Season 1 – MC04: Around the Campfire with Matt Ragland

What this episode covers

In Episode 4 of The Mindful Creator, I sit down with Matt Ragland to explore how the many threads of our experiences and our work connect and build our life’s story. Matt is a writer, sketch artist, adventurer and host the Story Signals podcast where he explores purpose, clarity and meaning through interviews with writers, artists, entrepreneurs, missionaries, and many other remarkable people. (note – this episode turned out to be a little longer than previous, but that was a happy surprise. The conversation was on a very deep-rooted topic, so we wanted to let it run. Feel free to take it in chunks!) Link Love Story Signals podcast How to Effectively Use Storytelling in your Work and Life – Matt Ragland, Podcast Nashville 2014 A season of reflection – Brett Henley Stop Being a Superhero. It’s Killing Your Business (and You). – Pat Flynn, Smart Passive Income podcast Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action – Simon Sinek In this Episode * Matt and Brett give brief version of their stories and discuss how all of the different pieces connected on our journeys and how are they serving the story we are currently telling * How our stories are formed by all of the things that sometimes go unnoticed, and what we can learn from the seemingly mundane, * How we can explore living a more meaningful story through the work we do each day * How we can navigate the unwritten and uncertain parts with grace and humility. * Hero mindset vs. being the guide of our stories. * Experiencing our story vs. telling our story. * How Matt’s connection adventure and the outdoors has impacted the story he is developing in both life and work. * The larger narrative we’re forming through our experiences and our body of work isn’t always visible or clear until we’re right in the heart of it. * How to keep exploring when we don’t have all the answers * Matt – “If I’m not creating, not practicing – all the promotion is bullshit.” * When we fear losing control of our stories and why we sometimes try to force structure to predict the outcomes * How do we stay grounded and connected to our why as creative entrepreneurs? How can we remove the abstract or conceptual from our why? * The importance of slowing down once in awhile to dig our heels and in reflect deeply on our why Thanks for listening! If you can please take a moment to subscribe and leave an honest rating and review of the show on iTunes, it will help improve our ranking and discoverability so that we can reach more people. Subscribe on iTunes To subscribe/leave a review: Click the “View in iTunes” button and follow the prompts once the iTunes app opens.

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