Have you found the writing style that suits you? Do you find it hard to focus with all the distractions that surround you every day? How will you tell your readers your identity through your writing? Are you prepared to show your ugly and vulnerable side? Or will you stay cooped up in your shell and hide? Roy Choi is the person who can answer these…

Do you believe hard work pays off? Have you been in situations that test the strength of your mindset? When was the last time you believed in yourself? Do you doubt your capabilities and strengths? To help you find the right attitude and strengthen your commitment, Matt Thomas sets a great example for us, by sharing what works for him. Matt Thomas …

What does it take to succeed at a big project? How do you write that book, or start that podcast, or put on that huge event that is sure to take your career to the next level? Moreover, how can we ensure that we remain focused in our increasingly distracting and technologically-focused world, where our attention and time are perhaps the most import…

How can you manifest your technological creativity? What ups and downs should you tread to achieve your ambitions? What plans should an upstart implement for his/her dreams? What does the future have in store for us? Furthermore, is humanity even prepared for the next big thing? Or will the next big thing will forever be shelved and left undiscover…

What does it take to write a book? How can you gain confidence when publishing your work? Furthermore, how can you become more authentic when it comes to your writing style? And how can you ensure you remain focused in this increasingly distracting and technologically-focused world, where attention and time are perhaps the most important assets? Ch…

We all want that dream job, the one that fulfills our passions, eases our financial worries, and feels more like play than work. But with everyone vying for a similar dream, how do we ensure our name sticks out from the endless pile of applicants? With the ideal version of what our career path and life should look like in the back of our head, how …

How does it feel to be unnoticed? How do you catch someone’s attention? Have you been in a situation where your name influences the future of your work? What should you do to keep yourself in momentum and never lose sight? From being unknown to a world-renowned author, Riley Sager discusses the things that work best for him. Riley Sager is a former…

How can you reach YOUR level of success? Charlie Hoehn is here to share his journey forging his own path in life. He’s the author of “Recession Proof Graduate: How to Land the Job You Want by Doing Free Work,” which The Tim Ferriss Show called “Just epic for anyone starting out, or reinventing themselves.” Other works include “Play for a Living,” a…

Vishen Lakhiani is an author, Malaysian entrepreneur, and motivational speaker. He is the co-founder and chief executive of Mindvalley, Silva Method's vocal proponent, and the author of two books: “The Code of the Extraordinary Mind” as well as “The Buddha and the Badass.” Today, Vishen Lakhiani takes us through how we demonstrate how we learn thro…

Success is not always easy to achieve, so how do you fulfill YOUR progress towards success? How will you use criticism to fuel your progress? How will you embrace the gateless method of success? We are lucky to have Terri Trespicio with us to guide us on cultivating our passion towards success. Terri Trespicio is an award-winning writer, speaker, a…

Do you have what it takes to take your career to the next level? Do you have ideas for a magazine, a book, or a podcast but aren’t sure if it’s going to be big? Anybody can create a best-selling book or a successful article but how about you? Do you have what it takes to present your vision and go against unpredictability? On keeping your connectio…

Alt. Rejection, Commitment and Empathy: On Creating With Jason Starr Is talent key for becoming a good writer, or is grit more important? Why should you understand what Hannibal Lecter was missing and what does it have to do with empathy? On creating ordinary characters in extraordinary situations and staying true to yourself while remaining open t…

Victorian romances, moody vampires, enemies to lovers...its all been done before. So how do creatives come up with new stories to tell? The best ones don’t create something completely new, they take bits and pieces from pre-existing works and add their own authenticity to it. As creator Austin Kleon puts it, “you can always find something to steal”…

If you’ve sold 70 million copies of your books, is it really possible to still have “bad pages” in your writing? Daniel Handler aka Lemony Snicket is one of the modern masters of young readers literature. His novels have had world-wide success and continue to serve as the magnum opus of his genre. As a creator, Daniel encourages us to ask ourselves…

Is there value in what I do? Where do I get my inspiration from? How do I achieve my goals? How can I inspire others? What do I really want in life? These simple self-assessment questions are often the most difficult to ponder. But your responses will determine your journey to where you truly desire. Let David Meltzer inspire you to see your value …

What sparks your interest? Do you often pursue your interest till the very end? Have you been to situations that warrant you to change your way of thinking? Are you decisive enough to share your pain and resilient enough to bear the criticisms? As someone who has been at the digital age's infancy stage, Taryn Southern shares how she committed to he…

Do you sometimes have trouble seeing that different angle or perspective to see the bigger picture? Do you find yourself often procrastinating ? What makes you authentic? Mario Armstrong is with us today to dispense wisdom and secrets to overcome these challenges you face in your creative process. Mario Armstrong is from Baltimore and attended the …

Let’s talk about tapping into your creative side to write. It’s tough. It’s overwhelming. There are many emotional roller-coasters. Finishing a book (more so than publishing it) is worth the exhilaration. Named “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman is an author, educator, brand strategist and ho…

Are you ready to tell the world about the story of your life? A creative mind will produce a creative product but how long will your creativity last? Are you taking care of your mental health? How will you prepare yourself for the challenges that a typical writer will encounter? Arianna Huffington is the exact person we are looking for who can answ…

Have you ever fallen into despair? Completely clueless and ignorant of how to deal with the villains inside you? How can you navigate around the inner demons that have accumulated over time? In this technology-driven world, can you still tap into that laser-focused attention and completely extricate yourself from worldly distractions? Jim Kwik is t…

It's easy to put your ideas out there -- we're one click away from posting a tweet, sharing a video or publishing a blog post. But in a world where it's so easy to create content, how do you create the depth to make your voice count. On this episode we go inside Ross Baird's journey to make 'Arguments with Integrity.' As he shared, good ideas don't…

"There are three steps to mastering your internal triggers and becoming an indistractable author. We have to reimagine the task, reimagine the trigger, and reimagine our temperament." Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-…

"It's painful to watch yourself on camera or listen to yourself interview someone on a podcast... but it's the single best way to get better." Jason Nellis had dreams of stardom on the big screen as a theatre major in college... but it took a little while (and many twists along the way) to land him on the screen as the host of Unboxed TV and head o…

"I realized I learn differently." Dale Stephens has already had an incredible journey in his 20s, dropping out of elementary school (it's a great story), dropping out of college, becoming a Thiel Fellowship winner, launching a company, raising millions in venture capital and writing a book along the way. You may look at that and think: "He's unique…

In my today's podcast you have the chance to hear story of Alana Muller - a networking coach, consultant, workshop facilitator, keynoter and lecturer. Like she would say - she loves to connect with people around the world and to share stories on topics such as networking, entrepreneurship and women in business. She has been a contributor to Forbes,…

"Do things with no right answer." Tina Seelig is an award winning Stanford University professor, serial author and speaker focused of creativity. And for her this "problem" was one that she didn't truly discover until she was a doctoral student working in the field of Neuroscience. Like most of us, she'd been learning how to find the right answer -…

What are you waiting on? Jeff Morris Jr. is one of the top voices on building products as the director of product revenue at Tinder and investing in them through his own VC fund. But less than five years ago he couldn't get high potential startup companies to give him a second look. So he decided he'd learn to code through a General Assembly progra…

I royally screwed up the start of my interview with Scott Gerber. Thankfully he's a friend and a nice enough guy that he used it as a teaching lesson. My gaffe? I called him "the ultimate networker." He politely corrected me... "Does anyone *want* to be known as networker?" And he's right. On our fascinating conversation we dive into the very quest…

Startup Weekend legitimately changed my life. Yes, a single weekend did that. (I *did* just happened to do many many of these weekend events because I loved the experience so much). The experience was powerful because of the people and community I met. Startup Weekend let me truly collaborate with people who changed my entire trajectory - Scott Cas…

Tiffany Norwood is a global serial entrepreneur with a career spanning 30 years, seven start-ups, two IPOs and a patent. In her 20s, she raised $670 million to fund a global satellite radio start-up called WorldSpace, within a couple of years XM Radio was born and still exists today as part of Sirius XM. Tiffany is considered one of the pioneers of…

"I basically wrote a children's book so my kids could meet Elon Musk." Evan Loomis is the definition of an entrepreneur in everything he does. From founding multiple companies, investing in emerging startups and being a leading voice in Austin's startup scene, he's committed to the entrepreneurial life. When his kids began to get old enough to read…

On today's show I talked with Katherine Waldock - she's an Assistant Professor of Finance at the McDonough School of Business and holds a courtesy joint appointment with the Georgetown Law Center. She and Luigi Zingales are co-hosts of Capitalisn't, a podcast about what's working (and what isn't working) in capitalist societies. She received a Ph.D…

On today's episode of the Creator Institute podcast, let me introduce you to Brian Wong - the co-founder and CEO of Kiip (pronounced “keep”), a category-creating mobile rewards network that is redefining mobile advertising through an innovative platform that leverages “moments of achievement” in games and apps to simultaneously benefit users, devel…

What do you do if your boss tells you "no" -- no you can't launch a podcast or book or video show on your own time? For Aaron Watson, his first step in being told "no" that he couldn't launch his podcast (well actually he said "no, and we can revisit in 3 years) was to go out to his car and scream. But from there, he stepped back, refocused and bui…

What's your hedge? How can you be more strategic about covering your downside? For Justin Nguyen, on the surface he looks like a gigantic risk taker. But dig a little deeper and you'll see its quite the opposite. He's leveraged the 'strategic hedge' to build his own path. Today he's become one of the top voices on LinkedIn, runs his own firm and pr…

On this bonus "library" episode, you'll hear what Harry Campbell -- CEO of Durrie Vision and Author for Get-Real Leadership/Culture -- is reading, writing and thinking about creating next.Oleh Eric Koester

Harry S. Campbell has raised nearly $750,000 for cancer research. When his wife was diagnosed with brain cancer, Harry felt helpless. He didn't know what to do. He wanted to help. So he decided to raise money to support cancer research -- and took stock of how best to do it. He decided he could raise money for cancer research organizations by givin…

On this bonus "library" episode, you'll hear what Sarah Peck -- founder and CEO of Startup Pregnant, a media company documenting the stories of women's leadership across family and work -- is reading, writing and thinking about creating next.Oleh Eric Koester

As they say, it's not the destination... but the journey. For Sarah Peck, she thought her destination was publishing a book -- a project she undertook with her typical gusto -- but along the way she learned that the conversations she was having with other ambitious women were just too good *not* to share. As she thought long and hard about what to …

Does making a choice mean you close the door on the choice you *don't* make? That fear of making the wrong choice can hold many of us back researchers say -- described as the paradox of choice. But Greg Gottesman offers a perspective that says quite the opposite: making a choice -- and always staying curious regardless of that choice -- can actuall…

On this bonus "library" episode, you'll hear what Allen Gannett -- founder and CEO of Track Maven which was acquired in 2018 and the author of the critically acclaimed book the Creative Curve -- is reading, writing and thinking about creating next.Oleh Eric Koester

How did you market your book? According to Allen Gannett, he basically didn't. Allen realized that today most people don't *really* respond to marketing. Sure, it's helped people recognize him, trust him and see him as credible. But when it came to actually selling copies of his book... well, as he admits in our conversation, that was all about cre…

On this bonus "library" episode, you'll hear what Jessica Carson -- founder of Wired This Way and the creator of the Colorful Cortex -- is reading, writing and thinking about creating next.Oleh Eric Koester

How do you go from just creating content to creating content that drives impact? Jessica Carson was wrestling with that very question -- she was a frequent blogger, had robust relationships in the community and was active in the speaking circuit. But she hadn't had that breakthrough... her inflection point. Many of us struggle to find out how to st…

On this bonus "library" episode, you'll hear what Evan Baehr -- founder of Able Lending, author of Get Backed and professor of Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin -- is reading, writing and thinking about creating next.Oleh Eric Koester

Should I find a co-author or a co-host for my project? It's a common question and on the surface seems like it should obviously be a good idea. Work with someone, divide the contribution, provide accountability and extend your reach. But as Evan Baehr shares, co-authoring a book is probably a lot like cofounding a startup venture... or even a bit l…

On this bonus "library" episode, you'll hear what Gini Dietrich -- one of the nationals preeminent voices in public relations and publicity, the creator of the Spin Suck site and community and the author of "Spin Sucks" -- is reading, writing and thinking about creating next.Oleh Eric Koester

How do you balance transparency and marketing? Or can you? David Perell has begun championing the 'Naked Brands', brands that are transparent, are founded by social media influencers, and prize on-going communication with fans and customers. Gini Dietrich is a public relations guru and she says you can actually balance the two, and describes the po…

On this bonus "library" episode, you'll hear what Carl Schramm -- the author of "Burn the Business Plan" and a person the Economist named the "evangelist of entrepreneurship" -- is reading, writing and thinking about creating next.Oleh Eric Koester

Are you curious? Researchers have found curiosity as a way to improve our self esteem, to increase our sense of purpose and even a way to learn faster. And yet, Carl Schramm worries we're doing it lip service as more student choose STEM fields forsaking the humanities. Schramm should know as he spent a decade at the helm of Kauffman Foundation the …