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The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Paul Jarvis has an understanding that growth isn't always a good thing for businesses. He brings a message that helps lift the veil of thinking bigger is better and to understand how knowing what you want and wanting less often go hand in hand. Paul Jarvis is the author of Company of One, a software creator, designer and online course teacher.

Find out more about Paul Jarvis' book at Company of One: Why Staying Small is The Next Big Thing for Business

To find out more about Paul, his work and to listen to his podcast, visit pjrvs.com

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0:00.0	you think that certain things are important, you stress out about them, like you get anxious about them, you think like, oh, well, should this blue be this shade or this shade, or should I use this type face or that type face?
0:10.5	And it's like, it doesn't matter. like I've been a designer for 20 years and like I say
0:16.1	this knowing that the weight of it but it's like it takes self-reflection or introspection
0:22.0	to think about like what really matters.
0:25.2	We put all of this weight on these other things on these periphery things because it feels like we can make
0:30.1	progress there. It feels like oh I can just I can change the type
0:33.2	base here I can change the logo or I can hire another designer I can pick another
0:36.7	square space template. It feels like those things are moving us forward. It's just
0:41.1	like when people ask like JK Raw. Rawlings or Stephen King like, oh, what
0:44.4	software did you use to write your book? Right. Who the fuck cares? Like what does that? Why?
0:49.7	Why? Yeah. Like I used a napkin to be honest.
0:53.0	Exactly though, that's not the thing that makes them good.
0:57.0	Yeah, it's not. I'm Sreeney Rao and this is the unmistakable Creative Podcast where you get a window
1:07.0	into the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who've started
1:10.9	movements, built thriving businesses, written best-selling books, and created
1:14.8	insanely interesting art.
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1:48.0	Paul.
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