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THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:
You feel like you’re being left behind
ALL THE TECH advancements and shifts in the past couple years has you scrambling
OR you just feel like you’re not locked into making progress in a meaningful direction that your whole heart and soul can embrace
IF YOU STAY UNTIL THE END - I will come back with a CALL TO ADVENTURE called THE HEADS UP 7 SECONDS exercise that you can use TODAY to make your creative session more aligned with where you are in the moment right now and make that effort count
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Josh Linkner - https://joshlinkner.com/
Josh's podcast Mic Drop
This episode is for you if:
No longer having fun making stuff
Your passion and enjoyment have been replaced by anxiety and pressure
You always find yourself trying to outdo the last thing you made and end up overthinking
Or you worry if you don’t stay afraid you’re going to end up washed up
Stay til the end for a practice for finding fun, focus and clarity again called “Rename the Game”
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Atomic Habits by James Clear
The Weeknd
Dr Rex Jung Ted Talk
This episode is for you if you:
Feel your work lacks depth
Don’t know what to make
Or you have lots of ideas and don’t know which to choose next
If you stick until the end of the episode I’m going to give you a tool called CREATIVE KINDLING that you can use to help you decide what to focus on and keep you fueled throughout a project, even when you feel you’re running on fumes
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Rian Johnson on Creative Processing
J Gonzo
El Mano Del Destino
Zone of Interest
This episode is for you if you:
- Can’t seem to stand out in your creative field
- The competition is too steep or too crowded in your creative world
- Feel like there’s a cutthroat / gossipy culture in your creative industry because everyone sees each other as competition and you feel lonely in your creative community
- IF YOU STICK TIL THE END: I’m going to share the hidden place where your attention grabbing creative superpower might be hiding - and an action you can do today to get you one step closer to cutting through the noise in your genre: it’s called WEDDING CRASH LANDER
On Air Fest
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Angus Fletcher Wonderworks
Moomin - Comet in Moominvalley
Amy Devers is the host of the design podcast Clever, Check it out here: https://www.cleverpodcast.com/
Support the show & join our monthly online meetup: http://patreon.com/creativepeptalk
Todd Henry
Daily Creative Podcast
Born Standing Up by Steven Martin
Listen to this episode if you:
Want to dig deeper and personally interpret new expressions of your daydreams into actionable steps.
Are looking for ways to get excited about what you’re dreaming up.
Finding where those more fantastical dreams are valuable and practical in the world.
Episode four celebrating January Dreamuary.
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Episode 435 - For drawing your dreams without judgement.
CALL TO ADVENTURE
Find the best exchange rate. Where are people who most value what you do? Look for the folks from similar life experiences and non-negotiables, create a possible unique selling point.
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You can support Creative Pep Talk and my creative practice on Patreon (patreon.com/creativepeptalk) or Substack (andyjpizza.substack.com). Either membership provides you access to our monthly Creative Pep Rally Zoom calls, tentatively planned for the last Monday of each month! Join us for the next virtual meetup on February 26th, 2024!
You can also support the show by getting merch in our online shop: creativepeptalk.etsy.com
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Meera’s Substack
Meera’s Website
Meera’s illustration on Instagram mentioned around 18min.
CALL TO ADVENTURE
Flip the script.
Be mindful the next time you create something and come at it from the opposite end.
SUPPORT THE SHOW
You can support Creative Pep Talk and my creative practice on Patreon (patreon.com/creativepeptalk) or Substack (andyjpizza.substack.com). Either membership provides you access to our monthly Creative Pep Rally Zoom calls, tentatively planned for the last Monday of each month!
You can also support the show by getting merch in our online shop: creativepeptalk.etsy.com
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SHOW NOTES
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CALL TO ADVENTURE
Review any of these 12 ideas/episodes that stood out to you from last year of Creative Pep Talk:
🌊 410 - How to Build The Foundation of a Creative Practice that Cultivates Superfans
🐾 385 - How to Reverse Engineer What Creative Goal to Focus On Next
🤖 377 - 3 Steps on Building The Essential Relationships in Your Creative Sphere
🌷 390 - How to Make Work that's More Creative and Less of a Grind
🍔 383 - 3 Steps for Creating the Work that Gets You The Work You're Perfect For
🥤 384 - 3 Sources of Creative Fuel for When You're Running on Empty with Hanif Abdurraqib
🚀 381 - Tried Everything but Nothing's Working? Studies Show This Creative Tactic is Often Overlooked
🐌 412 - A Process for Using Creative Influences to Find A Unique Path for Yourself
⏰ 396 - The 5 Flavors of Creativity & How Knowing Yours Can Reignite Your Spark
💀 413 - Step by Step How to Insert Yourself Into Your Work in a Powerful Way
🕹️ 415 - The Dream Unlocking Art of Mastering How to Give Up
🦅 417 - The 2 Essential Elements of a Game Changing Creative Collaboration with Sophie Miller
SUPPORT THE SHOW
You can support Creative Pep Talk and my creative practice on Patreon (patreon.com/creativepeptalk) or Substack (andyjpizza.substack.com). Either membership provides you access to our monthly Creative Pep Rally Zoom calls, tentatively planned for the last Monday of each month!
You can also support the show by getting merch in our online shop: creativepeptalk.etsy.com
SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS
OUR PATREON BACKERS
Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much!
JAKPRINTS
Special thanks to our wonderful Ohio based printer, Jak Prints (Jakprints.com) for their help with the 2024 Creative Pep Talk Calendar – be sure to check them out for your print needs!
SHOW NOTES
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Our PATREON virtual meetup, now on the last Monday of every month! Join us for the next one on January 29th, 2024!
This Jungian Life Podcast
Episode 076 on Animus and Anima
Lisa Marchiano’s Website
The Vital Spark: Reclaim Your Outlaw Energies and Find Your Feminine Fire by Lisa Marchiano – Out February 6th, 2024!
Other mentionings:
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph. D.
The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman
Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life by Thomas Moore
Vasilisa the Beautiful - Fairy Tale
Inanna's Descent: A Sumerian Tale of Injustice
The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist
Dionysis - Greek Mythology
Hephaestus - Greek Mythology
The Elves and The Shoemaker by The Brothers Grimm - Fairy Tale
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Our PATREON virtual meetup, now on the last Monday of every month! Join us for the next one on January 29th, 2024!
CALL TO ADVENTURE
Create your daydream.
Dream in your medium!
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Our PATREON virtual meetup, now on the last Monday of every month! Join us for the next one on January 29th, 2024!
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Bob Dylan - Magical Youth Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_wAZ02JUtM
Original Creative Pep Talk on Booby Traps
https://www.creativepeptalk.com/episodes/2018/10/9/202-for-when-you-feel-like-giving-up
Right Side Out Pizza Story
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAX66GsgYfX/
Lynda Barry
https://drawnandquarterly.com/author/lynda-barry/
Dieter Rams Good Design Rules
https://designmuseum.org/discover-design/all-stories/what-is-good-design-a-quick-look-at-dieter-rams-ten-principles
Sister Corita Kent Art Class Rules
https://www.creativelivesinprogress.com/article/corita-kent
Everything is a Remix Kirby Ferguson
https://www.everythingisaremix.info/
George Carlin Cardboard Cut Out Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CewUVZZMXT8
Seth Godin More Good Ideas by Having More Bad Ideas
https://seths.blog/2018/06/the-two-simple-secrets-to-good-ideas/#:~:text=Secret %231 is the biggest,easier than the opposite approach.
James Clear Atomic Habits
https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits
Twyla Tharp The Creative Habit
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Creative-Habit/Twyla-Tharp/9780743235273
1000 True Fans Kevin Kelly
https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/
Austin Kleon Seasons
https://austinkleon.com/2016/08/11/seasons/
Todd Henry Seasons
https://accidentalcreative.com/podcasts/ac/ac-podcast-seasons/
Pantsers vs Plotter
https://whenyouwrite.com/plotter-vs-pantser/#:~:text=A plotter is someone who,their pots on the stove
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Human Rhythms Series: Part Four
Do Less - Hidden Brain episode with Leidy Klotz
Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less - Book by Leidy Klotz
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less - Book by Greg McKeown
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - Book by Cal Newport
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals - Book by Oliver Burkeman
CALL TO ADVENTURE
The Zeigarnik Cache Clearing
Brain dump for 10 minutes on a piece of paper.
80-20 your list.
How much time will they take?
Do as many of the shorter tasks as possible in one chunk of time!
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Scott Erickson on Instagram - “I Get To” post
Wonderworks: Literary Invention and the Science of Stories by Angus Fletcher
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
“Give what you didn't get.” — Garry Shandling
CALL TO ADVENTURE
Three magic words.
I
Choose
You
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Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
The Artist’s Journey by Steven Pressfield
CALL TO ADVENTURE
Brain dump.
Brain buckets.
Brain balance.
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Marlee Grace’s Podcast, Common Shapes
Off the Grid Podcast
CALL TO ADVENTURE
Three questions before you make anything for free:
Is this the right channel for the medium?
What is the purpose?
Is that the purpose I need to be focused on?
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Melissa’s Website
Melissa’s TED Talk, How I found myself – by impersonating other people
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life by by Soren Kierkegaard
You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith
PeteyUSA on TikTok
CALL TO ADVENTURE
The either or method.
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
CALL TO ADVENTURE
Convertible mooning!
Top down, bottoms up assessment of your personal needs. Coin, community, confidence, and connotation.
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Absolutely! And those who attach their identity to something/someone outside themselves are vulnerable to others who would manipulate that external thing to manipulate those who have attached their identity with it. It's all over the place in pop culture, politics & nationalism, religion, etc. Having the courage to look inward honestly and accepting all aspects of what we see is where freedom lies.
Thank you so much for this episode. Having read Susan Cain's previous books and having those books giving me a feeling of being heard I am excited about reading her new book. I can't pick just one thing out of this episode that resonated most. will listen again and again. Also, what a beautiful hack for setting up the 2-3 hours of writing time. Love it!
I can not thank you enough for these words!
I'm absolutely loving this podcasts! I'm learning so much! Thank you!
you sound like adam devine haha :)
Awesome episode! 💗
where can I find the first two parts (looking for creative gold and becoming a creative master) to this creative pep talk?
not all creatives love to talk
What a fantastic episode Andy, love the insights in it. Loved the guests. This is the first time I'm listening to your podcast and I came here because of Frannerd. Excited to listen to the other episodes and v v excited to shift my perspective & philosophy rather than focus on a chance lottery price in my art career. Much love.
Visit Eugene for a talk (after this quarantine thing is over of course) it would be an honor to meet you or even just to hear you speak live!!!!
Thank you for all of this brilliant advice! You are motivating, inspiring and caring ❤. Keep doing your podcasts and I will keep listening and sharing them with my creative friends and family. Bless you!
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Ah! Got me right in the feels! Thanks Dr Pizza, and to do those that shared ♥️♥️♥️ This one will stick with me for sure
I love this Podcast, and I like this episode a lot. Thank you Dr Pizza!! ♥️♥️♥️
I love this episode ♥️
hi where can i get your handbook?
does anyone else hate it when he says thangs instead of things ? lol
love this podcast. where is the "you are infinite" episode?
for me, having a "host" was a big improvement for the Q&A format.
I was disappointed that the pricing question wasn't answered. the caller didnt ask about discalcula but specific pricing numbers.