Gene S. Jones, Author, Consolidated Wisdom

Unlocking Your World of Creativity

Mark Stinson

Arts, Education, Self-improvement, Business, Design, Marketing

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🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is Gene S. Jones, a nationally acclaimed game show host, creativity coach, and author of inspirational books. With an extraordinary career spanning fire-eating, juggling, magic, sports broadcasting, and as the host of the GIMME A HINT! Trivia Game Show, Gene has inspired audiences across the country.

His latest book, Consolidated Wisdom, is a treasure trove of profound insights and quotations from the past 5,000 years, accompanied by Gene’s thoughtful commentary.

Gene's Website

The Creative Journey

Gene, your career spans so many unique roles—How have these experiences shaped your understanding of creativity, and what inspired you to channel it into writing Consolidated Wisdom?

The Power of Quotes

In Consolidated Wisdom, you’ve curated over 1,500 profound quotes. What drew you to this project, and how do you see these quotes serving individuals and businesses in their daily lives?

Wisdom Meditation

The final chapters of your book introduce the concept of Wisdom Meditation. Can you explain how this method works and how it helps readers apply the wisdom they’ve learned to their lives?

The Evolution of Thought

Your book highlights a panoramic view of human thought over 5,000 years. What are some of the most surprising or impactful insights you discovered during your research?

Creativity in Action

Beyond your book, you’ve hosted thousands of game shows and taught creativity seminars. How do you guide individuals and organizations to unlock their creative potential? What’s one tip our listeners can apply today?

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0:00.0	Unlocking your world of creativity with best-selling author and brand innovator Mark Stinson.
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0:36.3	creativity.
0:41.8	Welcome back, friends, to our podcast, Your World of Creativity,
0:48.1	where we continue to explore the journeys and the ideas of some of the world's most innovative thinkers and creators.
0:54.1	And today we're traveling to New York, and my guest is Gene S. Jones, the nationally acclaimed. He was a game show host,
0:55.7	a creativity coach. Now is the author of inspirational books. Gene, welcome back to the show.
1:01.2	Thank you. Pleasure to be here. And I say welcome back. Gene was one of my first handful of guests
1:07.1	on the podcast, going back almost four years. Gene, I can't believe it's been that long.
1:11.9	Time flies, but at the same time, every day is an adventure. There you go. We're going to talk
1:17.3	about one of Gene's current projects, but he's got a great career spanning. Let's see,
1:22.9	fire eating, juggling, magic sports broadcasting, a game show host. You've done a lot of creative things,
1:29.9	Gene. And now your latest book, Consolidated Wisdom. I guess the idea of consolidating not only wisdom
1:37.9	from past thinkers, but wisdom from your own creative journey. This book, I decided to focus on the greatest minds of history, and I left myself out of this
1:50.0	book for a particular reason. I didn't want to be presumptuous about myself. And my next book
1:56.0	is going to be called Modern Wisdom. In fact, it's in production right now for release next year, and that will be
2:02.4	only my own personal wisdom quotes. I decided it was best to separate the two. These quotes,
2:10.0	when you say you've curated these quotes, we're talking about 5,000 years worth of wisdom and
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