What All High-Achieving Creatives Have In Common: Writer Madeleine Dore Shares Surprising Findings on Creativity

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Madeleine Dore is a writer and interviewer exploring how we can broaden the definition of a day well spent. As a labour of love, Madeleine spent over five years asking creative thinkers how they navigate their days on her popular blog Extraordinary Routines and podcast Routines & Ruts. The lessons culminated in her first book, I Didn’t Do The Thing Today. Madeleine continues to write, speak and ask questions—but mostly tries to hold things lightly.

In this conversation, Madeleine Dore shares what she learned after spending five years interviewing creative thinkers about their routines and reflections. Her findings may surprise you. Madeleine shares the commonalities that she found across the board with these high achieving creatives, the freeing concept of the “day artist” and what we can actually learn from our impulse to “compare and despair.”

• Madeleine’s Substack

• The Career Motivation Quiz

• I Didn’t Do the Thing Today

• Cheryl Strayed’s Dear Sugar column

This episode is sponsored by HSL Digital. Do you know what kind of marketing support you (really) need?

Monica Kang, Startup Founder & Author On Rethinking Creativity

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Monica Kang is a passionate educator, speaker, community builder, and an author of Rethink Creativity. Driven by her own all too common experiences of feeling stuck and uncreative at work, she’s determined to change the status quo of the modern workforce. When she’s not speaking at events or delivering programs, you can find Monica teaching her students entrepreneurship at BAU International University, growing the creative ecosystem in DC through local events, or enjoying a chocolate croissant.

In this episode Hilary unpacks Einstein's approach to creativity and interviews creativity expert Monica Kang. 

Episode Highlights

"You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with." -Jim Rohn

"Creativity is contagious." -Albert Einstein

"What inspires you? What discourages you? When you know what discourages you, you can protect yourself." -Monica Kang

"The more time I spend with people who believe in me, of course it’s easier to believe in myself." -Monica Kang

Connect with Monica Kang:

MonicaHKang.com

LinkedIn

RethinkCreativity.co

Connect with Hilary on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. 

This episode is sponsored by Get Your Dream Off the Ground.