Creative Warriors

We all have challenging moments in life regardless of how successful and impactful we become and “Just because you’re unmistakable doesn’t mean your unbreakable.” Today, I have the privilege of interviewing the host of Unmistakable Creative Podcast, Srini Rao. Our open and direct conversation is vulnerable, transparent and loaded with meaningful insights. Srini is the host and founder of The Unmistakable Creative Podcast where he's conducted over 600 interviews with thought leaders from many walks of life who peek his curiosity. This has given him an incredible view into what makes some of the most impactful creatives successful across multiple disciplines. Srini has just released his latest book called Unmistakable: Why ONLY is Better Than Best. He is also the Wall Street Journal bestseller The Art of Being Unmistakable. Before he kicked off Unmistakable Media, he got an economics degree from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from Pepperdine University. In Srini's spare time, you will catch

You know how sometimes you hear that you should go strong for your big goals? But then others will say that if you come on too strong that people will back off? So which is it? Well, that's the problem. It's both. It's what I goal The Goal Paradox. How to work hard towards your goals without being attached to the outcome. This can be a challenging lesson to learn yet may be the answer to success. "Live for your goals without your goals controlling your life" -Jeffrey Shaw 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.

Today we’d like to help you get on top of your finances by demystifying some of the common misconceptions about money and values. Aligning your values with a constant flow of money is not necessarily about discipline, but more about understanding what a financially successful mindset is. It's about igniting an interest in your finances, empowering you to have a vision based on your values and encouraging you to live a vibrant and purposeful life where money is a tool, not the end game. Jason Vitug is a social impact entrepreneur, founder of Phroogal, creator of the award-winning project, The Road to Financial Wellness, and author of the bestseller and The New York Times reviewed, You Only Live Once: The Roadmap to Financial Wellness and a Purposeful Life. He is best known as a financial motivator and lifestyle engineer helping thousands of people around the country live their dream lifestyle through financial knowledge. He’s been featured on Forbes, Money, USA Today, and the NY Times. Jason’s personal writing

Is it time for a change in your life? Can you feel it but aren't sure what it is or what life would look like on the other side of this shift? Maybe change is needed, or maybe it’s simply time for an adjustment that will allow greater flow and ease. You may very well be at a pivot point. Today we’re discussing how to pivot effectively: when it’s time to change things up, what it means, and how to pivot gracefully. Adam Markel is the CEO of New Peaks, formerly known as Peak Potentials and the author of Pivot: The Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life. An international training firm, New Peaks has delivered world-class educational and transformational programs to more than 1.5 million people in over 104 countries through more than 100 events a year. New Peaks is one of the largest integrated and personal transformation companies in the world. Prior to his position as CEO, Adam was a senior trainer with Peak and has personally trained more than 100,000 people. Adam spent 17 years building his law f

I often find when giving advice to my coaching clients, that my suggestions have something to do with the number three. There’s a power to three. So in this episode, I offer my top business tips that come in threes. Practical tips that you can apply in your business right away.  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, atwww.joinwarriors.com and add to the conversation.  Contact Jeffrey – Website Coaching support Available for speaking Resources – Free Webinar: I’ll be sharing how to leverage your creative side and use it as an advantage in business. Join me for my free webinar, How To Succeed In Business Marketing Yourself and Your Talent. Register here or text warrior to number 33444 to register and unleash your creative thinking to propel your business forward. Getting your point across in business

Do you consider yourself, your brand or your company to be a prestige brand? Are you or do you hope to be catering to the higher-end of your market? Being a prestige brand takes a lot more today than just throwing a higher price on it. In this episode, we’re going to explore the nuances of what it means to be a prestige brand today. JP is a proven business leader, recognized strategy expert, and global brand builder.   He has a 20+ year track record of successfully creating, re-staging and growing brands and their organizations around the world.  The co-founder of Ueber-Brands Consulting. JP is also the co-author along with Wolf Schaefer of the bestselling book “Rethinking Prestige Branding – Secrets of the Ueber-Brands” which is quickly becoming a marketers reference book.  It analyses the success drivers behind some one hundred premium brands. And advocates putting ‘myth back into marketing’ to ‘seduce rather than sell’ for a brand to be esteemed beyond size, price or performance.  JP is regularly involved

Do you ever feel like you’re holding yourself back? Not being your most confident, bold and unabashedly you for fear of “being too much?" Who better to learn from about being unapologetically you than drag queens! Today we’re talking about what you can learn about growing, managing and owning your confidence from drag queens to be fiercely you. Jackie Huba challenges people to express the best in themselves while teaching them effective ways to market their brand. She is the author of three books on customer loyalty, including Monster Loyalty: How Lady Gaga Turns Followers into Fanatics which she previously discussed on our show. Jackie has a unique perspective, and her ideas are always thought provoking. A former IBM executive, Jackie has been helping people build confidence, take risks, and live more fearlessly by harnessing the transformative art of drag. Her most recent book Fiercely You: Be Fabulous and Confident by Thinking Like a Drag Queen centers on her interviews with the world’s top drag queens and

A little preview of what my upcoming book is about. How to escape living your life in the Zone of Expectations and instead, live in the Zone of Possibilities. What holds you back? Trust. Trusting in what you can't expect because you don't know what's possible. How do you accomplish this? One of the ways is with Momentum Thinking. A strategy for forward-moving thinking. Get ready to soar to new heights and have a new tool to help you get there--Momentum Thinking. "There's no way to be open to possibility if you don't trust in what you can't control."-Jeffrey Shaw 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  

If you're active on social media as a small business and are wondering, like many if it’s worth anything more than connecting with friends, this episode is for you. Today’s conversation is not about social media, but rather social selling and how social media is simply a tool that when used well can yield tremendous results professionally and personally. Tim Hughes is a transformational leader, best-selling author, and a top 10 Social Media influencer.  With a background in sales and sales management, Tim has been involved in Social Media for over 7 years, having built a following of 150,000 Twitter followers and positioning him as a top 10 Influencer.  He is a renown international speaker, blogger, and writer. With the disruption in the market from Cloud and Social, three years ago Tim was involved in the European transformation of the sales and marketing teams at one of the largest tech companies in the world.  He shares many of his Social Selling skills in his bestselling book “Social Selling: Techniques t

We all know in business that it takes more than one thing to be successful. But, if I had to say that there was one magic key or thing that everything else is built on, it would be knowing what makes you different, unique. This work is the primarily what I do with my coaching clients—to help them discover their difference. It’s never been more important to stand out in this very noisy marketing world. Today my guest, Ian Chamandy and I dig into answering the fundamental question you must answer for all your prospective customers, why should they choose you? Ian is the co-author of the book “Why should I choose you?” – Answering the single most important strategic question in business in seven words or less Ian is a founding partner of Blueprint Business Architecture, a company that developed a new methodology for strategic planning.  He has co-facilitated the creation of well over 200 Blueprints for companies large and small, helping them define what makes them uniquely remarkable at their core and using this

What does one of the most famous movie lines of all time have to do with your business and personal life? “I won’t be IGNORED, Dan!” You might be surprised. Or maybe not because this is the way my whacked mind works. Probably best you just listen to understand but let’s just say it’s not a bad idea to have just a little bit of crazy in you to get what you want out of life and your business. Is it your time to demand you not be ignored? “I won’t be IGNORED, Dan!” -from the movie, Fatal Attraction 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, atwww.joinwarriors.com and add to the conversation.  Contact Jeffrey – Website Coaching support Available for speaking Resources – Free Webinar: I’ll be sharing how to leverage your creative side and use it as an advantage in business. Join me for my free webinar, How To

Today we’re talking about yoga, inner wisdom, alignment, and balance. With a smattering of authenticity and truth. You might be wondering why? How will this help me in business and life? Well, when you aim true it's more likely that you will find what you are aiming for, your target. Kathryn Budig is an internationally celebrated yoga teacher and author known for empowering her students through her message, “Aim True.” She is a warrior for self-acceptance and honesty, helping her students and readers find true balance. The Kansas native graduated from the University of Virginia with a double degree in English and Drama before moving to LA. Kathryn has over a decade of experience in her field, she is the yoga contributor to Women’s Health magazine, writes weekly for Yoga Journal, and serves on the Yahoo! Health advisory board as well as contributing regular recipes. She’s a sponsored athlete in Under Armour’s “I WILL WHAT I WANT” campaign, an ambassador for Ford’s “Warriors in Pink,” and the founder of her ani

Who doesn’t want to achieve great things in their life? Isn’t that why you listen to Creative Warriors— to get ideas, be inspired and learn how you can achieve your goals? Our guest today is an expert not only in goal setting and achieving what you want, but will also know's the importance of working from the inside-out, understanding yourself first to achieve your goals. Dr. Chris Friesen, Ph.D. is a psychologist who has always been fascinated by what makes people successful. He is a licensed clinical, forensic, and neuropsychologist and, now primarily helps Olympic, and up-and-coming elite athletes, as well as other high achievers such as professionals, entrepreneurs, executives, academics, and writers, achieve their personal and professional potential. Chris is currently Director of Friesen Sport & Performance Psychology, a contributor for Success.com, and author of ACHIEVE: Find Out Who You Are, What You Really Want, And How To Make It Happen. We dig into Chris's work and get down to some excellent sp

What holds you up from getting started? From jumping in with both feet? From getting out there? Or what’s holding you up from your next adventure, or new business endeavor, or going to the next level? Is it feeling like you’re not ready? Or maybe it’s not perfect? Fear of not being good enough or of being criticized? I offer a solution. Have a Beta Mind. A mindset of co-create and collaboration with those you want to serve. Instead of holding back, put your idea out in the world, to those you want to reach, get their feedback, tweak it, and put it out again. Software and technology companies have been doing this for years. As entrepreneurs and creators, we can take on the same beta mind to get our work out there and co-create to meet the needs of those we want to serve. "Innovation for a new generation. Conceptualize, co-create, and collaborate" -Jeffrey Shaw 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

Do you have too much stuff? Do your home, office and life need to be decluttered, so you can gain time to pursue all the things you as passionate about? I hope today’s episode inspires you to do more with less. And live your life with more freedom and flexibility. Joshua Becker and his family were introduced to minimalism six years ago during a short conversation with a neighbor. Since then, Joshua’s story and writing have inspired millions around the world to find more life by owning fewer possessions. Today, based on his thoughtful and intentional approach to minimalism, he has become one of the leading voices in the modern simplicity movement- his website Becoming Minimalist reaches over a million people a month and was named by SUCCESS Magazine as one of the top ten personal development websites in 2015. He is the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of Simplify and Clutterfree with Kids and his most recent book is The More of Less. He has contributed to TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, USA Toda

Of course as a Creative Warrior you are passionate about what you do. But are you committed to it? Are you committed to doing something with it? Are you committed to seeing your big dream become your reality? Are you committed enough to make it through the tough times? Today we’re talking about being Committed To Win! Dr. Heidi Reeder is the author of Commit to Win: How To Harness The Four Elements of Commitment To Reach Your Goals. She’s an expert blogger for Psychology Today. Heidi holds degrees in Communication from the University of Oregon, Stanford University, and Arizona State University and has authored articles for leading communication and social psychology journals. As a Carnegie Foundation award-winning professor at Boise State University, she serves as the Director of the Leadership and Human Relations Certificate program in the College of Innovation and Design. Today's conversation was fantastic and will offer you a different perspective along with lasting insights. Highlights - The 2 forces behi

Times change, people evolve, and understanding what society needs is an important part of success. In fact, being sensitive to changes is the optimal way to stay ahead of change so that you can adjust accordingly. I believe the world is in need of a new type of inspiration. Admittedly, in this episode, I may raise more questions than answers for them. Because I’m not entirely sure what it will look like or what to call it, but I’ve been sensing a new need in the style of inspiration for quite some time. While we’ve loved being pumped up by inspiring books and motivational speakers, it can also leave us chasing dreams without a firm footing. Leading to disappointment and financial ruin. Yet, I’m convinced, all discipline and action isn’t the right thing either. I know we need inspiration. Especially us creative warriors. We haven’t chosen the easy road. So let’s explore what I believe the world needs now; a way to be pumped and practical at the same time. “We need to learn to be pumped and practical at the sam

There’s branding, and then there’s branding with a twist! Find out how to get your brand to stand out in a competitive market. Take off your brand blinders and leave “me too” marketing behind. Today's episode is full of tremendous insight and is followed by a fantastic opportunity by a gifted brand expert. Julie Cottineau honed her branding chops at a series of high-level client and agency positions including Richard Branson’s Virgin Management, Grey Global and Interbrand. She is the founder and CEO of BrandTwist brand consultancy and the dean and creator of Brand School by BrandTwist a unique and actionable online branding class for entrepreneurs, small businesses, and non-profits. Her own life has been full of magical TWISTS that have led her to reside in Westchester NY with her husband and two wonderful children. She is the author the best-selling book Twist: How Fresh Perspectives Build Breakthrough Brands and is a highly rated keynote speaker and a global authority on impactful and effective branding. Hi

As Creative Warriors, we all strive to be experts in our fields and masters at what we do. Today, we’re talking about the new science and research behind expertise with one of the world’s leading authorities on performance so that you can deliver at your absolute Peak. Anders Ericsson, Ph.D., is presently Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University.  After his Ph. D. in Sweden, he collaborated with the Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Herbert A. Simon on verbal reports of thinking leading to their classic book “Protocol Analysis: Verbal Reports as Data.” Currently, Anders studies the measurement of expert performance in domains, such as music, chess, nursing, law enforcement, and sports, and how expert performers attain their superior performance by acquiring sophisticated cognitive mechanisms and physiological adaptations through extended deliberate practice.  His latest book with Robert Pool is “Peak: Secrets from the new science of expertise.” He is a Fellow of the Cente

We have something truly special for you today. A two-part episode on the topic of Emotional Branding. You might be wondering, "what is emotional branding?" Emotional Branding is for businesses that need to trigger the emotions of prospective clients in order to stand out and gain their business. It's the emotions that get them engaged and wanting to work with you. As a Creative Warrior, you are likely in a business where understanding the concept of Emotional Branding and having an Emotional Branding Strategy will serve you very well. Here's how the two-parts work: Part one, episode 177, introduces the concept of Emotional Branding. You'll come to understand what it is, how it connects with your clients, and how it will benefit you. The player for Part one, episode 177, is above. In Part two, episode 178, I provide 5 specific Emotional Branding Tips and Strategies. The player for episode 178 is below. The reason we are splitting this up is so that after you listen to both episodes, you can go back and just li