The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Chris Ducker returns to the Unmistkalbe Creative to discuss his journey from humble beginnings to building a mutli 7 figure business in the Philliplines. We dissect the DNA of entrepreneurs and discuss his new book Virtual Freedom. 

• A look at the beginning of Chris Ducker’s journey
• Why the journey is not a Cinderella story 
• The myths of the 4-hour workweek lifestyle
• Why failures and setbacks make you stronger 
• The importance of having a buffer if you want to start
• A defining moment that that will change your life 
• Why Chris always does something very big in January
• Starting to develop an evacuation plan from your life
• Understanding how we deal with the fear of uncertainty
• Learning to reach a point of no return 
• Key stumbling blocks and moments in building Chris’ business
• Why you must chase down the dreams that matter to you 
• How to become a leader that people will follow 
• The Virtual Freedom writing process 
• A real look at what it takes to work with virtual assistants
• What happened when Chris completely burned out
• Exploring the deeper motivations for why you’re in business
• Chris Keys to Becoming Unmistakable in a World of Noise

Chris is a serial entrepreneur, virtual staffing expert, blogger, podcaster and author who helps other entrepreneurs catapult their businesses into the 21st century. He's also the author of Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business. 

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Some people come up with creative projects that truly challenge the status quo. In attempt to come to terms with this religious upbringing, Mark teamed up with cartoonist Shannon Wheeler to write a comedic translation of The Bible. 

• The difference between working artists and earning artists
• Why making a living from your art isn't always glamorous
• A look at a 10 year project that was hardly read by anybody
• Why you only ever hear about the winners 
• Leveraging your art as a connection to the universe 
• How jokes infused their way is into Mark's soul
• Why Mark sees joke telling as storytelling 
• A look at the creation process for God is Disappointed in You
• The reason you need to write from a place of interest
• A look at how to incorporate humor into the art you create
• Collaborating with a cartoonists  in the process of book writing
• The reaction from the religious community 

Mark is the author of God is Dissapointed in You, a translation  for people who would like to read the Bible… if it would just cut to the chase.
 

Some people come up with creative projects that truly challenge the status quo. In attempt to come to terms with this religious upbringing, Mark teamed up with cartoonist Shannon Wheeler to write a comedic translation of The Bible. 

• The difference between working artists and earning artists
• Why making a living from your art isn't always glamorous
• A look at a 10 year project that was hardly read by anybody
• Why you only ever hear about the winners 
• Leveraging your art as a connection to the universe 
• How jokes infused their way is into Mark's soul
• Why Mark sees joke telling as storytelling 
• A look at the creation process for God is Disappointed in You
• The reason you need to write from a place of interest
• A look at how to incorporate humor into the art you create
• Collaborating with a cartoonists  in the process of book writing
• The reaction from the religious community 

Mark is the author of God is Dissapointed in You, a translation  for people who would like to read the Bible… if it would just cut to the chase.
 

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Megan Auman began her journey as an artist by studying metalsmithing.  The early foray into the work of a metalsmith led to making jewelry and most recently a transition into the world of textiles and fashion. Here are a few of the highlights from our chat.

• An early look at Megan's interest in jewelry and metalsmith work 
• How to not lose your creative juices in the first place 
• Why you must be prepared to create really bad art 
• The sense of fulfillment that comes from making things with your hands
• Working with a variety of artistic materials
• Using a series of small successes to to grow as an artist 
• Why should work on learning one new skill at a time 
• Using a similar process and structure to create unmistakable 
• The power of using creative constraints to make your art
• Why Megan always believed that she could make living from her art
• Learning to tolerate pain in the process of becoming successful 
• Why you must come up with your own definition of impact
• Learning to love the work you make and the art you create
• How enthusiasm continually drives Megan's art 
• Making the shift to design a textile line 
• The litmus test for your creative endeavors 
• Learning to be yourself unapologetically 
• Developing the courage required to launch bold ideas 
• Why you don't have to know what the end result is 
• Learning to view everything in life as a great big experiment
• Combining the experiences of your life to express yourself 
• Finding the common thread between the art you create 

Megan Auman is a designer, artist and educator who was trained as a metalmsmith. She designs for women who want to be effortlessly bold.  

Creating Your Body of Work with Pamela Slim

The Moment When Everything Starts with Sarah Peck

Megan Auman began her journey as an artist by studying metalsmithing.  The early foray into the work of a metalsmith led to making jewelry and most recently a transition into the world of textiles and fashion. Here are a few of the highlights from our chat.

• An early look at Megan's interest in jewelry and metalsmith work 
• How to not lose your creative juices in the first place 
• Why you must be prepared to create really bad art 
• The sense of fulfillment that comes from making things with your hands
• Working with a variety of artistic materials
• Using a series of small successes to to grow as an artist 
• Why should work on learning one new skill at a time 
• Using a similar process and structure to create unmistakable 
• The power of using creative constraints to make your art
• Why Megan always believed that she could make living from her art
• Learning to tolerate pain in the process of becoming successful 
• Why you must come up with your own definition of impact
• Learning to love the work you make and the art you create
• How enthusiasm continually drives Megan's art 
• Making the shift to design a textile line 
• The litmus test for your creative endeavors 
• Learning to be yourself unapologetically 
• Developing the courage required to launch bold ideas 
• Why you don't have to know what the end result...

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Adam Shepard decided to start in a random city with 25.00 and the clothes on his back to see if he could achieve his version of the American Dream by going from the 25 to 2500 Dollars. Here are some of the highlights from our conversation. 

• Finding that one little bit of greatness inside of you
• Mastering the art of diving in head first to everything
• The numerous businesses that Adam failed at 
• How failure prepares you for the moments you get punched
• Drawing inspiration from those around you who get back up
• Learning to respect the failures that happen in your life 
• Lessons learned from the world of college basketball
• Learning that you have to be great at one or two things
• Why 10,000 hours of practice doesn’t guarantee a thing
• Considering the practical aspects of living your life 
• The unexpected things that were in a homeless shelter
• Lessons from people who live in the homeless shelter
• The misperception we have of homeless people 
• Why speed matters so much in your goals 
• The importance of looking at things day to day 
• Breaking goals up into small pieces that seem achievable

After a whirlwind journey that took his self-published book to the Today Show, CNN, Fox News, and NPR, Adam sold Scratch Beginnings to HarperCollins and made appearances on the Dave Ramsey Show and 20/20. You can laern more about him at his web site,Shepardspeaks.com. 

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In an effort to understand his personal optimal rythm and flow, Mason Currey set out to amass as much information as he could find about the routines “brilliant and successful” creators adopted and followed. The result of his research was a book titled Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

• How Mason started developing rituals for his own craft of writing
• Why Mason left a job at a library for a crash course in publishing
• Balancing a day job with a creative project that is fulfilling 
• Finding the motivation and fire inside yourself to create 
• Why the stuff you do for money isn’t always your best creative work
• Building a bridge between your creativity and making a living 
• How imitation of other artists destroys your creativity 
• Finding your optimal rhythm and flow for your work 
• Why you can’t sit around waiting for inspiration to strike 
• The reason most successful creative people have a very strict routine
• Why doing the work gives you the ideas 
• A look at the creative process across multiple art forms 
• Avoiding distraction and carving out space for creating 
• How correspondence use to be a useful corollary to creative work
• Becoming obsessed with your creative problem 

 Mason Currey is a writer and editor living in Los Angeles. His first book, Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, was published by Knopf in April 2013

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His growing feelings of cynicism and frustration with love, led Nate Bagley on a search for answers to the questions of what what true love really is, and how to attain it. The search resulted in conversations with people who were experiencing these things on a daily basis and the start of what became known as the “Lovumentary”

• How failing in relationships caused Nate to start searching for answers
• The importance of learning to act on your insatiable curiosity
• Why Nate’s worst-case scenario actually caused hint o be happy
• How being average is more competitive than being extraordinary 
• The fear of being the person who loves the most in a relationships 
• Why not settling for average is an important quality in your life 
• Lessons learned from the relationships that didn’t work out 
• The lack of roles models in the world for health loving relationships
• Why there is on no formula for true love 
• A look at the secrets of some incredibly happy couples 
• The willingness to put yourself second in a relationship 
• Why you must love yourself before anybody else does
• A incredible story about a man who was single at the age of 52
• How to sustain the “honeymoon” phase in your relationship



Nate Bagley is a mover, shaker, decision maker and fighter. He's also the creator of The Lovumentary

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A few months ago one of our listeners wrote in and asked us to address how the older generation could apply the advice in our interview with Charlie Hoehn on how to become recession proof. In this episode we discuss why the idea of a generational divide might be a myth.

• Why we vilify the gatekeepers of the world
• The reason we can’t make broad generalizations
• Considering the value of higher education at elite institutions
• What happens when the ideal and the outcome don’t match up
• How an all or nothing an approach to life fails us 
• The influence of events and experiences that happen over your lifetime
• Why there is actually tremendous value to aging
• An interesting look at how action driven millenials are
• Maintaining the the balance between consumption and creation 
• How age is a less of a factor than it’s ever been our lives
• The ubiquitous nature of technology tools

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At a very early age Jamie Tardy, made a decision that she wanted to be a millionaire. Paying off 70 thousand dollars, allowed her to leave a 6 figure job and start the journey to becoming an eventual millionaire. 

• How to Jaime got herself into 70k in debt at an early age
• Developing awareness to get yourself out of large sums of debt
• What it took to pay off over 70 grand in debt in 16 months in debt
• Learning to turn your money into a vehicle for your freedom 
• The mindsets around money that hold us back and how to unpack them
• Why you have to make the best decision with the current information 
• Learning to separate your job from your identity 
• The terms that we use to define ourselves 
• Lessons learned from interviewing over 130 millionaires
• Learning to do what actually matters to you
• Why money ebbs and flows through your life 
• The intangible things that are common between millionaires 
• The role of self belief in your ability to increase your income
• Lessons learned from the world of the SIMS
• Why we can all do the things that have been done 
• Treating life and money as a game to free you from limiting beliefs
• How millionaires have evolved into who they are 
• Why we're all just creating our own story 

Resources and People Mentioned

The Relationship Between Self Worth and Net Worth with Kate Northrup

At a very early age Jamie Tardy, made a decision that she wanted to be a millionaire. Paying off 70 thousand dollars, allowed her to leave a 6 figure job and start the journey to becoming an eventual millionaire. 

• How to Jaime got herself into 70k in debt at an early age
• Developing awareness to get yourself out of large sums of debt
• What it took to pay off over 70 grand in debt in 16 months in debt
• Learning to turn your money into a vehicle for your freedom 
• The mindsets around money that hold us back and how to unpack them
• Why you have to make the best decision with the current information 
• Learning to separate your job from your identity 
• The terms that we use to define ourselves 
• Lessons learned from interviewing over 130 millionaires
• Learning to do what actually matters to you
• Why money ebbs and flows through your life 
• The intangible things that are common between millionaires 
• The role of self belief in your ability to increase your income
• Lessons learned from the world of the SIMS
• Why we can all do the things that have been done 
• Treating life and money as a game to free you from limiting beliefs
• How millionaires have evolved into who they are 
• Why we're all just creating our own story 

Resources and People Mentioned

The Relationship Between Self Worth and Net Worth with Kate Northrup

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Debbie Millman has taken a rather unconventional approach to the process of brand strategy. The discipline of the visual narrative has been the driving force behind her work as writer, educator and a brand consultant.

Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation

• How working on a student newspaper shaped Debbie’s career
• The role that the contemporary culture of 70’s influenced Debbie’s art
• How brands influence of our emotions and impacted Debbie’s life
• Finding vehicles that help you to navigate the turbulence of life
• Why you need interesting enough reasons to create your art
• The reason you’re not entitled to make any money from your art
• Having endeavors that are purely creative and not about making money
• Why there is no amount of money that will make you safe
• Living in a 140 character culture and why it’s not success
• Why success is earned over a series of accomplishments
• The reason finding success in your 20’s is not the common 
• Recognizing moments that mold us into who we are
• Learning to identify the difference between failure and defeat 
• The common denominator of self doubt that we all share
• The danger of becoming satisfied with the quality of your work
• Why growing older gives you much more material to work with
• Mixing different art forms and pulling from different disciplines
• Understanding why people are attracted to certain brands and experiences
• The power and necessity of deliberate differentiation 

Debbie Millman. is a writer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the radio show Design Matters

Resources and People Mentioned

Writers on Loving and Leaving New York

A Resume of my Failures

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In this week’s backstage episode, we discuss the role of gatekeepers play in our world today. While we have the ability to bypass them, perhaps they have value. Do they force us to step up our game? How does the impact artists?

• Why your worldview matters when it comes to this debate
• The value of our classical definition of success
• The reason there is nothing that is true for everyone
• Stepping up your game to the level of the absolute best
• How personal biases effect the way gatekeepers choose
• What the Oscars teach is about gatekeeper bias
• Why we always point out the outliers
• Having personal gatekeepers in your life to hold you to a standard
• Knowing when it’s valuable to bypass the gatekeeper
• Going through the terrible phases in order to get good 

Resources, People, and Old Interviews Mentioned

Should Gatekeepers be bypassed or Embraced by Cal Newport

Ira Glass on Taste

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