Oct 11

Business & Burgers: Know Your Value and Get Paid More

If you love podcasts/shows around business, definitely check these guys: Business & Burgers. I had the opportunity to sit down with Scott & Alan at one of my favorite places for a burger in Seattle: Quinn's Pub to chat creativity and simple daily practices that will unleash resourceful solutions to life and business problems.
Oct 08

The Impossible Cool: Stunning Portraits of Bad-ass Tastemakers from the Past 100 Years

What do Tom Waits, David Lynch, Debbie Harry, and Mark Twain all have in common? They're all...ahem...impossibly cool. And they've all been featured on The Impossible Cool, a must-follow Tumblr account that offers gorgeous, mostly black-and-white, amazing portraits of some of the most bad-ass tastemakers of the last couple centuries. Ranging from politicians to celebs to writers to musicians, The... read more ›
Oct 07

Sir Mix A Lot: Everybody Has A Calling

Everybody has a calling. If you open your eyes, there’s a maker instinct in you. For Sir Mix-A-Lot, creativity manifested in the form of rabid love for music in general and for hip-hop in particular. Cobbling together an immortal career first out of cast-off electronics and then out of platinum records, Mix was never concerned with success when he started out. He simply kept doing what he felt called to do - make music that... read more ›
Oct 06

Answers To The Questions You’re Afraid To Ask

Chase Jarvis answers questions you were afraid to ask at PhotoWeek 2016
I've made every mistake you can make in the photo industry, coming up in a time where few bits of information was freely available on how to pursue a professional career in photography. When I inquired about your most taboo questions you were afraid to ask, I got some great ones. Everything from setting rates, to working with agents, to managing doubts, depression, and creative burn out. If you were unable to watch my talk... read more ›
Sep 30

Gabby Bernstein: Step Away from the Crazy

Gabby Bernstein is at the forefront of the growing spiritual wellness trend for a generation taught to strive for success above all else. She has been named a “next-generation thought leader” by Oprah Winfrey. She appears regularly as an expert on The Dr. Oz Show and has been named “a new role model” by The New York Times. She is an NYT bestselling author, and the founder of HerFuture.com, a social networking site to inspire,... read more ›
Sep 29

Meditation and its impact on modern leadership

If you made a list of people you’d think would be into meditation, I'd probably be at the bottom of that list. I grew up as a skate punk and an athlete, competing first for bragging rights at the skatepark and eventually head-to-head on the soccer fields with my college scholarship at stake. Soon thereafter I bailed on med school and dropped out of a PhD in Philosophy, where science and logic ruled the domain.... read more ›
Sep 27

Entrepreneur On Fire Podcast

Many thanks to John Lee Dumas for having me on the Entrepreneur on Fire (EOFIRE) podcast. He kicks things off with $$$, followed by my worst entrepreneurial moment.... no softballs here. :) If you love learning from other entrepreneurs, then you'll love John's DAILY (yes daily) show. Check it.
Sep 23

Jared Leto: No Permission Needed

Jared Leto is one of the most accomplished and versatile creators of his generation. He’s an Oscar-winner actor with two decades of film and television roles under his belt, quietly amassing a list of critically acclaimed appearances in films like Fight Club, Requiem For A Dream, Dallas Buyers Club and Suicide Squad among many others. His band Thirty Seconds To Mars has been in action since 1998 and sold over 15 million albums worldwide, and... read more ›
Sep 15

Kelly Starrett: Pain Isn’t Normal

We often chase our dreams at the expense of our bodies. In the dogged pursuit of what we call success, we often don’t think about our bodies until they start to hurt. Dr. Kelly Starrett is redefining the way we think about success to include our basic physical health. His approach to movement, mechanics, and mobility isn’t just for athletes-- it’s a path toward health and wholeness for virtually anyone. Kelly works with professional athletes,... read more ›
Sep 08

Drone Photography? How About Drone SURFING Instead

I've always loved drones. Been flying them and using them in photo + film projects before the term "drone" was used to describe the thing... way back in fact when my friend Tabb Firschau built them from scratch just to fly his (and my) cameras around. Here's some shots, and here's a few others. Sort of sophomoric work on my part (5-10 years ago) relative to what's happening now, but cool nonetheless given the time... read more ›