{"id":1675,"date":"2015-04-10T07:44:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T06:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2015-04-14T22:17:14","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T21:17:14","slug":"041-jeff-goins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/041-jeff-goins\/","title":{"rendered":"ICP 041 Jeff Goins on Finding The Art of Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Listen<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"player_container player-1675\" ><div class=\"spp_player_textabove\"><b>  <\/b><\/div><div id=\"sm2-1675\" class=\"playercontent sm2-bar-ui compact flat full-width full-width-player\"><div class=\"bd sm2-main-controls\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-inline-element sm2-button-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-button-bd\" style=\"background: transparent url(https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/podcast_channel_artwork-150x150.png) 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episode you&#8217;ll learn:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>What happened when Jeff quit his day job to be a writer<\/li>\n<li>Some of the risks you&#8217;ll encounter when pursuing your dreams<\/li>\n<li>How you can use existing relationships to evolve yourself<\/li>\n<li>What writing a book on finding your calling can teach you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jeff-Goins.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jeff-Goins.png\" alt=\"Jeff Goins profile picture\" width=\"627\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jeff-Goins.png 627w, https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jeff-Goins-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"Click to Tweet\" href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/VB611\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;A calling is not some carefully crafted plan. It\u2019s what\u2019s left when the plan goes horribly wrong.&#8221; &#8211; Jeff Goins<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nIf you ask Jeff&#8217;s son what Daddy does for a living he&#8217;ll tell you that his &#8220;Daddy makes books.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a writer, musician and the author of four books, Jeff Goins, is also responsible for one of the most popular blogs on writing, <a title=\"Jeff's blog\" href=\"http:\/\/goinswriter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Goinswriter.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, Jeff reveals what motivated him to write his new book, <em><a title=\"The Art of Work Book by Jeff Goins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/artofwork\" target=\"_blank\">The Art of Work<\/a><\/em>, a book about discovering your calling in life.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff shares how purpose and vocation can work together. He reveals what happened the moment he quit his job and called himself a writer.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll learn why Jeff believes the old apprenticeship model will no longer work, and why generations to come will need to be more creative and even more entrepreneurial.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"Click to Tweet\" href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/5I9n9\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;What makes a life extraordinary aren\u2019t the chances we get, but what we do with them.&#8221; &#8211; Jeff Goins<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Items mentioned in this episode (quick access):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Creativity, childhood and classic rock<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:00:51]<\/span> Rob introduces this episode.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:01:30]<\/span> Jeff introduces his dog, <em>Lyric<\/em>, and reveals what happened when he chased a girl to Nashville.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:02:15]<\/span> Talking about how Nashville is an entrepreneurial hub and a melting pot full of non-profits, writers and technology.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:03:52]<\/span> What growing up in the suburbs of Chicago was like. His Dad was a guitar player who grew up in the seventies. Classic rock: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:04:54]<\/span> Stories about rock guitarist, Jimmy Page.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:05:45]<\/span> Jeff relates his creativity to his childhood. Jeff talks about how his Dad used to tell him stories. Jeff speaks about his Mum who was an artist and playwright.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"Click to Tweet\" href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/oAw8E\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards.&#8221; &#8211; S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:06:46]<\/span> Reading the dictionary on road-trips. Jeff talks affectionately about his Mum who loved language and had a father who was an artist, journalist and playwright.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:07:29]<\/span> Rob asks Jeff if his calling has always been to be a writer.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:07:37]<\/span> What a calling is.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:08:23]<\/span> What Jeff wanted to be as a kid. Touring with a band as a guitarist. Leaving the band and becoming a marketing director.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:09:25]<\/span> How writing was something that Jeff kept returning to. Asking what friends thought. Getting feedback from his wife.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:10:10]<\/span> Jeff reflects on how his life was telling him what he was supposed to do.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:10:28]<\/span> Rob asks Jeff if it was hard for him to let go of the idea of being a musician.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:11:00]<\/span> A big risk when following your dream.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:12:25]<\/span> Fear.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:13:45]<\/span> Jeff reveals what happened the moment he called himself a writer.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"Click to Tweet\" href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/XxfPq\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;You don&#8217;t have to want to be a writer, you are a writer, you just need to write&#8230; &#8221; &#8211; Jeff Goins<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Good fear and bad fear<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:14:14]<\/span> Steven Pressfield. <em>Turning Pro<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:14:20]<\/span> The reason we are afraid of success. An even greater fear.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:15:20]<\/span> Jody Noland. The cost of not doing something.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:15:47]<\/span> Permission. Not knowing what to do.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:16:21]<\/span> Waking up at 5am and writing. Finding his voice. Discipline.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:17:23]<\/span> Jeff reveals how he came up with the ideas for his new book, <em>The Art of Work<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:18:00]<\/span> Jeff&#8217;s transition from working in a day job. Struggling to provide an answer.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:18:34]<\/span> Lucky incidents. Jeff&#8217;s friend, Mark. The moment he may have found his calling.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"Click to Tweet\" href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/xWaT8\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Your purpose can&#8217;t just be about you it has to be about other people, some larger vision.&#8221; &#8211; Jeff Goins<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The discovery process: finding your purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:19:28]<\/span> What if finding your calling wasn&#8217;t a rare occurrence?<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:19:40]<\/span> Jeff talk about finding people who had found their calling. Telling these stories in <em>The Art of Work<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:20:32]<\/span> Listening to your life. Jeff talks about the idea of finding your purpose.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:21:20]<\/span> Jeff reveals what happened the day he quit his job. How he felt when he spent two months doing nothing. Dreaming too small. Getting everything he wanted.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:22:11]<\/span> Viktor Frankl.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"Click to Tweet\" href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/ehPfc\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The worst way to be happy is to try to be happy&#8230;the best way is&#8230;to pour it out in service to other people.&#8221; &#8211; Jeff Goins<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span>[0:22:50]<\/span> Why you need a big project and someone to love. Good things coming from the bad.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:23:50]<\/span> What you can learn from looking back at your life. Passion.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:24:10]<\/span> Paying attention to pain. Why just pursuing your passion won&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:25:00]<\/span> Jeff shares a very touching story about his friend, Jody Noland, which led to the creation of the website, <em>Leaving Nothing Unsaid<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"Click to Tweet\" href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/277pU\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;This idea that you just need to go back to what you want to do as a child\u2026it&#8217;s incomplete advice.&#8221; &#8211; Jeff Goins<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The portfolio life<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:25:40]<\/span> Rob reveals to Jeff why he loves podcasting.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:26:20]<\/span> Charles Handy&#8217;s book <em>The age of unreason<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:27:11]<\/span> Jeff mentions a Forbes study on freelancing and work.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:28:00]<\/span> Jeff shares why he believes our children and future generations will need to be more creative and entrepreneurial.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:28:40]<\/span> The factory mindset. A holistic view of one-self.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:29:25]<\/span> Rob mentions a report that reflects freelancers in the U.K.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"Click to Tweet\" href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/u8Z_L\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;What makes a life extraordinary aren\u2019t the chances we get, but what we do with them.&#8221; &#8211; Jeff Goins<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Modern apprenticeships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:29:55]<\/span> Jeff reveals why apprenticeships are an extension of the parenting process. Star wars.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:30:55]<\/span> Having someone to show you the way.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:31:27]<\/span> The Renaissance. Michaelangelo. Historic apprenticeships. Journeymen.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:32:20]<\/span> Why the historic apprenticeship model wouldn&#8217;t work now.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;All of your life is a classroom.&#8221; &#8211; Jeff Goins<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span>[0:32:35]<\/span> How you can strategically use existing relationships to evolve yourself.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:32:49]<\/span> Jeff mentions Steve Jobs.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"Click to Tweet\" href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/wnS2b\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;This idea of apprenticeship&#8230;that I need someone to show me how to do the thing that I think I might be able to do&#8221; &#8211; Jeff Goins<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Being intentional<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:33:32]<\/span> The best way to find a mentor.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:33:45]<\/span> Rob shares a Michael Bungay-Stanier thought about young mentors.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:34:10]<\/span> Jeff shares details of his writing practice. The irony about being a full-time writer. Busy-ness.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:35:43]<\/span> How Jeff describes his &#8220;3 bucket writing system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:36:43]<\/span> Evernote. Editing. Keeping the well full.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"Click to Tweet\" href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/d4i75\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Clarity comes with action.&#8221; &#8211; Jeff Goins<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Chasing big dreams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:37:16]<\/span> Jeff reveals the biggest insight he received having completed writing <em>The Art of Work<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:38:08]<\/span> The journey is the destination. Tail-spins.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:38:53]<\/span> Jeff shares how best to find out more about him and his work.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"Click to Tweet\" href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/axYVt\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;This is a big risk in our world today\u2026 not that you&#8217;ll fail&#8230; but you&#8217;ll succeed at the wrong thing.&#8221; &#8211; Jeff Goins<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/inspirationalcreatives\/ICP041-jeff-goins.mp3\">Right Click Here To Download This Episode Now<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Links and resources:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a title=\"The Art of Work Book by Jeff Goins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/artofwork\" target=\"_blank\">The Art of Work<\/a><\/em> book by Jeff Goins*<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Leave Nothing Unsaid website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leavenothingunsaid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leave Nothing Unsaid (Jody Noland website)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Evernote\" href=\"https:\/\/evernote.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Evernote<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Forbes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/fdc\/welcome_mjx.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Forbes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"UK Creative Employment facts and figures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecreativeindustries.co.uk\/uk-creative-overview\/facts-and-figures\/employment-figures\" target=\"_blank\">UK Creative Employment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>People and other books mentioned in this episode:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/goinswriter.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/goinswriter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Goins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Leave Nothing Unsaid website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leavenothingunsaid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jody Noland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Remembering Steve Jobs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/uk\/stevejobs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Viktor E. Frankl Mans Search For Meaning book\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1GuPXKo\" target=\"_blank\">Viktor Frankl <em>Man&#8217;s Search for Meaning<\/em><\/a> \u2021<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Charles Handy The Age of Unreason book\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1EdwyMa\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Handy <em>The Age of Unreason<\/em><\/a>*<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Steven Pressfield Turning Pro book\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1GuP70m\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Pressfield <em>Turning Pro<\/em><\/a>*<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Brad Tolinski Light and Shade Jimmy Page book\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1GuQdJh\" target=\"_blank\">Brad Tolinski <em>Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page<\/em><\/a>*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>If you enjoyed this podcast, you&#8217;ll also like:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"ICP 003 Pam Slim on Storytelling, Creative Writing and Childhood\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/003-pamela-slim\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Pam Slim on Storytelling, Creative Writing and Childhood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ICP 008 How To Focus On The Work That Matters (In Less Than 6 minutes)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/008-focus-on-work-that-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Bungay Stanier on How To Focus On The Work That Matters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ICP 027 Dave Ursillo on Writing, Yoga And Living An Authentically Creative Life (Part One)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/027-dave-ursillo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Ursillo on Writing, Yoga And Living An Authentically Creative Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ICP 013 Andrzej Tucholski on Writing For English and Polish Audiences\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/013-andrzej-tucholski\/\" target=\"_blank\">Andrzej Tucholski on Writing For English and Polish Audiences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ICP 006 The Minimalist Guide to Creative Writing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/006-the-minimalist-guide-to-creative-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua Becker on Creative Writing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Thanks for listening<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you enjoyed the show, please share your honest review with others on iTunes by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/itunes\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and rating the show. 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