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Unthinkable is no longer running new episodes. Listen to the new show, How Stories Happen, wherever you get your podcasts. This is the pilot episode. Enjoy!

Hear the trailer for my new show, How Stories Happen, where creators and communicators dissect their stories and drafts, piece by piece.

The planning fallacy plagues most people, regardless of profession. We under-estimate how long something will take in the near-term, i.e. we over-estimate how ambitious we can be today. This then hurts our ability to be MORE ambitious long-term. In this story, we explore the idea of creative streaks and learn to reconcile our short-term and long-term projects and aspirations.

How do stories really happen?

What's the difference between creating content that others find and consume, and creating things that others adore?

A question to increase the power of your ideas which we're just not asking often enough.

An idea to embrace when you want or need to create, but you sense your work isn't quite where you want it to be yet.

A holiday tradition on the show. I rewrote a class poem just for our purposes as content creators, storytellers, and marketers.

Inspiration is everywhere -- if you're paying attention.