Oct 19

Can Video Games Improve ADHD? How New Digital Medicine is Helping

 In a nutshell, Dr. Adam Gazzaley is a genius. He’s got a very big brain. He explains what he’s all about a lot more eloquently. You’ll hear it when you listen, but that’s my condensed introduction. He’s doing important work and it’s so great to talk to Adam again. It’s been a while and we’ve got a lot of ground to cover in regards to the groundbreaking advancements in his field. Adam Gazzaley MD,... read more ›
Oct 17

3 Ways to Keep Your Project Moving and Embrace the Unknown

Beginnings are tenuous times. Getting anything substantial off the ground means making countless tiny decisions first, any one of which might assume vast importance—if you’re successful down the road. Paralyzed by Fear & Decisions The danger is twofold. On the one hand, you can become paralyzed by all the decisions you need to make. They can steal the life from your project—whatever the medium and at whatever the scale—before you’ve even begun. “What if I... read more ›
Oct 13

Danielle LaPorte: How to Harness the Power of Love for Healing

 Danielle LaPorte is an experienced spiritual teacher to say the least. She's the founder of Heart Centered Leadership Program - which features a leadership curriculum used by hundreds of facilitators and HR directors around the world - and is widely known for her popular book, the Desire Map. Not to mention, Danielle is one of few experts in her industry to be a member of Oprah's lauded SuperSoul 100, a group who, in Oprah... read more ›
Oct 10

How much work have you created?

We often start out thinking if we can just do the "right" work, we'll breakthrough. When in fact, it's not the what work we should focus on, but how much. We will do everything we can to convince ourselves that something other than volume is more important. Listen to the Podcast Smells like Procrastination We need a new lens to get the right shot. We need to switch to a different writing app with better... read more ›
Oct 05

Ryan Holiday: The Art of Self-Discipline

 As always, my conversations with Ryan inspire all kinds of deeper thoughts to ponder. And it’s often in my reflections after we’ve talked that the concepts we spoke of really hit home in areas of my own life. Sometimes the process of a creative can be very inward and isolating; however, it is in conversation with others that we often gain new insight into our own areas of mystery. Self-Consciousness is the Enemy of... read more ›
Oct 03

Old Rules No Longer Apply

Most of us have been given the same general blueprint for success since birth. Go to school, get good grades, go to college, get a job, work hard and you'll be successful. And for a long time, this was an effective path to success. But in recent years, the idea of what it means to be successful has changed. With the advent of technology and the global interconnectedness of the world, success is no longer... read more ›
Sep 28

What Makes Relationships Last with John & Julie Gottman

 Relationships don’t last. We’ve all heard that before and many of us likely could tell a tale or so to support the sentiment. It’s a bit of BS though. The truth is, that some relationships last a lifetime, and some relationships do more than that, they succeed for a lifetime. We’re a community full of creatives, dreamers, and doers. We know this topic is a hot one. In a world where we all want... read more ›
Sep 26

Begin by Doing

Chase Jarvis is silhouetted standing in front of a window
Are you looking for a place to start? Is the number of options overwhelming? It's always best to begin by doing. School taught me that I'm not ready to learn something properly until I've actually tried it or developed a curiosity so deep that I'm willing to engage with it for hours. As a photographer, I needed to start taking photos before I read a pile of books about how lenses work or what depth of... read more ›
Sep 21

Everything’s a Remix – Podcast Experiment with Alex Hillinger

Alex Hillinger and Chase Jarvis in conversation while sitting on a couch at the Ace Hotel in New York
Experimenting with a new format with my pal Alex Hillinger. We're planning to do a few of these so you can hear a format where there is more banter and storytelling. A little sneak behind how the sausage is made. Let us know what you think.  A great idea is transformative by nature and what comes next either supports making it or breaking it. When a good or even great idea presents itself, it’s not enough... read more ›
Sep 15

Alex Strohl: How Ideas Become Businesses

 When you’re creating something, there are emotions that evolve with it. What you’re building grows and develops, and as it moves forward, the question that comes up is, “Why did we create this in the first place?” We’re talking with Alex Strohl about how ideas turn into businesses and everything that comes it. Alex and I have been long time friends. You might remember him on CJRAWand he helped us dissolve the mystery of how we... read more ›