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In this episode you’ll learn:
- What your creativity is trying to tell you
- How to deal with relationships that are toxic to you
- Why creative people get stuck
- The trouble with talent shows
- How creativity leads to conversation
Jonathan Tilley is no stranger to creativity and living a creative life.
He’s been a voice actor, a dancer and the author of an award winning book for start-ups.
With a new book on the horizon, Jonathan shares what it means to embrace the F-word, Failure.
You’ll hear how creating your own sacred space can help you to find time for your important creative work.
Jonathan also shares his own experience of how he prevented an acquaintance from sabotaging a creative project showing you how you can manage others from doing the same to you.
As a marketing specialist and branding expert who helps creative people transition into successful freelancers, Jonathan reveals what the successful creators of Dyson, Angry Birds and WD-40 can teach you about adjusting your creative ideas until they work.
We explore the delicate balance of left-brain logic with right-brain creative work and how a jet-skier could change your creative life…
Items mentioned in this episode (quick access):
How thoughts become things
[0:00:41] Introducing Jonathan Tilley
[0:01:25] Jonathan describes how he helps creative people.
[0:02:30] What creativity means to Jonathan.
[0:03:40] Why creative people get stuck.
“Rarely do we give ourselves the opportunity to…dabble in the creative process” – Jonathan Tilley
Big Magic
[0:04:30] Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Big Magic.
[0:05:50] The trouble with talent shows.
[0:06:15] What Jonathan got from dance and art classes as a child.
[0:07:33] Why it’s important to be messy with your creativity.
[0:09:25] What was at the essence of Jonathan’s TEDx talk on What Creativity is Trying to Tell You.
“Through the messiness you find out what works and what doesn’t work” – Jonathan Tilley
The danger zone
[0:11:50] How Jonathan’s Sacred Space sessions help artists create boundaries.
[0:12:55] Dunbar’s number and the danger zone.
[0:17:53] How the transformation Jonathan has witnessed through the Sacred Space sessions has affected him.
[0:20:35] How to deal with relationships that are toxic to you.
[0:23:20] Jonathan offers a real example of how he prevented an acquaintance from sabotaging a creative project.
Standing in our own truth: ask, act and adjust
[0:25:28] How Jonathan prepares himself for his creative work each day.
[0:27:50] Balancing left-brain logic and right-brain creative work.
[0:29:27] Jonathan offers some ideas on how to embrace the ‘F’ word: failure.
[0:30:54] The importance of asking for help and taking action.
[0:32:06] What the Dyson, Angry Birds and WD-40 can teach you about adjusting your idea until it works.
Create more. Consume less
[0:33:22] How creativity leads to conversation.
[0:35:42] Coming together at events and conferences.
[0:36:18] Why Jonathan believe you should create more and consume less.
[0:37:25] What has inspired Jonathan in the last 7 days.
[0:39:05] What Jonathan loves about living in Germany.
[0:40:20] What Jonathan is grateful for today.
[0:41:11] Jonathan’s new book Embracing the F-word: Failure.
[0:42:55] Where you can find out more about Jonathan and his work.
“Where do you create your best creative work?” – Jonathan Tilley
Links and Resources:
- Jonathan Tilley’s website
- Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Big Magic
- Jonathan’s TEDx talk on What Creativity Is Trying To Tell You
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