Creative Cockroaches, Standing Out + the Truth About Your Best Creative Work

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Chase Jarvis

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4.8 • 641 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

A short while ago I had the great pleasure of taking the stage at the Seattle Interactive Conference with my dear friend and creative superstar Cal McAllister (Founder, Wexley School for Girls + Paper Crane Factory) for a very pointed conversation on inspiration, unlocking your best creative work, and how the eff to stand out in today’s noisy, crowded market. Hint: it’s not what you think.

IMHO this conversation oozes with value specifically because both Cal and I are: a) lifelong professional creators who care deeply about making this easier for people who want to be more creative; b) we both took very non-traditional paths to find our respective successes - so that path YOU’RE on won’t seem all that strange; and c) are both are transparent AF about exactly how we’d approach it today if we were doing it all over again… Oh, and the audience / Q&A is always a favorite of mine at any public appearance because so often we’re all struggling with the same things.

A sample of other topics we cover….

Why “the middle” (aka where everybody ends up gravitating because they listen to “advice” and “best practices”) is the WORST place you can be to make your way in any creative industry.
Why the best stuff happens on the fringe- and how you can tap into that fringe.
Why "creative cockroach” is a term of endearment. Like the cockroach, simply outlasting the quitters — stamina and persistence -- is key to success. I don’t know anyone who has been successful over a sustained amount of time that didn’t have stamina.
How to charge and get paid what you're worth. Free or full price, not some arbitrary amount that the client offers you
and finally… audience Q & A that we alllll can relate to ;)

Enjoy!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, what's up? It's Chase. Welcome to another episode of the show. That's right, the Chase Jarvis live show here on Creative Live. My favorite day is here. And that's the day where I get to record the intros to the show because what it does is it gets me really excited for what you're about to hear. Today's show is right in the sweet spot.
0:23.9	It's not a long-form interview with a game-changing individual. It's not a micro show where I give you one piece of personal advice and go deep on that.
0:33.6	This is, in fact, a keynote of sorts from the Seattle Interactive Conference that took place not too long ago.
0:40.5	But it's a little bit different and I say a little bit more powerful because it's a conversation between myself and another other highly creative individual, a dear friend of my named Cal McAllister.
0:52.8	Now Cal is a legendary creative in the creative industry.
0:58.6	He has written as a copywriter for the biggest brands on the planet and then started
1:04.0	his own agency, a remarkable agency called the Wexley School for Girls.
1:08.6	I shot many campaigns with them, did all kinds of cool
1:11.7	stuff with brands like Microsoft and Naked Juice and Pepsi and incredibly creative outfit.
1:19.5	And what Cal is not only just an inspirational figure, but he and I are good friends. So I think
1:26.3	there's a really good chemistry on
1:27.5	stage. And in this way, it's not just me trying to inspire and or add value to you. There's
1:33.8	another person who's very community oriented. He was the one who dragged me into this talk,
1:40.2	connecting me with the Seattle Interactive folks. We cover a ton of ground as I try to in these talks,
1:46.5	so it's not just one particular topic. And in this case, a conversation, we start out a little
1:51.0	bit about Seattle. Cal laments a little bit about what's happening to, you know, because Seattle's
1:55.9	the fastest growing city in the country right now. But if you're not, we quickly move away from that.
2:01.2	And it's not really about Seattle. It's very, very focused on the creator and the entrepreneur in all of us.
2:07.1	We talk about the other 50 percent. We talk about community, why that's key. And I made a funny
2:13.1	comment in there that is striking me now as relevant. It's like, I was only on stage because there were
2:18.7	people who were willing to listen and the people who were showing up there were only showing up
2:23.2	there to hear people on stage. And that's not dissimilar to the arrangement that we've got
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