Productive Flourishing
327 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 100 ratingsProductive Flourishing (formerly the Creative Giant Show) explores how to do the work that matters to become your best self in the world. Host Charlie Gilkey and occasional co-host Angela Wheeler take listeners on a deep dive into the lives of leaders, changemakers, creatives, and entrepreneurs who are thriving in life and business by doing work that matters. Listen in to see how they cultivate meaning, success, and happiness as well as their approach to productivity, business, health, and the challenges (yes, even the deep, dark ones) that show up in their lives.
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109: No One Size Fits Every Influencer with Jason Van Orden
September 30, 2016 13:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBIn today’s episode, Jason Van Orden joins me and shares what he’s learned about influence and helping others become top influencers in their field. Given that we often teach what we most need to learn, we also discuss what his work has revealed for him and the surprising tensions that have come up for him on his thought leadership journey. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [00:48] Charlie introduces Jason, summarizing his vast experience teaching and studying the psychology ...
109: No One Size Fits Every Influencer with Jason Van Orden
September 30, 2016 13:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBIn today’s episode, Jason Van Orden joins me and shares what he’s learned about influence and helping others become top influencers in their field. Given that we often teach what we most need to learn, we also discuss what his work has revealed for him and the surprising tensions that have come up for him on his thought leadership journey. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [00:48] Charlie introduces Jason, summarizing his vast experience teaching and studying the psychology and strat...
108: How to Align Your Goals and Projects with Your Seasonal Energy
September 23, 2016 13:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBAngela joins me on today’s episode to learn how to align your goals and projects with your seasonal energy. This is a bit of a follow up from episode 102 with Megan Roop, based on questions readers have been asking us. But, it’s also prompted by the transition from summer to fall that we’re currently in, here in the Northern hemisphere. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [00:52] SaneBox will save you hours of time, and bring you peace of mind. Try it out with the link below! [01:55] ...
107: Q&A #3: Success Packs, Goal-Setting, and Leadership Lessons-Learned
September 16, 2016 13:00 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBAngela joins me for this Q&A to discuss how to form a success pack, how to brainstorm your goals, and the biggest leadership lesson I’ve learned in business. We made the switch to Angela joining me on this because it’s way more fun doing these with someone else and you’ll soon hear how much better the answers are. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [0:47] Clean up your Inbox with SaneBox! [2:20] Q1 from Kat is on how to form a success pack. [4:55] Q1 Answer — Make it super easy for ...
106: Why Productivity is Bunk
September 09, 2016 13:00 - 6 minutes - 7.06 MBThanks so much for joining me on this quick episode. On this solo riff, I talk about why productivity gets a bad rap, and how instead of focusing on all the reasons why productivity is bunk, we’re better off focusing on finishing the stuff that matters. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [0:25] SaneBox can help sort your mail for you, so email can finally make sense again! [1:28] Why productivity gets a bad rap these days! [2:12] Why people feel torn between being productive & en...
105: Your Art Leaves A Mark with Arna Baartz
September 02, 2016 13:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBIn today’s episode, Arna Baartz joins me to share her journey, from a child of creative parents to an artist who teaches people to become more emotionally intelligent. Along the way, we discuss how she weaves in being a mother of 8 children, and her discovery and exploration of the art of Kundalini. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [0:48] SaneBox can help sort your mail for you, so email can finally make sense again! [1:50] Find out more about Arna Baartz. [3:19] How did growing ...
104: Q&A #2: On Triggers, Resistance, and Not Being Where You Want to Be
August 26, 2016 13:00 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBThanks for joining us today! In this special episode of The Creative Giant Show, Charlie does a Q&A session with topics ranging from: triggers, the root of people’s resistance, and how to reconcile one’s innate nature with what seems to be an almost unnatural act of being an employee. Are you ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [00:54] SaneBox can help sort your mail for you, so email can finally make sense again! [01:57] Nadia emailed and asked for some follow up from my article, The...
103: Create Art That Doesn’t Need a Signature with Srinivas Rao
August 19, 2016 13:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBSrinivas Rao returns to The Creative Giant Show to jam about his new book, Unmistakeable: Why Only Is Better Than Best. We dive right in and discuss how ‘only’ isn’t enough, how the myth of easy creativity keeps us from doing our unmistakeable work, and the neurotic creative process the Unmistakeable Team goes through to ship their work. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [00:52] SaneBox can save you hours of time by sorting your email for you! [01:55] Introduction to Charlie’s guest...
102: The Nourishing Nature of Being in Nature with Megan Roop
August 12, 2016 13:00 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBMegan Roop joins Charlie today to talk about how quiet adventures helped her find herself battling the pursuit of being perfect. Along the way, she’s woven her experience with the Peace Corps, selling outdoor equipment, teaching yoga, and helping people overcome eating disorders, into a unique body of work. Listen in as we discuss the nourishing nature of being in nature, and how honoring the seasons helps you honor your changing nature. Key Takeaways: 00:58 SaneBox advertisement. 02:0...
101: Get Up and Take Care of Your People
August 05, 2016 13:00 - 10 minutes - 9.49 MBIn this special edition of The Creative Giant Show, Charlie reads from the Productive Flourishing blog post, Get Up and Take Care of Your People. This gripping story tells of how a combat experience in the military revealed to him both parallels and valuable lessons in leadership, which apply today in the battleground of business. Key Takeaways: [00:51] SaneBox™ Email Management advertisement. [01:32] Visit SaneBox.com/Giant for $25 credit on top of the 2 week free trial! [01:52] Cha...
100: Andrea J. Lee Interviews Charlie Gilkey
July 29, 2016 13:00 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBThe tables are turned in this episode, as Andrea J. Lee puts me in the spotlight. The questionnaire becomes the questioned. This one is coming right after I started sharing more of my thoughts on race, identity, equality and justice. So, a good bit of the conversation focuses on how we might show up as our full selves in our work. If you find yourself at a loss for how to engage with the world, while still doing your work, you might find some useful ideas in here. And yes, it’s real...
100: Andrea J. Lee Interviews Charlie Gilkey
July 29, 2016 13:00 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBThe tables are turned in this episode, as Andrea J. Lee puts me in the spotlight. The questionnaire becomes the questioned. This one is coming right after I started sharing more of my thoughts on race, identity, equality and justice. So, a good bit of the conversation focuses on how we might show up as our full selves in our work. If you find yourself at a loss for how to engage with the world, while still doing your work, you might find some useful ideas in here. And yes, it’s really weird ...
099: How to Make Better Learning Experiences with Breanne Dyck
July 22, 2016 13:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBWhether we’re content creators, managers, leaders or customer service reps, we’re all in the teaching business. Breanne Dyck joins me again, to continue the conversation about making better learning experiences that work for our learners and work for us. Hint - it’s not about the content. A quick plug here - come join us at The Creative Giant Campfire, our free Facebook group. We’ll be having conversations about podcast episodes there as well as other micro-post prompts, and the occasional...
098: Which Creative Entrepreneur Type Are You? with Lisa Robbin Young
July 15, 2016 13:00 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBIn this episode, Lisa Robbin Young and I discuss the blog post she wrote for Productive Flourishing on the 3 Types of Creative Entrepreneurs. Even if you don’t consider yourself creative or an entrepreneur, this is worth the listen because we’re really talking about different modes of creativity and why it’s important to lean into the kind of creative that you are. And by the way, if you’re human, you are creative. There’s also a discussion happening on this in our free Facebook group, The C...
097: You Can Be More Than One Thing with Dusti Arab
July 08, 2016 13:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBA common growing pain for Creative Giants is the pressure to be just one thing in the world. To just be a doctor or a writer or a programmer or CO or whatever it is. The truth of it is that we’re all multi-dimensional, so resisting that only leads to us living less rich lives. Dusti Arab joins me today to share her Creative Giant journey and how she’s weaving it all together. A quick plug here, a quick plug - we just opened up the Creative Giant Campfire, our free Facebook Group. We’ll be h...
096: The Power of Simplicity in Organizations with Ken Segall
July 01, 2016 13:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBPeter Droppers said, the only things that evolve by themselves in an organization are disorder, friction, and malperformance. In a similar vein, it seems that businesses and organizations naturally tilt towards complexity, much to the dismay and frustration of the people and those who interact with them. You can’t beat complexity with more complexity. Ken Segall joins me today to share how leaders have to think simple to counteract complexity in their organizations. Ready? Let’s do this! ...
095: Grow and Communicate In a Creative Partnership
June 24, 2016 13:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBThere are two myths about being a successful creative that get us into a lot of troub. One, that doing it by yourself is better and two, that having a creative partner would make life so much easier. It turns out that neither is true, at least for most people. Leah Heinz and Naz Murphy join me today to discuss how their uncomfortable friendship is the source of their personal and professional growth. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [0:52] Thank you to SaneBox.com for sponsoring epi...
095: Grow and Communicate In a Creative Partnership
June 24, 2016 13:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBThere are two myths about being a successful creative that get us into a lot of troub. One, that doing it by yourself is better and two, that having a creative partner would make life so much easier. It turns out that neither is true, at least for most people. Leah Heinz and Naz Murphy join me today to discuss how their uncomfortable friendship is the source of their personal and professional growth. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [0:52] Thank you to SaneBox.com for spons...
094: How to Pick Yourself and Put Your Art Out There with Seth Godin
June 17, 2016 13:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBToday’s episode is a rerun of one of my favorite episodes, episode 3 with Seth Godin. We’re doing a rerun today for several reasons: 1) I wanted to share some of our past episodes, that were fantastic, with new listeners who may not have scrolled all the way to the bottom of the episode list to see this one; 2) I think it’s time for everyone to reconsider how they’re not picking themselves; and 3) I wanted to remind people who are thinking about putting their art out there, whether their art...
093: How Sitting with Stillness Catalyzes Growth with Kristoffer Carter
June 10, 2016 13:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBWhile a lot of career paths aren’t linear, Creative Giants in particular often seem to have dramatically, nonlinear career progressions. One of the reasons for this is that we’re often actually pursuing multiple passions or growth edges at once. Kristoffer Carter (K.C.) joins me today to share his journey from a corporate sales guy to creative powerhouse and back to a corporate catalyst for mindfulness. It’s a wild journey but that’s a bit par for the course with K.C. Ready? Let’s do this! ...
092: Be More With Less with Courtney Carver
June 03, 2016 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBThe pursuit of happiness is often tied to the acquisition of more stuff. But we should instead be asking how the stuff in our lives prevents us from being happy, creative and connected to the ones we love. Courtney Carver, from bemorewithless.com, joins me to discuss how simplicity and minimalism is a path to love and freedom. It’s not about letting go but getting back. She also prompts me into reefing about why we need more diversity in the productivity and minimalist spaces. So you might f...
091: Be Brave and Listen Within with Andrea Lee
May 27, 2016 13:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBIt’s easy for coaches to not walk their talk. Especially, since we are so focused on transformation and transitions. While the outcome of transformations and transitions are great, the process isn't comfortable for anyone, including the coaches who facilitate said growth. Andrea Lee joins me today to share her transition from one of the top pioneering business coaches to a blank_er_ slate as a humanistic writer. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [1:00] Thank you to SaneBox for sponso...
090: Q&A - How to Plan Your Day Based On Your Energy Levels (+ more)
May 19, 2016 13:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBThis is our first Q & A episode and I’m excited about it. In today’s episode I discuss: 1) creative ways to use the results from your productivity heat map, 2) how I suggest people approach heat mapping when their schedule is largely determined by somebody else, and 3) what tools I use for blogging. At the end of the episode I’ll let you know a few of the other questions I’m going to be answering in the next Q & A so keep your ears open for that. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [0:...
089: Build From What You Have with Sonia Simone
May 10, 2016 13:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThink about what comes to mind when I ask you to think about a marketer or sales person. Be honest! Did you think of a smart, soft spoken, insightful woman? If not, I hope today’s episode changes that for you. Sonia Simone is a marketing trend setter and founding partner of Rainmaker Digital, formerly Copyblogger Media. Throughout our conversation, she reveals how a risk averse, introverted and insanely curious writer became one of the leading voices in digital marketing today. Ready? Let’s ...
088: What Happens When You Go Against Your Daily Rhythms?
May 07, 2016 13:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBThis is a jam between Angel and I on what happens when you go against your daily rhythms and having awareness and synchronicity with your natural biorhythms. We also chat about creative energy, adapting to schedule shifts, peak creative times, “screen sucking”, schedule optimization, and more. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [0:32] Thank you to SaneBox.com for sponsoring episode #88. [1:40] What’s been going on since Angela and Charlie’s last podcast? [3:33] What are biorhythms? ...
087: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway with Michelle Bushneff
May 03, 2016 13:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBAs uncomfortable as it is to make big changes in life no matter what those changes are, fear kicks into overdrive when you’re changing great careers and great jobs. Michelle Bushneff joins me today to share her purpose-filled pioneering journey from software companies to Athleta to her own consultancy and now back to more full-time positions. We explore the difference between passion and purpose, second acts and the changing realities of being a woman in today’s business world. Ready? Let’s ...
086: Two Concepts of Freedom
April 30, 2016 13:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBA lot of our decisions revolve around enhancing our own freedom. The challenge is that there are two distinct kinds of freedom that are often in tension and lead us to making decisions that keep us from flourishing and being our best selves in the world. In today’s solo riff, I’m going to explore the two concepts of freedom and how they lead to different outcomes. Key Takeaways: [0:49] Thank you to SaneBox.com for sponsoring episode #86. [1:50] Have you ever made a choice to increase y...
085: The Masks We Wear Influence the Lives We Live with Dr. Atira Charles
April 26, 2016 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBEach of us wears a different mask every day, whether that mask is being a mother, a creative person, a brother or a manger. Knowing when we’re wearing the right one and which ones not to reveal, is key to our success and happiness. Dr. Atira Charles joins me today to jam about how the mask we wear relates to authenticity, vulnerability, productivity and stress. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [0:54] Charlie tells us a little bit about Dr. Atira Charles. [2:19] Dr. Charles speaks o...
084: Changing Directions Isn’t Failing with Laura Neff
April 23, 2016 13:00 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBSomething we don’t talk about enough is that many entrepreneurs and small business owners realize being in that space isn’t necessarily right for them. Sometimes it’s about business models and market trends, and yet other times it has nothing to do with those external conditions. But given that being an entrepreneur or small business owner is a core way of understanding their place in the world, it can be hard to take the next right step for them without feeling shame, grief, frustration or ...
084: Changing Directions Isn’t Failing with Laura Neff
April 23, 2016 13:00 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBSomething we don’t talk about enough is that many entrepreneurs and small business owners realize being in that space isn’t necessarily right for them. Sometimes it’s about business models and market trends, and yet other times it has nothing to do with those external conditions. But given that being an entrepreneur or small business owner is a core way of understanding their place in the world, it can be hard to take the next right step for them without feeling shame, grief, frustr...
083: How to Be Grounded and Positive Through Life’s Challenges with Marc and Angel Chernoff
April 19, 2016 13:30 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBEvery one of us has our own unique set of challenges and negative beliefs that keep us from living life to the fullest. To thrive, we have to develop rituals, practices and methods that help us root out the negative thoughts and beliefs that are hurting our productivity, goals, health and relationships. Marc and Angel join me today to share the practices, tools and insights that helped them in their journey from newlyweds and trying circumstances to being recognized by Forbes as the creators...
082: Exercise Is a Foundation for Success with Mike Goncalves
April 16, 2016 13:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBAll too often, exercise and movement are put in a different bucket of activities than those that count towards being productive. Unfortunately, that’s backwards. Exercise is a foundation for success, so focusing on our health and fitness is one of the most productive things we can do. Mike Goncalves joins me today to talk about the relationship between creativity, confidence, priorities, and exercise. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [0:56] Thank you to SaneBox.com for sponsoring ep...
081: Changing the World, One Toilet at a Time with Jasmine Burton
April 12, 2016 13:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBJasmine Burton, an inspirational 24-year-old running a startup in Africa, hopes to improve women’s health via redesign of water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure - sparking the foundation of Wish for Wash. In this episode, you’ll learn how a variety of waste management gaps exist despite how far the western world has advanced the human experience. This creates an odd disparity between knowing that billions of people defecate in buckets and bags, yet are using smartphones to WhatsApp mes...
080: Reclaiming Wild Men with Jonathan Mead
April 09, 2016 13:00 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBMany modern men are caught in a strange space. For one, we can’t and don’t want to be like our fathers and grandfathers, but we also don’t want to be some shade of Homer Simpson. And yet, there’s not much space to talk about this in public either. Add in the fact that many of us, men and women alike, work in confined spaces indoors, and what you get is a ‘caged-in man’, both literally and metaphorically. Jonathan Mead joins me today to jam about reclaiming wild men and how physical movement ...
079: The Hidden Path for Artists with Cory Huff
April 05, 2016 13:00 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MBIf you’ve ever considered being a fine artist or have talked to an artist you know, you’ve probably heard or accepted some variate of ‘the gallery myth’, which is that the goal is to have your art featured in a gallery and then you’re set for life. Buyers will flock to you, critics will appreciate you, and you’ll get to continue to make the art you love. I like stories about unicorns too! Cory Huff joins me for episode 79, to discuss the relationship between commerce and art, as well as the ...
078: The 3 Essential Pieces of Your Business’s Legal, Tax, and Financial Foundation with Kyle Durand
April 02, 2016 13:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBLet’s face it, the legal, tax and financial aspects of our businesses and creative ventures are areas that many of us avoid. We’ve been conditioned to be afraid of them, in the case of financial and tax matters; and diving into the financial realm, naturally makes people feel uncomfortable. But avoiding them is like trying to build a third floor of your business without building its foundation. Kyle Durand joins me today to jam about 3 essential pieces of your business’s legal, tax, and fina...
077: How to Capture the Everyday Wow with Cynthia Morris
March 29, 2016 13:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBCynthia Morris joins me today to jam about creativity, talent and Capturing the Wow that comes up as we travel through our days. This is a particularly good episode to listen to if you’re at the beginning of your mastering journey with a creative form, whether that form is writing, painting, music, programming or blogging, or any other creative form. Also, if you just found yourself feeling paralyzed by trying to cater to all of the voices out there that might judge your work. Ready? Let’s d...
076: Good Strategy Helps You Make Better Choices with Tara Gentile
March 26, 2016 13:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBWhat does depression, strategy, financial intelligence and specialization, all have in common? They’re all related to choices. In the case of depression, sometimes feeling like you don’t have any. They’re also topics Tara Gentile and I jam about. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [0:53] Charlie is delighted to have Tara on the show again. She also joined him on episode 27. [2:21] How did Tara go from a career in an academic track, to being an entrepreneur? How did her depression aff...
075: Bringing Conversations about Death to Life with Kathy Kortes-Miller
March 22, 2016 13:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBWe all know that death is a part of life, but it’s the part of life that we, as a society and individuals, often would rather not talk about. And yet, not talking about it isn’t making it go away; and in fact, makes death and dying so much harder for us to process. Kathy Kortes-Miller joins me today to talk about how to bring life into conversations about death. If you’re not a long time listener to the show, you might wonder why we’re talking about death. One of the reasons I do th...
075: Bringing Conversations about Death to Life with Kathy Kortes-Miller
March 22, 2016 13:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBWe all know that death is a part of life, but it’s the part of life that we, as a society and individuals, often would rather not talk about. And yet, not talking about it isn’t making it go away; and in fact, makes death and dying so much harder for us to process. Kathy Kortes-Miller joins me today to talk about how to bring life into conversations about death. If you’re not a long time listener to the show, you might wonder why we’re talking about death. One of the reasons I do this show i...
074: The Emotional Journey of Growing Your Business
March 19, 2016 13:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBAngela is joining me today to jam about the emotional journey that happens as you’re growing and scaling your business. There are a lot of ups and downs, but a lot of times we’re not talking about the leaders or founders’ journey of grief, excitement, freedom, and fear that happens as they start letting go of more and more pieces of the business and start working on the business rather than in the business. This came up because a team mate was letting us know she was talking to a friend who ...
073: How to Sew Business Success in the Fashion Industry with Shannon Whitehead
March 15, 2016 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBThough we wear cloths every day – at least most of us do – many of us don’t think about the entrepreneurial and economic aspects related to the cloths we wear. Like many other business industries, the fashion industry is going through a massive disruption, making it a great time to be an entrepreneur and creative person within the fashion industry. That said, it’s also really tough. Shannon Whitehead joins me today to discuss how to sew business success in the fashion industry. Ready? Let’s ...
Jenny Blake: Embracing Change (Episode 72)
March 07, 2016 16:58 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBMany of us get stuck in life, because for some reason or the other we’re resistant to change. Being resistant to change is like being resistant to gravity, we might be able to counter some the effects of it, but it’s always going to be there. There are some amazing gifts that come from embracing change, and Jenny Blake joins me to jam about the ways to embrace change rather than to resist it. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [0:51] Thank you to our sponsor, SaneBox.com [1:51] Charl...
072: Embracing Change with Jenny Blake
March 07, 2016 16:58 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBMany of us get stuck in life, because for some reason or the other we’re resistant to change. Being resistant to change is like being resistant to gravity, we might be able to counter some the effects of it, but it’s always going to be there. There are some amazing gifts that come from embracing change, and Jenny Blake joins me to jam about the ways to embrace change rather than to resist it. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [0:51] Thank you to our sponsor, SaneBox.com [1:51] Charl...
071: Managing Your Money is a Creative Process with Luna Jaffe
February 29, 2016 18:30 - 50 minutes - 46 MBMost people don’t put managing their money and being creative together. Especially since one seems to be what you have to do, whereas the other seems to be what you get to do. But managing your money is a creative process and whether you like it or not, it’s an emotional process too. Luna Jaffe joins me today to share how she has incorporated her work as an artist into her work as a guide for people to improve their relationship with their money. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [0:...
070: Love is the Source of Personal Growth with Dr. Laura Ciel and Bill Poett
February 22, 2016 14:33 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBPart of being a Creative Giant is learning to be fully you, however you might show up. That’s a hard enough journey but it can feel even more daunting to learn to do that while in a romantic relationship with another Creative Giant. Dr. Laura Ciel and Bill Poett join me to talk about their work together and how they navigate a romantic partnership that’s also a business partnership. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [0:52] Struggling to keep up with processing your email? SaneBox may...
069: How to Build Your Mentor Group with Jeff Hopeck
February 15, 2016 20:18 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBMentors often make the difference between us successfully finishing the stuff that matters and just thinking or dreaming about it. This is especially the case for young adults and new entrepreneurs, who often times get so much well meaning, but bad advice from other people who’ve never gone where the ‘would be mentee’ is trying to go. Jeff Hopeck joins me to jam about the value of mentors and some ways to go about building your own mentor group. Ready? Let’s do this! Key Takeaways: [2:0...
068: What's Lurking in the Basement of Your Personality? With Todd Kashdan
February 08, 2016 23:11 - 50 minutes - 46 MBWhile we like the idea that we can simply think ourselves into certain beliefs and instincts, the truth of the matter is that our personality is partially determined by our evolutionary history. There might be some things lurking down there that we don’t want to address, but we can’t ignore them either. Professor Tod Kashdan joins me today to jam about, what he calls, the ‘basement of your personality’ and why it matters. If you’re looking for change, maybe it’s time to look in the ...
Todd Kashdan: What's Lurking in the Basement of Your Personality? (Episode 68)
February 08, 2016 23:11 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBWhile we like the idea that we can simply think ourselves into certain beliefs and instincts, the truth of the matter is that our personality is partially determined by our evolutionary history. There might be some things lurking down there that we don’t want to address, but we can’t ignore them either. Professor Tod Kashdan joins me today to jam about, what he calls, the ‘basement of your personality’ and why it matters. If you’re looking for change, maybe it’s time to look in the basement ...
068: What's Lurking in the Basement of Your Personality? With Todd Kashdan
February 08, 2016 23:11 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBWhile we like the idea that we can simply think ourselves into certain beliefs and instincts, the truth of the matter is that our personality is partially determined by our evolutionary history. There might be some things lurking down there that we don’t want to address, but we can’t ignore them either. Professor Tod Kashdan joins me today to jam about, what he calls, the ‘basement of your personality’ and why it matters. If you’re looking for change, maybe it’s time to look in the basement ...