Drawing to Make Sense of the World with Dave Gray
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2015
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Dave Gray discusses his journey from the world of traditional journalism to helping large organizations clarify, communicate and achieve their goals. We also discuss how you can use drawing to make sense of the world and solve our own problems.
- Overcoming the starving artist objection
- Doing work that is truly aligned with who you are
- Finding a question that drives all your work
- Why people lose sight of their calling
- How the school system creates a lack of alignment
- Cultivating a capacity to overcome fear
- Showing your work when it’s not perfect
- Having a deep understanding of the materials you are working with
- Why drawing gives us a way to see if something is possible
- The importance of visual literacy
- Using an emotional impression to make something unmistakable
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Money isn’t a goal. It’s a byproduct of you providing value and services for people.
Dave Gray helps large organizations solve complex problems related to culture, innovation and change.
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| 0:14.5 | I'm Sreni Rao and this is the unmistakable Creative Podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who started movements, built thriving businesses, written best selling books, and created insanely interesting art. |
| 0:17.7 | For more, check out our 500 episode archive at unmistakable Creative.com. |
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