If you’ve ever wanted to discover your voice, lead a meaningful life and become great at whatever you do, then do we have the inspiring show for you!

Today I’ll be talking with Todd Henry, the best-selling author of Die Empty and The Accidental Creative, and one of my new favorite books on mastery, a subject I love to geek out on. It’s called Louder than Words.

And that’s what I want to talk about today, about harnessing the power of your own authentic voice and what that really truly means, to become the best at whatever your do, and feel great about it, or at least on path, while you’re in the process.

That plus we’ll talk about Elvis and truck driving, Amos and Taylor Swift, Chris Rock and little steps, book bullies, the ok plateau, premature optimization, and why in the world Jimi Hendrix would open for the Monkees.

Questions and Topics Include:

1. How he met DJ Z-Trip
   1. LL Cool J and Other Hip Hop Artists at the Grammies with Z-Trip!
2. What mastery has to do with voice?
3. What’s the difference between an occupation and a vocation (business, career, vs passion)
4. What is ‘unnecessary creativity’ and why is creativity so important (Something he talked about in his book The Accidental Creative).
5. What Lisa Congdon says about creative endeavors and a U shape curve (similar to hiking down a canyon)
6. What’s a false plateau when it comes to expertise, progress, and success
   1. Scott Belsky calls it the ‘project plateau’
7. How do we move past fear
   1. Neil Fiore, PHD, author of the Now Habit, and the perceived consequences of failure
8. John Acuff – why you don’t want to compare your start to someone else’s middle
9. From The Accidental Creative – the Expectation Escalation
10. What’s the Cognitive Bias?
11. Why we don’t want to isolate yourself
12. What’s the importance of the coach or the ‘mirror’
13. What we can learn from Elvis and the Grand Ole’ Oprey and truck-driving
14. What positive nuggets can we take from criticism
15. What we can learn from Chris Rock in refining his skills
16. What’s the ‘Deep End Fallacy’
17. Why self-compassion and kindness is so important to overcome the inner critic
18. Martin Seligman, the three ways of inner criticism
19. What’s the OK Plateau from Joshua Foer in Moonwalking with Einstein
20. What is crisis phase?
21. What it means to be stuck in Busy Boredom (a concept from Todd Henry’s book Die Empty)
    1. Why it’s not about the job or career?
    2. Why you want to look at how to make it more creative and exciting
22. How this has bearing on relationships as well
23. What’s the Through Line?
24. How was Jimi Hendrix an opening act for the Monkees
25. What’s it mean to fail forward?
26. Why failure is not a bad thing
27. What’s the power of resilience
28. How he keeps an index card of daily practices – called “The Dailies”
29. What are the top 5 daily practices you want to make sure you get done every day as an infrastructure to help you be in game shape (think Navy Seals)
30. How important is meditation?
31. What Banff has to do with meditation (and silence)
32. Donald Knuff – premature optimization (interview with Kevin Kelly and Tim Ferriss)
33. Lewis Hyde from The Gift – why it’s so important to find out what is uniquely you, your unique contribution to the world
34. What he’s teaching his kids about their authentic voices
35. What kind of guitar does he play :o)
36. What’s the importance of nature for him
37. toddhenry.com will also find his Accidental Creative podcast (plus find twitter feed there)

Todd Henry, Author of The Accidental Creative & Die Empty Shares The Power of Discovering Your Authentic Voice & Passion To Stand Apart & Find True Success Happiness & Creativity! Inspiration | Spirituality | Meditation | Mindfulness | Health | Self-Help | Inspire

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