Following Joy to Find Great Work with Matt Heagerty | UYGW039
Unleashing YOUR Great Work
English - November 08, 2022 09:00 - 28 minutes - 16.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On this week’s episode of Unleashing YOUR Great Work, we dive into the worlds of Mat Heagerty, a rad graphic novelist creating Great Work one Lumberjack Vampire at a time (A Lumberjackula, if you will). Growing up dyslexic and, what he considered himself back in the days, a “bad” student, Mat shares his mission in making funny, light-hearted stories about acceptance. From his middle school punk rock days to his serious writing journey beginning at age 22, Mat has always been in touch with a creative identity. And what comes along with pursuing a creative life, you may be asking? A whole lot of hearing the word “NO”. However, the word “NO” is what Mat describes as a “rebound word” that continues to propel him into new creativity. Listen in to this week’s episode and hear how Mat makes his work go wider and farther than he himself is able to go.
Join us as we discuss:
02:37 Synopsis of Lumberjackula Book.
04:01 What is it about the story of Lumberjackula that is so special?
06:33 The mission of writing books about acceptance.
09:28 Mat’s path from middle school creative to working writer.
12:20 How to conquer the fear of rejection and bounce back quickly after getting those Nos.
17:26 Mat’s other published books.
19:24 Collaboration can make your ideas so much better.
22:12 An overview of the upcoming book “Indoor Kid”.
About the Guest:
Mat Heagerty is a comic book writer and all around chipper dude living in Boise, ID. Mat’s dyslexic, and struggled a bunch in school, but now he writes rad graphic novels like 'Lumberjackula', ‘Martian Ghost Centaur' and ‘Unplugged and Unpopular'.
Twitter: @matheagerty
Instagram: @mat.heagerty
Lumberjackula: https://www.amazon.com/Lumberjackula-Mat-Heagerty/dp/153448258X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1667706190&sr=8-1
Unplugged and Unpopular: https://www.amazon.com/Unplugged-Unpopular-1-Mat-Heagerty/dp/1620106809/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1667706249&sr=8-1
Martian Ghost Centaur: https://www.amazon.com/Martian-Ghost-Centaur-Mat-Heagerty/dp/1620108496/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZMLA78LH7J22&keywords=martian+ghost+centaur&qid=1667706290&sprefix=martian+ghost+cen%2Caps%2C97&sr=8-1
NOTE: Mat does mention his new book coming out in 2023 called “Indoor Kid”.
About the Host:
Dr. Amanda Crowell is a cognitive psychologist, speaker, podcaster, author of Great Work, and the creator of the Great Work Journals. Amanda's TEDx talk: Three Reasons You Aren’t Doing What You Say You Will Do has received more than a million views and has been featured on TED's Ideas blog and TED Shorts. Her ideas have also been featured on NPR, Al Jazeera, The Wall Street Journal, Quartz, and Thrive Global. Amanda lives in New Jersey with her husband, two adorable kids, and a remarkable newfiepoo named Ruthie. She spends her days educating future teachers, coaching accidental entrepreneurs, and speaking about how to make progress on Great Work to colleges and corporate teams. To book Dr. Crowell to speak or inquire about coaching,
On this week’s episode of Unleashing YOUR Great Work, we dive into the worlds of Mat Heagerty, a rad graphic novelist creating Great Work one Lumberjack Vampire at a time (A Lumberjackula, if you will). Growing up dyslexic and, what he considered himself back in the days, a “bad” student, Mat shares his mission in making funny, light-hearted stories about acceptance. From his middle school punk rock days to his serious writing journey beginning at age 22, Mat has always been in touch with a creative identity. And what comes along with pursuing a creative life, you may be asking? A whole lot of hearing the word “NO”. However, the word “NO” is what Mat describes as a “rebound word” that continues to propel him into new creativity. Listen in to this week’s episode and hear how Mat makes his work go wider and farther than he himself is able to go.
Join us as we discuss:
02:37 Synopsis of Lumberjackula Book.
04:01 What is it about the story of Lumberjackula that is so special?
06:33 The mission of writing books about acceptance.
09:28 Mat’s path from middle school creative to working writer.
12:20 How to conquer the fear of rejection and bounce back quickly after getting those Nos.
17:26 Mat’s other published books.
19:24 Collaboration can make your ideas so much better.
22:12 An overview of the upcoming book “Indoor Kid”.
About the Guest:
Mat Heagerty is a comic book writer and all around chipper dude living in Boise, ID. Mat’s dyslexic, and struggled a bunch in school, but now he writes rad graphic novels like 'Lumberjackula', ‘Martian Ghost Centaur' and ‘Unplugged and Unpopular'.
Twitter: @matheagerty
Instagram: @mat.heagerty
Lumberjackula: https://www.amazon.com/Lumberjackula-Mat-Heagerty/dp/153448258X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1667706190&sr=8-1
Unplugged and Unpopular: https://www.amazon.com/Unplugged-Unpopular-1-Mat-Heagerty/dp/1620106809/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1667706249&sr=8-1
Martian Ghost Centaur: https://www.amazon.com/Martian-Ghost-Centaur-Mat-Heagerty/dp/1620108496/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZMLA78LH7J22&keywords=martian+ghost+centaur&qid=1667706290&sprefix=martian+ghost+cen%2Caps%2C97&sr=8-1
NOTE: Mat does mention his new book coming out in 2023 called “Indoor Kid”.
About the Host:
Dr. Amanda Crowell is a cognitive psychologist, speaker, podcaster, author of Great Work, and the creator of the Great Work Journals. Amanda's TEDx talk: Three Reasons You Aren’t Doing What You Say You Will Do has received more than a million views and has been featured on TED's Ideas blog and TED Shorts. Her ideas have also been featured on NPR, Al Jazeera, The Wall Street Journal, Quartz, and Thrive Global. Amanda lives in New Jersey with her husband, two adorable kids, and a remarkable newfiepoo named Ruthie. She spends her days educating future teachers, coaching accidental entrepreneurs, and speaking about how to make progress on Great Work to colleges and corporate teams. To book Dr. Crowell to speak or inquire about coaching, check out amandacrowell.com or email [email protected].
Website: amandacrowell.com
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Work-Amanda-J-Crowell/dp/1737374196
Podcast: amandacrowell.com/podcast
IG: https://www.instagram.com/aj_crowell
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-amanda-crowell-51188130/
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