366 - 3 Unexpected Places Your Creative Genius is Hiding

Creative Pep Talk

Arts, Education, Business, Design

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🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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0:00.0	On the creative journey, it's easy to get lost, but don't worry, you'll lift up.
0:11.0	Sometimes you just need a creative pep talk.
0:22.0	Hey, you're listening to the Creative Pep Talk podcast. I am your host, Andy J.
0:28.0	Peek-a-boo, Peek-a-boo, pizza. Do you ever feel like reaching the creative heights
0:33.0	you're after shouldn't be this exhausted?
0:37.0	Never look around at the other creatives in this atmosphere that you want to exist in
0:42.0	and be like, why do they make it look so effortless? Like, I am sweating and
0:48.0	dishevelled and these people that are already where I want to be, they just make it
0:53.0	look easy. I'm a big believer in effort, okay? I'm not talking about not putting effort
1:00.0	into what you're doing, I'm not shying away from a challenge. I feel like there are
1:04.0	challenging aspects of the creative journey. There's no doubt about it, but I do believe
1:09.0	that that nudge, that little voice inside of you that is saying, hey, you've got
1:15.0	access to something that would make this whole experience a lot more of a
1:21.0	flow than a slog. And I believe that that thing, that thing that you have access to
1:28.0	is your own personal creative genius. And although it can create an ease in your
1:37.0	work, it can be very difficult to find it. And in this episode, I want to explore
1:43.0	exactly how to find that thing that you can access that will make all of this
1:50.0	a lot more of an ease and more of a flow. That thing is your creative genius.
1:56.0	Let's find yours today. Let's go.
2:10.0	What's better than getting better? Nothing. There's nothing better than improving
2:15.0	yourself. But that sounds really authoritarian, utilitarian. Maybe it's not
2:22.0	like that. This is about making cool stuff with Skillshare. They make it possible.
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