The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

In this episode of the Unmistakable Creative, educator and high school teacher Kevin Brookhouser talks about how he infuses entrepreneurship into the classroom and the power of what he calls 20 times projects.

HIGHLIGHTS

• The role that technology is playing in education 
• Applying insights from Google into running a classroom
• Leveraging autonomous projects as part of your business plan
• Changing our cultural expectation of what a classroom should look like 
• How students are leveraging projects to serve their community 
• The power of building and creating things for an authentic an audience 
• Understanding what motivates people to be truly innovative 
• 3 key factors that motivate students and lead to innovation and creativity
•  Reaching the students who have had the “spark” schooled out of them 
• Designing education for parents who homeschool their kids 
• The ongoing emphasis on student centered learning 
• Why every adult should have a 20 percent time project 

RESOURCES AND BOOKS

Drive

A Whole New Mind

Kevin Brookhouser is a Google Apps Certified Trainer and a Google Certified Teacher based in Monterey, California. He has trained a wide variety of groups and individuals to use Google and other tools to save time, increase collaboration, and enjoy technology. You can follow him on twitter @brookhouser

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In this episode of the Unmistakable Creative, educator and high school teacher Kevin Brookhouser talks about how he infuses entrepreneurship into the classroom and the power of what he calls 20 times projects: 

Drive

A Whole New Mind

Kevin  Brookhouser is a Google Apps Certified Trainer and a Google Certified Teacher based in Monterey, California. He has trained a wide variety of groups and individuals to use Google and other tools to save time, increase collaboration, and enjoy technology. You can follow him on twitter @brookhouser

In this episode of the Unmistakable Creative Wesley Chapman shares his personal story of 12 documented suicide attempts, and the tremendous power of accepting the transparent reality of our core identities 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Wes’ experience with 12 document suicide attempt
• Finding your identity after it’s been lost 
• How our stories and circumstances become our power 
• Connecting the experiences of your life to expression of your identity
• Why healing from our pain frees us from it 
• Seeing past people’s weaknesses in order to see their strengths
• An honest conversation about what drives people towards suicide 
• Why worth is so important to our internal well being 
• The power of creativity and imagination to increase our self worth 
• Why every hero’s journey has a moment when we fall 

Quotes

Until we’re honest with ourselves we can’t be honest with the rest of the world 

Resources: 

A Human Project

Wesley Chapman is the co-founder of a non-profit called A Human Project, where his mission is to create a community of empowered youth, while preventing teens from self harm and suicide. 

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In this episode of the Unmistakable Creative Wesley Chapman shares his personal story of 12 documented suicide attempts, and the tremendous power of accepting the transparent reality of our core identities 

Until we’re honest with ourselves we can’t be honest with the rest of the world 

A Human Project

Wesley Chapman is the co-founder of  a non-profit called A Human Project, where his mission is to create a community of empowered youth, while preventing teens from self harm and suicide. 

In this episode author Robert Kurson shares his journey from being an F-student in high school, to a desperately unhappy Harvard educated Lawyer and eventual New York Times Bestselling Author

HIGHLIGHTS: 

•  A formative relationship that played a fundamental role in Robert’s career 
• Why a strong work ethic is important for a creative career 
• The struggles of a challenging academic career 
•  Finding a level of belief that keeps you going 
• From F’s in High School to Harvard School 
• The power of being desperately unhappy 
• Making a drastic identity shift that allows us to produce incredible results 
•  Finding meaning in the activities in which we lose track of time 
• How small opportunities can change into big change in our lives
• Why we must take risk and experience temporary pain for our greatest achievements
• Why unhappiness increases our capacity for taking risk 
• Mastering craft the storytelling 
•  Developing a sense for how a good story sounds 
• The power of speaking from the heart 

Quotes

Really great storytellers are people who notice the most 

A well told story is a universal thing 

Robert Kurson is an American author, best known for his 2004 bestselling book, Shadow Divers, the true story of two Americans who discover a World War II German U-boat sunk 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey. His new book Pirate Hunters is a gripping, true story today, of the hunt for lost gold, bitter rivalries on the high seas, a long-ago legendary pirate captain, and two adventurous American men determined to win treasure – and find something even deeper – along the way.

Kurson began his career as an attorney, graduating from Harvard Law School, and practicing real estate law. Kurson’s professional writing career began at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he started as a sports agate clerk and soon gained a full-time features writing job. In 2000, Esquire published “My Favorite Teacher,” his first magazine story, which became a finalist for a National Magazine Award. He moved from the Sun-Times to Chicago magazine, then to Esquire, where he won a National Magazine Award and was a contributing editor for years. His stories have appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications

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In this episode author Robert Kurson shares his journey from being an F-student in high school, to a desperately unhappy Harvard educated Lawyer and eventual New York Times Bestselling Author

Really great storytellers are people who notice the most 

A well told story is a universal thing 

Robert Kurson is an American author, best known for his 2004 bestselling book, Shadow Divers, the true story of two Americans who discover a World War II German U-boat sunk 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey. His new book Pirate Hunters  is a gripping, true story today, of the hunt for lost gold, bitter rivalries on the high seas, a long-ago legendary pirate captain, and two adventurous American men determined to win treasure – and find something even deeper – along the way.

Kurson began his career as an attorney, graduating from Harvard Law School, and practicing real estate law. Kurson’s professional writing career began at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he started as a sports agate clerk and soon gained a full-time features writing job. In 2000, Esquire published “My Favorite Teacher,” his first magazine story, which became a finalist for a National Magazine Award. He moved from the Sun-Times to Chicago magazine, then to Esquire, where he won a National Magazine Award and was a contributing editor for years. His stories have appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications

In this episode of the Unmistakable Creative, artist and designer James Victore shares his personal journey, what’s required to succeed in a creative career, and uncovering the defining ethos of our lives. 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

Staying on the creative path throughout our lives

• Why the “weirdness” gets taught out of us 
• The tiny spark that we’re born with that lights a creative fire
• Why our “useless” jobs actually play a big role in our journey
• Why real life experience and failure is essential for a successful creative career 
• Our cultural emphasis on safe and guaranteed paths 
• The problem with an acceptable level of creativity 
• The importance of mentors when you’re creative 
• Why we can’t do our work for the reward 
• Learning to develop your own artistic style 
• Paying attention to the things people respond to in our work
• The power of making work that makes you happy
• Balancing on the edge of vulnerability and going too far
•  Why teaching is often a fantastic way to learn 
• Why the defining ethos of our lives reveals itself 
•  Treating your work as if you’re giving a gift 
•  Using periods of introspection to find tiny sparks 

Quotes

If you do the work, the reward will find you 

In the particular lies the universal 

We are not for everybody, we’re just for the sexy people

People want someone out there to tell the truth. People will follow on authentic voice.

James Victore runs an independent design studio hell-bent on world domination. He is an author, designer, filmmaker and firestarter. James has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is represented in the permanent collections of museums around the globe. He is the host of Burning Questions.. He also hosts a dinner series that consists four days and nights chock-full of creation, communion, deep thought, and play. It’s an intense and intimate mastery program for conscious creatives who are ready to see and be seen.

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In this episode of the Unmistakable Creative, artist and designer James Victore shares his personal journey, what’s required to succeed in a creative career, and uncovering the defining ethos of our lives. 

Staying on the creative path throughout our lives

If you do the work, the reward will find you 

In the particular lies the universal 

We are not for everybody, we’re just for the sexy people

People want someone out there to tell the truth. People will follow on authentic voice.

James Victore runs an independent design studio hell-bent on world domination. He is an author, designer, filmmaker and firestarter. James has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is represented in the permanent collections of museums around the globe. He is the host of Burning Questions.. He also hosts a dinner series  that consists four days and nights chock-full of creation, communion, deep thought, and play. It’s an intense and intimate mastery program for conscious creatives who are ready to see and be seen.

In this episode of the Unmistakable creative, Nancy Schon talks about her career as a sculptor that has spanned multiple decades. Her sculptures have included iconic public works projects such as Make Way for Ducklings in Boston Public Garden, The Tortoise and the Hare in Copley Square, and many others. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• What it’s like to be an engineer without a license
• Why we don’t go through life or grow alone
• Dealing with the challenges of cultural expectations
• The importance of persistence and handling rejection
• Working on projects commissioned by the White House
• When we don’t have common language, but a common goal
• Why some of the most important moments of our lives come from negative experiences
• The kind of persistence needed to create public art 
• Learning to “use your hand”
• The commonality between all art forms and the creative process
• How you know when your work is finished 
• Learning to make art that is timeless 

Nancy Schon is a sculptor who represents themes centered around groups of people- how they interact and relate, and the interplay of feelings as “frozen emotions” which tell a story and evoke a response from the viewer through the gestures of the figures.

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In this episode of the Unmistakable creative, Nancy Schon talks about her career as a sculptor that has spanned multiple decades. Her sculptures have included iconic public works projects such as Make Way for Ducklings in Boston Public Garden,  The Tortoise and the Hare  in Copley Square, and many others. 

Nancy Schon is a sculptor who represents themes centered around groups of people- how they interact and relate, and the interplay of feelings as “frozen emotions” which tell a story and evoke a response from the viewer through the gestures of the figures.