Creative Warriors

On this week’s episode, we have Radim Malinic joining us to discuss how to successfully bridge the gap between business and client when designing. We also dig deeper into breaking down roadblocks that may come with on demand creativity. Radim Malinic is a designer in the truest sense of the word. Not just in the work he creates, but also in how he has designed his career, his life, and even his happiness. Come along on a journey into the inner thoughts, philosophies, and processes, of this creative entrepreneur and be inspired to create the business, life, and happiness of your dreams. Radim Malinic is a creative director and graphic designer based in South West London, working under the name Brand Nu. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, he works across art creative direction, digital illustration, typography, and music video direction to form a practice based on positivity message, and meaning. Radim’s work is internationally renowned for it’s skill and vibrance, and has won numerous awards. In addition t

We usually refer to the cost of doing business as time and money spent. As creative warriors, since it is often our own talent and skills that we derive our income from, we need to consider the other costs of doing business. The real costs of business, such as the energy spent, time wasted, and the ways we hold ourselves back dealing with our own conflicted thoughts. I ask you to consider what might be the business benefits for you in making peace with your mind. Today we have the amazing Mark Coleman joining us to discuss the negative impacts of self criticism, and how thinking positively can better our health, our attitudes, and our overall mindfulness. Mark Coleman is the author of “Make Peace With Your Mind” and “Awake in the Wild”. He is also the founder of the Mindfulness Institute and holds an MA in clinical psychology. Mark has guided students on 5 continents as a corporate consultant, counselor, meditation teacher, and wilderness guide. Mark also lives in beautiful Northern California. WARRIOR of

Newton's law of motion says that something in motion stays in motion. Using that theory, I stress the importance of taking advantage of this busy time of year to plan out next year. I offer you my top 7 habits to bring the current year to a close. You'll see that this is the perfect time to plan out next year so that you can hit the ground running. If you wait until after the New Year, you may lose weeks, maybe even months before you get up and going. No need for that! You have too much to accomplish! Invest a little time now and save plenty of time later. The Talking Stick is in your hands now. Let us hear from you. "Use the momentum of the current year to propel you into the New Year." - Jeffrey Shaw Be part of the conversation - We want to hear your opinion on the topic. Let us know what you think or share a personal story. Join our community Facebook group, Creative Warriors Unite, at www.joinwarriors.com and add to the conversation.  Contact Jeffrey - Website Coaching support Available for speakin

We hear a lot about both hustle, as well as the balanced life these days, and it can be difficult to understand how the two work together. If we are supposed to be hustling, is it even possible to lead a balanced life? Which of the two should we be striving for? Today we have the incredible Neil Patel on Creative Warriors to talk about his new book, “Hustle.” This book takes a deep dive into what it means to hustle, why it is valuable and even essential to success, why creativity is such a vital ingredient in hustle, and even where hustle fits into a balanced life. Neil Patel is the co-founder of Crazy Egg and Hello Bar. He helps companies like Amazon, NBC, GM, HP and Viacom grow their revenue. The Wall Street Journal calls him a “top influencer on the web,” Forbes says he is one of the top ten online marketers, and entrepreneur magazine says he created one of the 100 most brilliant companies in the world. He was recognized by president Obama as as a top 100 entrepreneur under the age of 30, and one of the

Hard work doesn’t have to be a struggle. Pouring your energy into a project isn’t the same experience as struggling, although it can feel like you can’t have one without the other. The truth is, it’s when we’re not fully focused on what we’re doing that the struggle comes in – we start to worry or listen to our negative assumptions, and stop being present in the current moment.   Our expert guest, Roger Housden, is here to talk about what it means to struggle and how we can release ourselves from it by welcoming our own reality and addressing our assumptions.Struggle is an internal challenge that will cause us pain if we don’t work through it. Roger Housden is an author, a speaker, and a writer. He has published more than 27 books and has had work appear in Oprah Magazine, the New York Times, and the LA Times. His most recent book is Dropping the Struggle, 7 Way to Love the Life You Have. He currently runs writing workshops online and in person, with a focus on personal discovery and exploration. WARRIOR

You know jet lag, right? Your body needs time to catch up to the time difference. In this episode, I discuss the lag time between being ready for the results you want and the results showing up. Whether its changes in your business or personal growth, it can be very frustrating when you're all ready but the world doesn't seem to recognize that yet. It's like heading out on a 3 hour road trip that now seems like it takes all day. Similarly, you've done all the right things and are ready to receive the success you deserve. And for some period of time, you're left wondering, are we there yet? The Talking Stick is in your hands now. Let us hear from you. "When you think you can't wait anymore, it's more likely than ever that you're just about there." - Jeffrey Shaw Be part of the conversation - We want to hear your opinion on the topic. Let us know what you think or share a personal story. Join our community Facebook group, Creative Warriors Unite, at www.joinwarriors.com and add to the conversation.  Conta

Imagine having more questions than answers about one of the most important aspects of life. That's how I feel about resilience. Are some of us born more resilient? Is there a difference between resilience in our businesses vs. our personal lives? Do we know we’re resilient when we’re in the thick of it or only in hindsight? Will we regret things we didn’t stick out because we weren’t resilient enough? Today we have an expert on resilience who’s sharing how to go from survive to thrive. A serial entrepreneur thought leader, and author, Faisal Hoque is the founder of SHADOKA and many other companies. Shadoka Enables Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Social Impact. The author of several books, including Everything Connects – How to Transform and Lead in the Age of Creativity, Innovation, and Sustainability and Survive to Thrive – 27 Practices of Resilient Entrepreneurs, Innovators, And Leaders. Formerly of GE and other global brands, he regularly contributes to Fast Company, Business Insider, and Huffington Post. Hi

Today's episode is life-changing and offers a specific plan to develop financial freedom in your life. One of the best ways to be creative and enjoy the process is not to have to live a life where you are working to pay your bills. I've learned that it's not that you're doing something wrong it's more about being taught a system that just doesn't work. Today you’re going to learn how to put profits first, and that means you! By his 35th birthday, MIKE MICHALOWICZ had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became an angel investor and proceeded to lose his entire fortune. He had to start all over again. Driven to find better ways to grow healthy, strong companies Mike created the “Profit First Formula,” a way for businesses to ensure profitability from their very next deposit forward along with many other innovative strategies. Mike is now running his third million dollar venture. He is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal,

This past week in the U.S. has shook many people to their core. There are many people who can't understand why. Name calling, lack of compassion...all sorts of ugliness going on. It's like watching your children fight and sometimes you know what's best is to send everyone to a separate corner. Maybe that's what's needed here. Everyone just focus on their corner of the world. Create the world you want. Throughout history, creativity has played an important role in tumultuous times like these. I suspect, hope, that through our unique individuality creative solutions can present themselves. That important art can be created to record the time. That transformative thinkers can be leaders. Time will tell. But I have no doubt, creativity will play an important role.  The Talking Stick is in your hands now. Let us hear from you. "Take responsibility for the world within a stones throw that you want to create." - Jeffrey Shaw Be part of the conversation - We want to hear your opinion on the topic. Let us know wh

It seems that many entrepreneurial journeys just seem to unfold, as opposed to executing some grand master plan. Today our guest is here not only to use himself as an example of what he did with 15 hours per week but to offer you some great bite-sized entrepreneurial tips. And perhaps a different way to look at what might be some of your biggest obstacles. Damon Brown is an entrepreneur, journalist, speaker, app creator and author focused on how technology can connect us and help us achieve things that support the lifestyle we want. Damon co-founded the popular platonic connection app Cuddlr and led it to an acquisition within a year, all while being the primary caretaker of his infant son. The experience made him realize that you do not need to sacrifice everything to make an actual entrepreneurial impact and inspired his best-selling book, The Bite-Sized Entrepreneur: 21 Ways to Ignite Your Passion & Pursue Your Side Hustle. This is his 18th book. Damon has spoken at the second stage of the TED Conferen

Our guest today says “never take advice from a cartoonist.” So today we’re going to take advice from a cartoonist. But, in all fairness, our guest is no ordinary cartoonist, he's the creator of Dilbert, Scott Adams. We’re chatting a bit about Dilbert and diving into Scott’s latest book, How To Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big. I guarantee you’ll gain a different perspective about failure and learn a bit about happiness as well! Scott Adams is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip that is published daily in more than two-thousand newspapers worldwide, as well as on Dilbert.com, and all over the Internet. Dilbert launched in 1989 and spawned hundreds of licensed products and an animated television show. Over 20 million Dilbert books and calendars have sold worldwide. Scott has been a banker, software developer, technologist, hypnotist, CEO of Scott Adams Foods, owner of two restaurants, inventor,  investor, TV executive producer, author, cartoonist, speaker, and serial entrepreneur. He is one of the

I'm certainly not immune to having moments of lacking confidence. Are any of us? I guess there are some that are confident all the time. In this episode, I discuss that often confidence gets thrown into one big bucket of "less than" rather than getting to the root of what you're not feeling confident about. Lacking confidence comes in many different forms. I go over the 3 Whys exercise to help you get to the root of your struggle with confidence. The Talking Stick is in your hands now. Let us hear from you. "Don't assume lacking confidence means YOU are lacking anything." - Jeffrey Shaw Be part of the conversation - We want to hear your opinion on the topic. Let us know what you think or share a personal story. Join our community Facebook group, Creative Warriors Unite, at www.joinwarriors.com and add to the conversation.  Contact Jeffrey - Website Coaching support Available for speaking Resources - Masterclass: Learn how to attract the RIGHT customers that value what you do and pay you what you're

Have you ever considered a crowdfunding campaign to support one of your creative endeavors? Have you been unsure if crowdfunding is right for you or the thought totally overwhelms you! We have the leading expert on crowdfunding here to help reset our perspective on crowdfunding and the development of your community. Ariel specifically discusses how to build a crowd, get a campaign ready, and run a powerful and profitable crowdfunding campaign. Her latest book is Crowdstart: The Ultimate Guide to a Powerful and Profitable Crowdfunding Campaign is an exceptional book for anyone who wants to create or support another with crowdfunding. Ariel Hyatt has been a fierce entrepreneur for 20 years and runs Cyber PR, a dynamic social media & content strategy company based in New York City. Her agency places clients on blogs & podcasts establishes their online brands, and coaches them to create authentic relationships. She has spoken in 12 countries and is the author of four books on social media for artists, two

Embracing your shadow side doesn't have to be scary or full of anxiety. It can be a creative place where we solve problems and learn how to manage life a bit more efficiently. Where being whole is working with both your light and dark side to step into your strengths. Today we have a fascinating topic and guest to dismantle the universal idea that only positive concepts are of value. Named one of the top 58 people changing people’s lives by Psychologies magazine, Todd Kashdan is among the world’s top experts on the psychology of well-being, strengths, social relationships, stress, and coping. He uses this work to help leaders and organizations instill a healthy culture that is curious, productive, creative, and resilient. For 20 years, Todd has been conducting cutting-edge scientific research on the conditions that lead to optimal psychological functioning in social relationships and the workplace. He’s written two books— Curious? Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life and The Upside of Your Dar

Patterns and habits to our ability to actually get things done in our lives. But is there value in purposefully interrupting the pattern of your life? What good comes from choosing to do things that will take you out of the cycle and pattern of life that you have found yourself in? For one, you will notice your creativity sparked in a way that it often cannot be throughout normal, cyclical, everyday life. Try out the ideas of pattern interruption presented here to spark creativity, get you out of ruts, and achieve more. The Talking Stick is in your hands now. Let us hear from you. Be part of the conversation - We want to hear your opinion on the topic. Let us know what you think or share a personal story. Join our community Facebook group, Creative Warriors Unite, at www.joinwarriors.com and add to the conversation.  Contact Jeffrey - Website Coaching support Available for speaking Resources - Masterclass: Learn how to attract the RIGHT customers that value what you do and pay you what you're ACTUAL

I love this phrase by our guest today; You can’t outwork your busyness. But don’t we go down trying! We had a great conversation today about how you can learn to work simply by understanding your unique personality traits. Instead of the generalized, one size fits all approach to productivity and time management; we are looking at how to custom tailor an approach just for you. Carson Tate is a dynamic teacher, coach and author known for personal transformation and simple, powerful actionable content. She is a nationally renowned expert on productivity, whose views have been included in top-tier business media including Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Fast Company, and The New York Times. Her first book, Work Simply: Embracing Your Personal Productivity Style is what we’re discussing today. Carson has a fresh approach that I'm certain will resonate with many Creative Warriors. Highlights - Moving beyond being busy to reclaim purpose and meaning A one-size-fits-all approach to time management is flawed 4-main p

Does being an entrepreneur sometimes feel like a lonely experience? Even if people surround us, our struggles are our own and non-entrepreneurs don’t necessarily get it. So today we’re getting some advice from the trenches on entrepreneurship, from someone who’s been down and out and back again who truly knows what it’s like to be a Lonely Entrepreneur. Michael Dermer is an entrepreneur, speaker, lawyer, and author of The Lonely Entrepreneur. Michael discovered what would become The Lonely Entrepreneur methodology when his company – the first to provide financial rewards for healthy behavior that he built for over a decade – was nearly destroyed by the financial crisis of 2008. Here’s a great quote by our guest today, “Your vision is unique. Your problems are not” that I think provides great perspective.  Michael overcame the struggle by changing his perspective and applying what has become The Lonely Entrepreneur methodology. After two years of twenty hour days, Michael was able to revive his company and sel

Admittedly, this is some of the strangest advice I ever give. Telling my coaching clients to strive to be bored. But listen in and there's a good chance this may be helpful advice for you too. Do you want more business yet find yourself overwhelmed with what you already have going on? Striving to be bored is the solution. This is not only an idea, I also offer specific action steps for you to take. In the end, you'll get the results you want and maybe have some extra time on your hands. The Talking Stick is in your hands now. Let us hear from you. Be part of the conversation - We want to hear your opinion on the topic. Let us know what you think or share a personal story. Join our community Facebook group, Creative Warriors Unite, at www.joinwarriors.com and add to the conversation.  Contact Jeffrey - Website Coaching support Available for speaking Resources - Masterclass: Learn how to attract the RIGHT customers that value what you do and pay you what you're ACTUALLY worth! In the Masterclass, I re

Has the time come for artists, creators, and innovators to rule the world? Does the artist have not only the skills to succeed in today's world but also something to teach the "non-artist." According to our guest, we all have an inner artist that wants to get out and express them self and when we let that happen regardless of our profession anything is possible. Ron Tite is CEO of The Tite Group, a content marketing agency based in Toronto. He was named one of the “Top 10 Creative Canadians” by Marketing Magazine, he’s been an award-winning advertising Writer and Executive Creative Director for some of the most respected brands including Air France, Evian, Hershey, Kraft, Intel, Microsoft, Volvo, and many others. He’s also Executive Producer and Host of the Canadian Comedy Award winning show Monkey Toast and is a featured marketing expert on the new Mark Burnett-produced business reality show, Dream Funded. He has written for some other television series, penned a children’s book, and wrote, performed, and pr

The Good Life means something a little different for everyone. Are some people just more fortunate? Or can we have a strategy to create the good life for ourselves? Today we’re going to explore some key aspects of a good life and along the way offer you specific steps to create your personal version of the good life in this enlightening conversation with the leader of the good life project, Jonathan Fields. A dad, husband, serial entrepreneur, growth strategist and award-winning author, Jonathan Fields inspires possibility. He runs a mission-driven media and education venture called Good Life Project®, inspiring a global community to live more meaningful, connected and vital lives. Jonathan and his team produce a top-rated podcast and video series with millions of listens and views in more than 150 countries. Jonathan has built a number of community-driven ventures, taught everything from yoga and mindfulness to entrepreneurship, branding, and innovation. He encourages mission-driven entrepreneurship, creatin