The Power of Wanting Less and Staying Small with Paul Jarvis
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2019
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we are joined by Paul Jarvis, author of Company of One, software creator, designer and online course teacher. Paul 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.
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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| 0:15.5 | You think that certain things are important and 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 he use this type face or that type face and it's like it doesn't matter like it's not like it can be like I've been a designer for 20 years and like I say this knowing that the weight of |
| 0:20.6 | it but it's like there are things that are really important in in work that we do and there's things that aren't and a lot of times it's easier to focus on the things that aren't important because it's hard to think about the things that are. |
| 0:36.4 | It takes like self-reflection or introspection to think about what really matters. |
| 0:43.0 | We put all of this weight on these other things, |
| 0:46.0 | on these periphery things, because it feels like we can make progress there. |
| 0:49.0 | It feels like, oh, I can just, I can change the typeface here, |
| 0:52.0 | I can change the logo, or I can change the logo or I can hire another |
| 0:54.1 | designer I can pick another square space template and it feels like it feels like |
| 0:58.4 | those things are moving us forward and I just it's like procrastination I think and we can't we're no more likely to it's just like when people ask like |
| 1:08.9 | JK Rawlings or Stephen King like oh what software did you use to write your book? |
| 1:12.8 | Right. |
| 1:13.8 | Say who the fuck cares? |
| 1:14.8 | What does that? |
| 1:15.8 | Why? |
| 1:16.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:17.8 | Like I used a napkin to be honest. |
| 1:19.8 | Exactly though that's not the thing that makes them good. Yeah, it's not. |
| 1:29.0 | I'm Sreeney Rao and this is the unmistakable creative podcast where you get a window into the stories |
| 1:34.3 | and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who started movements, built |
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