Vincent Pugliese: The Profound Beauty of a Blank Canvas

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Most people have their “existential crisis” about not knowing what they want to do with their lives before or during college. Vincent Pugliese had his in his mid-20s. He had moved back with his family after being caught stealing, and things were very strained for him and his relationships. But he used that failure and pain to wipe the slate clean, and he discovered his passion in the process.

Vincent Pugliese is a professional sports photographer and author. He’s photographed Super Bowls, Stanley Cups, Presidents, and much more in his career. He’s also the author of Freelance to Freedom.

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0:00.0	You know so many people that are lukewarm.
0:03.0	Like, yeah, the job's pretty good.
0:05.2	You know, there's good benefits,
0:06.7	but I don't really like it.
0:08.1	I'm not really doing what I want to be doing,
0:09.7	but I can't imagine leaving, you know, this. and I had nothing to lose and I had so much pain and I
0:16.8	think the greatest thing that happened in my life was that I had absolutely nothing to lose.
0:20.9	I didn't have a job to lose. I didn't have a reputation to lose. You know I didn't I didn't
0:25.9	impress my parents with my grades and get into Brown and then I had to say no dad you
0:30.6	know I want to go be an entrepreneur and And they're going to be like, what?
0:33.2	Like you put all this time in a night.
0:34.7	Like I had nothing.
0:35.8	So I had this blank slate that I basically,
0:38.7	as much pain as it was, I was like,
0:40.4	I can kind of choose what I want to do. and I don't even have to make that much money
0:45.1	because I'm gonna I can go work at a convenience I can go work at a Photoshop you know like
0:50.6	an area like that prints photos and I do my thing on the side.
0:54.0	The blank palette of not having anybody to answer to and no expectations allowed me to create
0:59.9	exactly the career that I wanted to do, which is so ironic because I never would have thought that was the case at the time.
1:08.4	I'm Srenny 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've 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 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again
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