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Formerly known as The Accidental Creative, Daily Creative is your source for becoming brave, focused, and brilliant. Being a creative professional should be the greatest job in the world. You get to solve problems, express yourself, bring something new into the world and you get paid to do it. What's not to love, right? Yet every day, creative pros face, tremendous pressure and uncertainty. The temptation is to just play it safe, surrender to distraction and settle for less than your best. Daily Creative is about making sure that's not your story. Each episode focuses on a topic relevant to creative pros, like how to come up with ideas under pressure, how the collaborate when you're overwhelmed, or how to lead your team and help them discover motivation. Host Todd Henry (author of The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, Herding Tigers, and other best-selling books) and featured guests such as Seth Godin, Cal Newport, Kim Scott, and other brilliant authors, practitioners, and experts guide our journey through practical topics to help you be brave, focused, and brilliant in your work and leadership. It's time to fall back in love with your work. Listen to Daily Creative wherever you get your podcasts, or subscribe for free to Daily Creative+ to get bonus episodes, full interviews, and more delivered each week.
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March 11, 2024

Remarkable

Remarkable

Are you "flying blind"? It's rare that everything is so clear that you can see exactly what to do. In those situations it's dangerous to just go with your gut. In creative work, you need a few external tools to help you gauge which decision is best.

In this episode of Daily Creative, we explore how creators can navigate life's challenges by establishing a personal "instrument panel". We learn key insights from business leaders and high-performance coaches about living a remarkable life. Our guests include Guy Kawasaki (author of Think Remarkable ), Christiana Smith Shi and Grace Puma (authors of Career Forward ), and Jason Jaggard and Joseph Barkley (authors of Beyond High Performance ).

Key Learnings:

1. Maintain perspective: Understand that situations are never as good or as bad as they seem, and use the attitude indicator to stay balanced.

2. Plant many seeds: Continuously sow opportunities and remain open to countless possibilities, regardless of the outcomes.

3. Embrace being underestimated: Actively pursue roles or projects where others may underestimate you, as it can lead to standing out and rising to the top.

4. Beware of benevolent stagnation: Don't get too comfortable in your success; actively seek change and new challenges to keep growing.

5. Choose an optimistic vision: Instead of creating a pessimistic view of the future, opt for an optimistic perspective and believe in the possibility of success.

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00:00 - Untitled

00:37 - E11 REMARKABLE

09:03 - Plant Many Seeds

11:17 - ACT 2

11:42 - Be Underestimated

13:44 - Beware Benevolent Stagnation

16:47 - What if you're already remarkable?

21:25 - Choose the better make-believe

23:33 - CLOSING SUMMARY

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Author, Remarkable

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Author, Beyond High Performance

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Author, Beyond High Performance

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Author, Career Forward

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Author, Career Forward