The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

In this episode of the Unmistakable Creative, Dan Fagella talks to us about the art and science of skill development through the lens of martial arts and positive psychology. 

• The tenets of sports psychology that can apply to your life
• Lessons from the world of Brazilian jujitsu 
• Learning to leverage of our nervous energy or jitters
• Using rituals and routines to perform at our best
• Leveraging biographies and history to develop perspective
• A framework for the science of skill development 

Quotes

We are trapped in our own conception of what’s difficult

Resources and Books Mentioned

The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

Meditations (Dover Thrift Editions)

Man's Search for Meaning

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Al Pitampalli’s frustration with endless meetings and other things that don’t seem to have a purpose led to what he calls a meetings revolution. In this episode we discuss his experience as one of Seth Godin’s first alternative MBA students, publishing a book with the domino project and why we must learn to become persuadable…that’s right not persuasive, but persuadable, and how this enables us to spread ideas.

• The importance of continually asking why
• Learning to explore our hidden assumptions
• The power of thinking backwards 
• Why certain ideas are inherently spreadable
• The meetings epidemic in organizational culture
• Advantages of becoming more persuadable
• Dissecting and understanding our models of the world

Quotes

When you want to change the world, the most dangerous thing can do is being unpersuadable 

Resources

• The Domino Project 
• The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: “On Robustness and Fragility” (Incerto)
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• Read This Before Our Next Meeting

Al Pittampalli is founder of The Modern Meeting Company, a group that helps organizations transform meetings, make decisions, and coordinate complex teams

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In this episode, Dave Gray discusses his journey from the world of traditional journalism to helping large organizations clarify, communicate and achieve their goals. We also discuss how you can use drawing to make sense of the world and solve our own problems. 

• Overcoming the starving artist objection 
• Doing work that is truly aligned with who you are
• Finding a question that drives all your work 
• Why people lose sight of their calling 
• How the school system creates a lack of alignment
• Cultivating a capacity to overcome fear
• Showing your work when it’s not perfect 
• Having a deep understanding of the materials you are working with
• Why drawing gives us a way to see if something is possible 
• The importance of visual literacy 
• Using an emotional impression to make something unmistakable 

Resources 

The Instigator's Compass

Quotes

Money isn’t a goal. It’s a byproduct of you providing value and services for people. 

Dave Gray helps large organizations solve complex problems related to culture, innovation and change.

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Mike Rohde found himself incredibly frustrated with his note taking efforts. Instead of trying to capture all of the information he was hearing ,he decided focus on capturing only those things that were most meaningful to him, and add visual elements to his notes. The result was sketch noting. 

• Tapping into your desire to see something exist in the world
• The intersection of community and creativity 
• How to create your very own logbook 
• Embracing an experimental mindset 
• Bringing constraints into your work in order to produce your best work
• Why moving from digital to analog forces your mind to slow down 
• Developing your capacity to capture and observe
• Focusing on the most meaningful information in content you consume 

Resources 

The Sketchnote Handbook

The Sketchnote Workbook

Sketchbook School

Creating a Logbook 

Presentation Zen 

Rework

Remote 

The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future

The Five Minute Journal 

Quotes

A lot of times having limitations allows you to be creative in different ways

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In this episode of the show we speak with entrepreneur and coach Jim Bunch 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. 

Your mind is your most valuable asset especially when it comes happiness health and wealth.

Most entrepreneurs don’t go financially bankrupt first, they go emotionally bankrupt first.

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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Join us on Unmistakable Creative for an inspiring conversation with Austin Kleon, a New York Times bestselling author known for his unique approach to creativity in the digital age. In this episode, Kleon shares his journey from a child who never stopped drawing to a bestselling author of books like 'Steal Like an Artist,' 'Show Your Work,' and 'Newspaper Blackouts.'

Discover how scheduling time to create can fuel a body of work and why Kleon found his best work after leaving school. Learn about the dance that all artists deal with when they have an audience and how to grow your audience while maintaining the integrity of your work.

Kleon also discusses why excessive self-awareness stifles our creativity and the importance of actively seeking influence and input for your work. Don't miss Kleon's unique definition of creativity and his belief that creativity is about combining two things that nobody thought of putting together.

Tune in to this episode to learn from one of the most influential voices in creativity today and gain insights that could transform your creative process.

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As an NYU undergraduate, Mattan Griffel had aspirations for a career in finance. But getting rejected from over 100 jobs he applied drastically altered the course of his career ultimately leading to the launch of the Ycombinator startup One Month. 

• Separating your self worth from experiencing rejection 
• Using self education and online learning to accelerate your career path
• Why we have to make our own ideas happen 
• How a series of blog posts turned into an online class with over 2000 registrants 
• The problem with experts and the internalization of knowledge
• Cultivating the ability to see opportunity when you hit roadblocks 
• Designing your life around serendipity 
• A framework for accelerated learning that you can apply to any new skill
• A look inside the Ycombinator experience 

Quotes

Once something is actually useful to you, you’re much more interested in learning it 

Resources 

General Assembly

One Month

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In this episode of the podcast, we speak with reality television producer about Jerry Kolber about his work on shows like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, National Geographic documentaries and Brain Games. We also talk about why the story you’re telling is so essential to any creative project you’re working on. 

• Inside the NYU Ecosystem of Creative Professionals
• Using a meditation practice for career guidance 
• A creative framework for working with limited resources
• Dealing with significant career failures 
• Learning to Separate Your Identity from Your Work 
• Why you have to connect to people to find opportunities
• The Reason Story Is So Essential to Your Creative Process
• Inside the reality television production process 
• Why we always have some version of the creative struggle

Quotes

The nature of the universe is honest good work gets recognized

Jerry is a writer, producer, and Buddhist. Projects include Queer Eye, Inked, National Geographic documentaries, and more.

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In this episode of the podcast we speak with Macgyer creator Lee Zlotoff about the making of his hit TV show which has remained on their air across the world for 30 years, and using what he calls the Macgyver methodd to  engage the enormous capabilities of your subconscious mind to bear on effective problem solving.

• The 3 key elements that have caused Macgyver to be on the air for 30 years
• Creating global resonance and timelessness in your work
• Why this could be a critical century to the future of humanity 
• Learning to solve our problems with humor and humility
• A transmedia approach to creativity and creation 
• Why the average college student will change careers 5 times Applying the macgyver method for prolific creative output
• Removing the stress of creative production by using our subconscious
• Why you shouldn’t waste time worrying about how you’re going to get there
• Inside the problem solving mechanisms of the subconscious mind 
• Using incubation activities to keep your conscious mind fro thinking about problem

Quotes

If there’s something you want to do in the entertainment business just start doing it.

The ability to reach millions of people is now in the hands of the individual. 

Resources

The Macgyver Foundation 

Macgyver Global 

Lee David Zlotoff is an award-winning writer, producer and director of film and television. Among his more than one hundred hours of film and television credits, he was the creator/writer of the hit series “MacGyver” as well as the writer/director of the indie hit film “Spitfire Grill” which won the coveted Audience Award at the Sundance film festival, and which has also gone on to become a successful musical.

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In this episode of the podcast, we speak with Vivak Tiwary about his journey from business school to producing Broadway musicals and working with artists like Greenday, Alanis Morisette and many others. 

Highlights 

• The cultural conflict of doing what you love versus doing what’s practical 
• Why unorthodox paths are inherently difficult 
• How Vivek used Brian Epstein’s life story to serve as a mentor for his career 
• A look at the Broadway production of Greenday’s American Idiot 
• Making the choices that allow for a profitable expression of art and commerce. 
• How technology changes the entire creative process 
• Lessons in creativity from the production of a Broadway Musical 

Quotes 

If your dream’s are unorthodox be prepared to work your ass off. 

Resources 

The Fifth Beatle 

Vivek’s TEDX talk 

Tiwary Entertainment Group

Vivek J. Tiwary is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer, and the founder of multi-platform arts and entertainment company Tiwary Entertainment Group.

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