Grit, Guts, Gumption and the Art of More

Today I'm reaching into my quiver of keynotes  to share a talk I gave at CreativeMornings here in Seattle. If you're not aware of CreativeMornings it's a breakfast lecture series for the creative community started by my good friend Tina Roth Eisenberg. These talks are hosted in hundreds of cities around the globe and a great way to connect with your local community. There are thousands of talks on their website, creativemornings.com. The theme of this talk was bravery, so I talk about my own experience and my take on how Ansel Adams and Macklemore have used bravery and vulnerability to propel their careers by making things that only they could make. I showed some videos during the talk, and if you want to see them you can find the whole talk on my YouTube channel or on the CreativeMornings site. In this episode, * We really explore this idea of "the art of more". The act of creating, and putting more work out there, despite our fear and it's imperfections. * At the core of this talk is bravery. I dig into why personal work, for me, has been a great vehicle to getting out there and when I look back on my career, it's been the greatest lever that has lead to my biggest accomplishments. * Finally, we end with audience questions which is always my favorite part of any talk. We get into how to break into a creative community, how to deal with "no", and some of my biggest failures. Enjoy! Today's episode is brought to you by CreativeLive. CreativeLive is the world's largest hub for online creative education in photo/video, art/design, music/audio, craft/maker and the ability to make a living in any of those disciplines. They are high quality, highly curated classes taught by the world's top experts -- Pulitzer, Oscar, Grammy Award winners, New York Times best selling authors and the best entrepreneurs of our times.