486: Taking His Creativity All the Way
Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love
Don Hutcheson
5.0 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2017
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Blake Brandes loved his dissertation topic—hip-hop and global youth cultures—but was stuck in writing this crucial paper toward earning his Ph.D. His advisor suggested he create a rap album as a last chapter, so he did. A review committee member wrote on his paper that he had never before had the pleasure of reviewing a dissertation that you could dance to. Dr. Brandes is co-founder of the personal development company, Motivational Millennial, and co-host of the Motivational Millennial Podcast. He also runs a hip-hop motivational speaking business in assemblies and workshops to help students "Remix Your Reality."
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, world. |
| 0:11.6 | Welcome to discover your talent to do what you love, number 486. |
| 0:16.6 | I'm creator and host on Hutchison. |
| 0:18.9 | Every day, I interview someone from around the world who has discovered his talents |
| 0:23.4 | to do work he loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom. |
| 0:28.9 | We created this podcast to provide you with the insight, strategies, and tools to propel your |
| 0:35.1 | career to the next level. |
| 0:37.4 | Blake loved the topic of his Ph.D. dissertation, but he was stuck when faced with writing the last |
| 0:42.5 | chapter. |
| 0:43.6 | His advisor suggested he create a rap album, so he did. |
| 0:47.8 | A review committee member wrote on his paper that he had never before had the pleasure |
| 0:51.9 | of reviewing a dissertation that you could dance to. |
| 0:55.5 | I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Dr. Blake Brandis. |
| 1:00.0 | Welcome, Blake. |
| 1:01.0 | Thank you, Don. |
| 1:02.0 | Blake, are you using your talents doing work that you love? |
| 1:05.3 | 100%. |
| 1:06.4 | All righty. I love the confidence in that tone of voice. |
| 1:09.9 | Blake is co-founder of the personal development company, Motivational Millennial and co-host of the Motivational Millennial Podcast. |
| 1:18.1 | He also runs a hip-hop motivational speaking business to help students remix reality through assemblies and workshops. |
| 1:25.8 | Blake was the recipient of the Marshall Scholarship, |
| 1:28.7 | one of the most competitive postgraduate awards in the world, which he used to complete his |
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