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The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft — 59 episodes

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Grind Culture Breeds Grind Culture Results (VOICE NOTE)

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The Steve Jobs Rule That Can Save Your Creative Career

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Beyond the Age of Content

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What Hemingway Can Teach Creatives About "The Content Trap"

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Why All Your Goals Should Point to One Thing

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The December Reset: How to Turn End-of-Year Burnout into Momentum for 2026

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Stop Waiting To Become Yourself

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The Message In Your Stuckness

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How I Overcame 3 Months Creative Resistance as a Musician

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When You Feel You Have Nothing to Give

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Why We Stop Doing the Thing We Started

12

I Ripped Up My Routine to Serve My Creativity (Here's What Happened)

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Go Where The Mood Take You - When to Ditch the Plan and Follow the Creative Pulse

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Creativity Isn’t a Goal. It’s a Way of Living.

15

How to Reset When You've Drifted From Yourself

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A Message For Solo Creators

17

You Will Lose Your Way

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You’ll Want to Quit. That’s Part of the Path.

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How I Joined Substack’s Top 1% for Consistency — and the 4 Writing Habits That Got Me There

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An Artist's Assault on Niching Down

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The Death of the Artist in the Age of Algorithms — And The Fight to Stay Human

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One Clear Purpose Per Day: A Creative System to Stay Focused and Finish What Matters

23

How To Keep Going When Life Loses Meaning

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Should I Finish It or Let It Brew?

25

Do You Have the Courage to Write Badly?

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The Curious Catalyst of Being Trolled

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Start Somewhere | Releasing "Vampires" & Overcoming Self Doubt

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What Story Are You Telling? | Overcoming Writer’s Block, Creating My New Album & Releasing It

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Burnout - How to Overcome Emotional Black Holes

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Finishing Things Is Hard: Why the Last 20% is Challenging and What to Do About It

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The Power of Templates in Creative Life

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Are You In Flight From Yourself? → Why Busyness Masks a Deeper Escape

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How to Use—and Challenge—Parkinson's Law: Applying Productivity Lessons to Creativity

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Why Over-40s Struggle with Social Media: Overcoming Fear to Launch Your Podcast, YouTube Channel, or Newsletter

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What Is Your One Thing? ► Rilke's Take on a Modern Conundrum

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The Maverick Wisdom of Gordon Raphael

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The Holiness of One Good Hour

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The Joy and Pain of Podcasting

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How To Start A Creative Project From Scratch | Jim Kroft

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Move Towards What You're Most Afraid of ★ Amistat

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The Mission and The Breath | Jim Kroft

42

Go All In | "That Icelandic Guy" Talks YouTube

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The Philosophy of Monk Mode | Jim Kroft

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Be Driven By Intrinsic Motivation | Aishwarya Ashok

45

Finding Inspiration in Failure | Steven King

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Zig When They Zag | Josh Spector

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A Blueprint for Creatives in 2024 | Jim Kroft

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The Rollercoaster of Completing "The Isolation Diaries" Film | Jim Kroft

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How I Use Deep Work to Get Stuff Made | Jim Kroft

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No Turns to Yes | The Dark Tenor

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It's Not Too Late | Jim Kroft

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Fail Forwards | Boris Eldagsen

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Things Aren't Linear Forever | Jay Clouse

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Document Your Journey | Hypefury's Yannick Veys

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Beyond the Precipice | Reuben Stone

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It Comes Back to You | Ioana Pioaru

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Share Every Step | Arvid Kahl

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You Will Get an Audience | eLL cartoons

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Follow Your Calling | KP - "Build in Public"