to Tweet) 

Jim Bunch is the founder of The Ultimate Game of Life and has been a leader in the coaching and personal transformation industry for over 20 Years. Also referred to as “The Ultimate Life Entrepreneur,” Jim has coached and mentored some of the world top business and thought leaders. You can follow him on twitter @itsjimbunch

Ryan Moran joins us to talk about defining freedom in a way that serves us, learning to separate ourselves from our stories and much more. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• Breaking away from the Beliefs of Our Past and Upbringing 
• Navigating a Painful Identity Crisis
• Rebuilding Your Life after and Identity Crisis
•  How Absolutes Get in Our Way 
• Being Informed vs Defined by Other Perspectives
• Why We’re More Wired for Certain Tendencies
• Letting Go of Our Attachments to Success and Failure
• The Choice Between Taking a Red Pill and Blue Pill 
• Lesson Learned from Losing 100,000 Dollars
• Separating Yourself from the Results in Your Life 

QUOTES 

There’s no getting it wrong. There’s just what is. (Click to Tweet) 

We’re only defined by things we choose to be defined be. (Click to Tweet) 

The pain comes in when you confuse the story with what actually happen. (Click to Tweet) 

LINKS

Reconsider by David Heinemeier Hanssson 

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Ryan Moran joins us to talk about defining freedom in a way that serves us, learning to separate ourselves from our stories and much more. 

There’s no getting it wrong. There’s just what is.  (Click to Tweet) 

We’re only defined by things we choose to be defined be. (Click to Tweet) 

The pain comes in when you confuse the story with what actually happen.  (Click to Tweet) 

LINKS

Reconsider by David Heinemeier Hanssson