May 04

Exclusive interview + secret show from James Mercer of The Shins

Getting your career as a creator off the ground is hard. Keeping it on the rails after years or decades is even harder. Being one of the best - someone who breaks through to mainstream success? Orders of magnitude harder than all that. The amazing highs are - inevitably - coupled with difficult lows, and learning how to cope with that dynamic is crucial for the sanity + success of anyone who seeks to build... read more ›
May 03

How Design Can Supercharge Your Business with Yves Béhar

Yves is the founder of Fuseproject and one of the most influential industrial designers of our generation, having also lead teams at the iconic firms frog design and Lunar Design. His clients include Herman Miller, GE, Puma, Kodak, Samsung, Prada and a host of others, and pioneered the paradigm of designer/entrepreneur as the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of smart lock company August and CCO at Jawbone. He’s also a passionate advocate for sustainability and... read more ›
Apr 28

Focusing Your Effort & Quitting Your Day Job

It's the Daily Creative! A new experiment to get your questions answered. Have a question? Call me: +1-802-962-4357 ##Questions from the episode:## I'm good at anything. What should I focus on? [0:27] How should I transition from nurse to photographer? [4:58]
Apr 26

Conquer Fear & Self-Doubt with Amanda Crew

Amanda Crew is an actress who’s best known for playing Monica on the hit HBO show “Silicon Valley,” which I absolutely love for skewering tech culture in a loving but deadly accurate way. If you haven’t seen the show please, please do yourself a favor and check it out - season 4 recently premiered on HBO. But her career goes back many years: she’s appeared in a ton of shows and movies like Smallville, Final... read more ›
Apr 25
Apr 20

Work/Life Balance Is A Myth

Work/life balance isn't about making sure you have equal "work" time and "life" time. If you're struggling to find balance, this one's for you.
Apr 19

Become A Master Communicator with Vanessa Van Edwards

Vanessa bills herself as a “behavioral investigator” - what that means is that she is absolutely amazing at unpacking what makes people do the things they do and turning that into proven, actionable techniques for others to hone their own people skills. She’s written for publications like CNN, Fast Company and forbes and is the author of the brand new (and incredibly good) book “Captivate: The Science Of Succeeding With People.” You’ve heard me talk... read more ›
Apr 13
Apr 12

How iJustine Built Her Digital Empire

Justine Ezarik aka iJustine is one of the OG YouTube stars-- one of the very few people who have been on the platform for over a decade. You may remember her from her first big hit, her “300 page iPhone bill” video way back in 2007 or from literally streaming her entire life for 6 months, and since then she’s had several other hits that helped her build a huge following based off the kind... read more ›
Apr 10

Want to cut through the noise? Your story needs THIS.

It’s become common knowledge these days that storytelling is a mission-critical skill for businesses; that tapping into our innate receptivity to narratives is a powerful tool for persuasion. But what’s not so clear is how to stand out among an increasingly crowded stream of leaders, people, and brands telling stories via millions of “branded content initiatives” that mostly get lost in the deluge of headlines we’re all drowning in. So how do you cut through... read more ›