CL011: James Schramko on leveraging your creativity

In this episode of The Creative Life Podcast, I talk with Australian creative entrepreneur, James Schramko who talks about managing people and building great virtual teams. James shares with us how he gets ideas from conducting live training and creating a product and service based on market needs. James also tells us about his transition from being an employee to being an entrepreneur. "Own the sweet spot and partner the weak spot." – James Schramko JAMES SCHRAMKO SHOW NOTES: on marketing online and increasing his income quickly on sticking on the fat part of the bell curve and not trying to get things too early on his lightbulb moment on the concept of  "be everywhere" on the idea of "Question everything" on delegating the stuff that you're good at Favorite Book: Jay Abraham – Getting Everything You Can From Everything You Do Favorite Record: Led Zeppelin II Join James's Facebook fans: https://www.facebook.com/jamestaylordotme LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jameskirktaylor This is The Creative Life, James Taylor's weekly YouTube show. -------------------- ABOUT JAMES -------------------- As a creativity expert Taylor is a frequent guest speaker at universities and international conferences. He has given keynotes and talks at Apple, Subscription Site Summit in San Francisco, the British Music Show in the UK and at several universities across Europe including University of Dundee in Scotland and University of Macerata in Italy. He is often called upon by media outlets to give his views on trends in creativity and innovation. He has been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, Columbus Dispatch, STV, Business Insider and San Jose Mercury News as well as featured on BBC TV and being the subject of a 30minute program on his life for BBC Radio Scotland. As a host on shows about creativity and innovation he has interviewed legendary investor Maynard Webb (Yahoo.com, eBay.com & Salesforce.com board member) and New York Times best-selling writers Chris Guillebeau ($100 Startup), Rolf Potts (Vagabonding), Brand Cooper (The Lean Entrepreneur) and Ryan Holiday (Trust Me I'm Lying). James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA). Meet James at http://www.JamesTaylor.me -------------------- ABOUT THE CREATIVE LIFE -------------------- The Creative Life is a weekly self-improvement show full of #motivation, #inspiration, and #creativity strategies with creativity speaker and author James Taylor. The Creative Life blog can be read at: http://www.jamestaylor.me -------------------- SUBSCRIBE -------------------- Never miss a video, and join the Youtube self-help community living the fully creative life: http://www.youtube.com/jamestaylorme