The Benefits of Living a More Curious and Creative Life with Jeffrey Veen

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Jeffrey Veen , design partner at True Ventures, and founder of Typekit joins us to discuss the benefits of living a more curious and creative life.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Lessons in design and content creation from the earliest days of the internet
Finding the things that are infectious to us
Why empathy is one of the most vital skills that we can learn
The power of democratizing tools
The power of marketing from a place of sharing everything you do
The psychology of being an employee, entrepreneur, and investor
Why we must develop a level deep self-knowledge
The role that higher purpose plays in our work
Lessons learned from some Silicon Valley folk heroes

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QUOTES

It took me many years to get over my education

One narrative that I’ve throughout out my career is to constant striving to overcome constraint

People who become really successful have to strive for deep self-knowledge

When I was honest with myself it had less to do with wealth and more to do with reputation

Jeffrey Veen is a designer partner at True Ventures, where he spend his time helping companies create better products. He does this as an advisor, as well, for companies like about.me, Medium, and WordPress. Previously, he was VP of Design at Adobe after they acquired Typekit, the company he co-founded and ran as CEO.

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0:00.0	I will be very honest and say that the wiring that you are given at birth combined with the formative years and what you're taught about how the world works is very hard to change. But I also think that people who really strive to be
0:19.2	successful for whatever definition of success it is have to start with a deep
0:23.4	self-knowledge and deep reflection and mindfulness and understanding of of how they
0:30.4	interpret the reality around them and and what they do with that information.
0:35.1	And that is a lifelong thing.
0:36.8	That's a practice.
0:38.0	It's not a thing you learn.
0:39.2	It's not a change you go through.
0:41.0	It is a practice that you get better at forever.
0:45.1	And frankly, admitting that you're always going to be a beginner at it, that you always
0:49.4	will have more to learn, I think is the key to becoming mature.
0:55.0	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. For more, check out our 500 episode archive at unmistakable Creative.com. May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
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