Unleashing Your Creative Genius with Erik Wahl

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

• Episode: Unleashing Your Creative Genius with Erik Wahl
• Website: The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
• Feed URL: https://unmistakablecreative.com/podcast/rss
• Duration: 00:58:03
• Published: 2013-07-24 10:00

A few weeks ago, a book publicist offered to send me a book called Unthink: How to Unleash Your Creative Genius. I was immediately intrigued so I asked her to send the book. When it showed up, I tore through it in two days and absolutely loved it. Then I came across Erik's speaking trailer which blew my mind. I knew Erik would be an incredibly inspirational guest and I think you'll absolutely love this chat. Here are some highlights:

• A Look at What It Takes to Create Breakthrough Results 
• How Erik's World Was Impacted By the Dot-Com Bust
• Some Keys to Dealing with Loss So You Can Benefit
• Why Erik Abandoned Security and Money as Life Goals
• How Changing Your Definition of Success Changes Your Life
• Why the System is Set Up to Cause Resistance and Rationality
• The Reasons Erik Explores Art Forms Outside His Interests
• Cultivating Fanaticism within a Tribe or Audience
• Why Erik Has Never Hired a Speaking Coach 
• The Power of Exploring Different Art Forms for R&D
• How Your Extracurricular Activities Impact Your Business Abilities
• Why Breakthrough Thinking Requires a Blank Canvas
• The Keys to Leaving Your Heart on Stage with Every Speech You Give

Tweetable Insights Include: I had to lose everything to gain my life back (Click to Tweet) It's in unlocking our mind that we're able to break outside of the lockstep of conformity(Click to Tweet) Living is getting out there where things aren't that comfortable(Click to Tweet) Everything that I do is centered towards creating epic audience experiences(Click to Tweet) If you're pushed into something you weren't expecting you might find something new(Click to Tweet) To me, art is verb, it's not a noun(Click to Tweet) Unthinking is more important than thinking(Click to Tweet) The marketplace on mediocre has been cornered(Click to Tweet)   Erik Wahl is an artist, author, and performer. You can follow him on twitter @ErikWahl. If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here to post it to Twitter. Oh, and we’d be really grateful if you write us a review in iTunes.