Episodes

March 28, 2016

Finding What You Were Born to Do with Chris Guillebeau

Join us on Unmistakable Creative for an insightful conversation with Chris Guillebeau, the creator of The Art of Nonconformity and a New York Times bestselling author. In this episode, Guillebeau discusses his career and his new book, 'Born for This.' Discover how to create a deliberate life without a grand vision and learn valuable lessons from failures and dead ends. Guillebeau shares his insights on balancing persistence with knowing when to quit and how sunk costs impact our decisions. He ...
March 23, 2016

Unleashing Your Inner CEO with Caroline Frenette

Caroline Frenette, former fashion designer and intuitive business coach joins us to discuss how to awaken your inner CEO Highlights The power of channeling your passion Deciphering true intuition from fear Finding alignment with or...
March 21, 2016

Igniting Change through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies and Symbols with Nancy Duarte

Nancy Duarte joins us to talk about how to ignite change through speeches, stories, ceremonies and symbols. Highlights How a failure sparked an entire body of work Overcoming emotional wounds from parents The decision to...
March 16, 2016

Storytelling Lesson from Iconic Radio Producers with Jessica Abel

Jessica Abel, comic artist and author joins us to share storytelling telling lessons from iconic radio producers.  Highlights Finding the themes inside a body of work Storytelling lessons from iconic radio producers Why our paths...
March 14, 2016

The Evolution of a Body of Work with Wendy Piersall

Wendy Piersall, blogger and artist joins us to discuss the evolution of her body of work Highlights What happens when we become disillusioned with our success How loss can lead to the start of true...
March 9, 2016

Science Based Tools for Happiness, Resilience and Peak Performance with Emiliya Zhivotovskaya

Speaker, educator, facilitator and coach Emiliya joins us to discuss science based tools from the field of positive psychology Highlights  Media driven misperceptions of communism The least useful question we can ask in adversity The...
March 7, 2016

The Role of Intrinsic Motivation in Our Happiness with Neil Pasricha

Neil Pasricha, creator of 1000 Awesome Things, returns to the show to discuss his new book The Happiness Equation Highlights Developing the habit of starting and building things The 4 simple words that block all...
March 2, 2016

Coaching to Create Behavioral Change and Great Work with Michael Bungay Stanier

Michael Bungay Stanier, senior partner at Box of Crayons joins us to discuss coaching questions that create behavioral change and enable us to do more great work.  Highlights  Nurturing the seeds that get planted in...
Feb. 29, 2016

The 9 Environments That Make Up Your Life with Jim Bunch

Jim Bunch, coach and founder of The Ultimate Game of Life returns to the show to talk about 9 the environment that make up our lives.  Download Your FREE 9 Environments Assesment Highlights  What causes...
Feb. 24, 2016

Leaping without a Plan B with Tess Vigeland

Tess Vigeland, veteran radio producer and former anchor for public radio’s Marketplace, join us to discuss her story of leaping without a plan B. Highlights  Developing an awareness of the moments we fall in love...
Feb. 22, 2016

Using Your Art to Be a Voice For Others with Reema Zaman

Reema Zaman, writer, visual artist, and actress joins us to talk about using her art to become a voice for people who don’t have one.  Highlights:  How curiosity enables us to cultivate self-awareness Leveraging writing...
Feb. 17, 2016

Navigating Our Internal Journeys of Loss and Adversity with Tim Lawrence

Tim Lawrence, creator of The Adversity Within shares how we navigate the internal journeys of loss, adversity, and how we grow by putting ourselves in challenging environments.  Highlights  How adversity creates ferocious internal resolve Putti
Feb. 15, 2016

Using Curiosity to Design Experiences with Ben Tseitlin

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...
Feb. 10, 2016

The Keys to Exponential Personal and Professional Growth with Salim Ismail

Salim Ismail, Singularity University’s global ambassador and founding executive director, joins us to discuss the keys to exponential personal and professional growth.  HIGHLIGHTS How institutions and organizations can adapt to a new world Con
Feb. 8, 2016

The Conversations We’re Afraid to Have with Jerry Colonna

Jerry Colonna CEO of Reboot.IO and former venture capitalist joins us for one of this year’s deepest and most thought provoking conversations about resiliency, our sense of self, and much more.  Highlights The keys to...
Feb. 3, 2016

Generosity as the Path to Success with Dave Munson

Dave Munson founder of Saddleback leather joins us to discuss the rather humble beginnings of building a successful retail business. Highlights Why we are not always aware how we’re impacting people Expecting something wonderful to...
Feb. 1, 2016

A Beautiful Detour with Amy Oestreicher

Amy Oestreicher joins us to discuss how she turned her life-threatening illness and over 27 surgeries into what she now calls a beautiful detour.  HIGHLIGHTS Finding hope when in our most difficult times  Dealing with...
Jan. 27, 2016

Bridging the Gaps in Our Productivity with Chris Bailey

Chris Bailey, author of The Productivity Project returns to the show to discuss how to bridge the productivity gaps in our lives, and how to effectively manage your time, attention and energy.   HIGHLIGHTS How to...
Jan. 25, 2016

Exploration as an Expression of Our Humanity with Adam Steltzner

Adam Steltzner, an engineer from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory joins us to discuss his new book the Right Kind of Crazy and lessons in creativity from landing spacecrafts on Mars.  HIGHLIGHTS Going to the edges...
Jan. 20, 2016

Leveraging Incremental Progress to Level Up Your Life with Steve Kamb

Steve Kamb, rebel leader of Nerd Fitness joins us to talk about the power of using incremental progress  to level up your life.  HIGHLIGHTS Lessons learned from The Legend of Zelda Applying the progress principle...
Jan. 18, 2016

Getting to the Heart of What You Want to Say with Jamie Varon

Jamie Varon, writer and designer joins us to discuss design and writing in a way that gets to the heart f what you want to say.  HIGHLIGHTS  Thinking along the lines of what a professional...
Jan. 13, 2016

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

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...
Jan. 11, 2016

Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World with Cal Newport

Cal Newport, Georgetown professor, and author of of So Good They Can’t Ignore,  and Deep Work joins us to talk about how to produce work of real of value while training your ability to focus....
Jan. 6, 2016

Living a Life of Intention, Meaning and Purpose with AJ Leon

AJ Leon, founder of the creative agency Misfit Inc, returns to the show to discuss living a life of meaning, intention and purpose. HIGHLIGHTS Why you always have a choice in your life Letting go...