Dec 23

The Art of Practice with Christoph Niemann

My guest today is the one and only, the inimitable, Christoph Niemann. If you're not familiar with his work, he's an amazing illustrator, artist, author and animator. I became familiar with his work from the covers of The New Yorker, National Graphic, and New York Times Magazine. Christoph's art has been subject to numerous museum retrospectives. And you might have seen him on the Netflix show Abstract where they did a 45 minute documentary on... read more ›
Dec 16

Justin Boreta: Starve The Ego, Feed the Soul

Today's conversation is with a rock star, my friend, and super ultra-stellar human Justin Boreta. Many music fans know Justin Boreta as a member of The Glitch Mob, a beat-driven electronic group that has been touring for more than a decade. Since their establishment in 2006, the electronic live act has now performed around the world at festivals including: Coachella, Burning Man, Lollapolooza, Reading & Leeds and Bonnaroo. The Glitch Mob have released three albums... read more ›
Dec 09

Matthew McConaughey on Embracing Resistance & Catching Greenlights

You likely know my guest today from his roles in films such as Dazed and Confused, Dallas Buyer's Club, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Lincoln Lawyer, and so many great films. What you might not know about Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey over the last 35 years, he's been journaling his life experience, the wild stories and situations he found himself in. Recently he worked up the courage to sit down with those... read more ›
Dec 07

Hard Work Over Talent

“If I’m going to be in this industry, I’m going to want to be the best at it. And yet I couldn’t guarantee is that I was going to be the most talented in this business. But one thing I could guarantee is that I was going to work harder than anyone else.” -David Droga, Founder of droga5 Agency Creative talent has always been a wispy thing. If you have more than a lion's share,... read more ›
Oct 05

Jasmine Star: How to Grow Your Community

Just a few days ago, my book Creative Calling hit it’s one year anniversary. And what a year it’s been. One of my favorite things about the last year, has been the growing community pursuing their own calling and rallying behind creativity. Community is critical for support, feedback, opportunities, and of course, celebrating those wins. Yet, it’s one of the most overlooked areas for creating success in any field. So it seemed fitting to share... read more ›
Sep 30

The Art of Reinvention with Sophia Amoruso

Sophia Amoruso is an online educator, serial entrepreneur and New York Times Bestselling Author. She has been featured on the cover of Forbes magazine and featured in the Fortune 40 under 40, Forbes 30 under 30, Inc. 30 under 30, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business lists, and featured on the June 2016 cover of Forbes’ Richest Self-Made Women issue. Sophia founded women’s network Girlboss as well as fashion startup Nasty Gal, which she built... read more ›
Sep 23

Luvvie Ajayi Jones: Truth, Fear, and How to Do Better

Luvvie Ajayi Jones is a New York Times bestselling author, podcast host and an incredible speaker. She sits at this amazing intersection of comedy, justice and what she calls, professional troublemaking. Speaking of professional troublemaking, this episode Luvvie brings so much clarity around finding our voice, being intentional in our actions, and being unapologically ourselves. Luvvie starts us at her journey through writing. What started as a fledging side project she worked on in her... read more ›
Aug 26

Photographing History with Pete Souza

One of the things I love about photography is it's a universal language. You can look at an image intuitively feel the power and the emotion, regardless of age, race, gender, social/economic status, geography, even time. Pete Souza is such a critical creator in not just the arc of the United States of America and world politics, but as a guy out there doing what he loves, chasing his passion and hoping to tell a... read more ›
Aug 03

Creative Calling Book Club

Creativity has never been more important. Art, creative expression, and creative solutions are required to create our future, and the world we want to live in. This is session a 6-week mentoring series on CreativeLive to put our creativity into action. Though this series is based on the IDEA framework in my book, Creative Calling, you don’t need to have the book to participate. Some topics we will explore in this series: why creativity, why... read more ›
Jul 29

Never Settle with Mario Armstrong

Today's episode is a dose of positivity, inspiration, and energy from my guest Mario Armstrong. He is on a mission to help others accelerate their personal growth through their passions through positivity, motivation and tactical advice. Mario is a two time Emmy Award winning talk show host of the Never Settle Show, a web television series that provides advice and tools to help us tackle the mindset holding us back or tangible constraints such as... read more ›