Using Curiosity to Design Experiences with Ben Tseitlin
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2016
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Ben Tseitlin, founder of Benchic chocolates joins us to discuss how he leverages curiosity to design experiences and make chocolate.
Highlights
- The power of not having domain expertise
- Why breaking things helps you understand them
- Letting go of expectations to create results
- The importance and power of focus
- Making deliberate choices about running a business
- Why empathy is the most critical aspect of design
- Combining your background and experience to create your message
- Unlearning what we know to develop a beginners mind
Quotes
The desire for mastery is one of those things that can’t be forced on anyone.
Childlike curiosity and exploration are the oxygen of mastery.
The information that you consume and the people around you shape who you really are
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Ben Tseitlin is the founder of Benchic Chocolate and is driven to make something extraordinary from nothing.
Ben Tseitlin, founder of Benchic chocolates joins us to discuss how he leverages curiosity to design experiences and make chocolate.
Highlights
- The power of not having domain expertise
- Why breaking things helps you understand them
- Letting go of expectations to create results
- The importance and power of focus
- Making deliberate choices about running a business
- Why empathy is the most critical aspect of design
- Combining your background and experience to create your message
- Unlearning what we know to develop a beginners mind
Quotes
The desire for mastery is one of those things that can’t be forced on anyone.
Childlike curiosity and exploration are the oxygen of mastery.
The information that you consume and the people around you shape who you really are
Sponsors
Get 30% off all hosting packages with Hostgator. Use the promo code creative.
Develop a mediation habit with Start Here Now.
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Ben Tseitlin is the founder of Benchic Chocolate and is driven to make something extraordinary from nothing.
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