193: Erik Wahl - How To Rediscover Your Creative Genius
The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk
Ryan Hawk
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🗓️ 27 February 2017
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Episode 193: Erik Wahl - How To Rediscover Your Creative Genius
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"Performing is not an act of extroversion, it's an act of connection."
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- The fascination with "live theatre" -- Erik is a performer on stage (art, speaking, message, theatrical)
- "Transport so the molecules in the room change"
- How to reverse engineer what we love
- What happened after Erik was told that "Art was not his strength"
- Relationship with money and success -- how it can be unhealthy
- Why artists have a different take on life... A life of philosophical gratitude
- "I built this plane as I flew it"
- Pursue mastery... Be insatiably curious on how to connect with audiences
- The power of vulnerability and why you should share more of yourself
- First paid gig? $1,000 in LA -- "I probably sucked."
- The tipping point to kick off his speaking/performing career
- The definition of being introverted... Erik is an introvert. He gains energy from alone time... Stage time is where the energy is spent
- Erik's writing process -- "Verbal Vomit" -- Fortunate to have great team of editors
- Why we should all study acting and stand up comedians
- Thinking, "What will fascinate the audience?"
- Pre speech routine -- Stretching, meditation. Taking energy from "Me and giving it to them"
- Decluttering of the mind. Meditate. Think at a higher level
- "Art is about producing... Thinking... Expanding consciousness"
- Understanding the value of being uncomfortable
- "Money is not important to us, we do not sell my paintings"
- Why audiences are drawn to authenticity and trust
- Why we should rehearse creativity on a regular basis
- How much does Erik get paid per speech now? $40,000
- New ideas? Holographs, Drones, Cirque Du Soleil
- "Pursue excellence, pursue mastery... Let the money come where it may"
"Creativity is a muscle that must face resistance to create more... Be stronger."
Continue Learning:
- Follow Erik on Twitter: @ErikWahl
- Read: The Spark and The Grind
- Read: Unthink: Rediscover Your Creative Genius
- Join our Facebook Group: The Learning Leader Community
- To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12
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| 0:00.0 | It's all crafted inside of this idea of performance and creating a disruptive moment and a-ha moment a wow moment and continuing to be able to do that throughout the course of the presentation. |
| 0:14.1 | So it's not just one, but it's multiple elements of connecting thought to emotion, to philosophy, to reflection to projection to projection |
| 0:30.0 | Hey and welcome to |
| 0:30.0 | Hey and welcome to the learning leader Show. I am Ryan Hawk. This conversation quickly has |
| 0:36.4 | vaulted into one of my top five favorite episodes that I've done through two and a half years |
| 0:42.3 | of this podcast. |
| 0:43.4 | I love talking with Eric Wall, an internationally recognized graffiti artist, |
| 0:47.8 | author, and entrepreneur. Eric redefines the term, key note speaker, pulling from his history as both a businessman and an artist |
| 0:55.8 | He's grown to become one of the most sought after speakers in the world I've been lucky enough to be in the audience for one of Eric's performances his art his painting his message the way he delivers it |
| 1:08.2 | Incredible few of the topics we got into why we need to rehearse creativity constantly and how to do that. |
| 1:15.0 | Then the incredible story of Eric being told that art was not his strength and how he |
| 1:20.6 | responded. |
| 1:22.2 | And then the process from earning $1,000 per speech to what he now gets. |
| 1:28.8 | And I promise it's worth every penny, one slight change to I hit record immediately after us connecting via |
| 1:36.5 | Skype this is as raw real and authentic as it gets ladies and gentlemen I love this |
| 1:42.2 | one with Eric Wall. |
| 1:44.0 | The |
| 1:47.0 | Yo, the amazing gatekeeper who guards my calendar because I'm a huge introvert and don't |
| 1:58.1 | do a lot of interviews or podcasts and then me just kind of looking at what you've done your body of work has |
| 2:11.8 | really made me excited about this opportunity. |
| 2:15.5 | So I just want to acknowledge how impressed I am with who you are and what you're doing and |
| 2:22.4 | how you've pursued me. I'm just really grateful. |
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