Creative Pep Talk

CREATIVE SIDE QUEST SERIES PART 3 This is part 3 of our Creative Side Quest series. This series is about how to take a side project and add business and marketing strategy to transform it into a Creative Side Quest AKA your secret weapon for developing your creative career! The Creative Career Path Handbook KICKSTARTER UPDATE! We are over 200% funded on our Kickstarter!! In this episode I announce a new stretch goal: if we get to $10k I will make the handbook full color and add 12 pages of bonus content! Back the kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/462109578/the… NOTES Ira Glass - The Gap https://vimeo.com/85040589 The Personal MBA https://www.amazon.com/Personal-MBA-Master-Art-Bus… Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices https://www.amazon.com/Driven-Human-Nature-Shapes-…. CREDITS Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Creative Career Path Handbook KICKSTARTER UPDATE! We are over 200% funded on our Kickstarter!! In this episode I announce a new stretch goal: if we get to $10k I will make the handbook full color and add 12 pages of bonus content! Back the kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/462109578/the… CREDITS Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 - Our Kickstarter launches today!!! We are upping the ante with our next order of the Creative Career Path Handbooks! If you missed one of these when they sold out, now is your chance! There are all sorts of rewards available, including new creative career coaching slots! BACK THE PROJECT: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/462109578/the… 3 - The Creative Pep Talk Original Soundtrack Vol. 1 is live today!!! Alex Sugg has written an original score, inspired by the CPT vibes, the hero's journey and the Side Quest series and you can find it on Spotify, Apple Music or wherever you get your music! P.S. it's excellent instrumental work music!!! Apple Music https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/creative-pep-tal… Spotify Link https://open.spotify.com/album/3O4vE6S1zxWVgRy1bAt… CREDITS Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more

In this episode I want to share with you the secret weapon I KNOW you have... that I'm SURE you're hiding :D This episode contains 3 lessons on creating a deep connection with your audience, and how that's THE number 1 secret to building a thriving creative career! P.S. Next week we will return to "normal" episodes, but I was deeply inspired to bring you one more "messy" summer episode! CREDITS Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psychology Today - Find A Therapist https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists Suicide Helpline - 1-800-273-8255 https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ CREDITS Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kiki Schirr 100 Rejections Tactic https://medium.com/@KikiSchirr/my-experiment-in-collecting-rejection-694bf0a43f3f ---- CREDITS Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Audrey Liu Director of Product Design, LYFT http://www.audreyliu.com/ Tea Uglow Creative Director, Google Creative Labs, Sydney http://teau.me/ Devon McGowan http://devonmcgowan.com/ Associate Brand Designer, BuzzFeed Tad Carpenter Designer / Illustrator https://carpentercollective.com/ ---- CREDITS Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams https://jenis.com/ Jeni's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenibrittonbauer ---- CREDITS Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today is the day our 100 Day Project begins! Follow along on instagram by following #cpt100day Show Notes: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061339202 ---- CREDITS Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show Notes: Shane Snow - Freelance Strategy Hacks https://vimeo.com/101922988 --- The Creative Career Path series continues! The Creative Career Path is a 7 step process to help you strike the perfect balance between business and art, i.e. thriving financially while staying creatively fulfilled. ---- CREDITS Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 100 Day Project (#the100dayproject) launches April 3rd, 2018 and I'm encouraging the CPT audience to join in. I will also be joining in with a 100 day project of my own!! Use #the100dayproject and #cpt100day on instagram to join in!! The 100 Day Project https://www.the100dayproject.org/ Elle Luna http://elleluna.com/ Your Story is Your Power https://www.amazon.com/Your-Story-Power-Feminine-Voice/dp/152350269X Lindsay Jean Thomson http://lindsayjeanthomson.com/ Women Catalysts http://www.womencatalysts.com/ ---- CREDITS Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to my man Nate Utesch and his band Metavari for all the other tunes! Metavari.com Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices