Andy J. Pizza

Creative Pep Talk

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A Weekly Podcast Companion for Your Creative Journey Transform your creative potential into reality by making your creativity a practice. A “creative discipline” can feel like an oxymoron. Creativity is about doing something new. Discipline is about doing something consistently. The aim of this podcast is to help you strike that elusive balance. Each week, New York Times Bestselling Author Illustrator Andy J. Pizza shares everything he’s learning about building a thriving creative practice. Through solo episodes and interviews with top-tier creatives, Pizza brings you the strategies and stori...

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Andy J. Pizza

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342 - This Powerful Study Shows The Right Context is as Crucial as Great Content 17.11.2021 53:42

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Anthony Burrill “I like it, what is it?” https://anthonyburrill.com/archive/i-like-it-what-is-it/ ‘The Cable Guy’ Turns 25: How Jim Carrey’s $20 Million Salary Shook Up Hollywood https://variety.com/2021/film/news/cable-guy-jim-carrey-salary-1234995346/ Ha...

341 - The Essential Quality of a True Creative (HINT: It’s Not What You Think) with Tad Carpenter 10.11.2021 1:10:05

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Tad Carpenter https://www.instagram.com/tadcarpenter/ https://carpentercollective.com/ https://www.instagram.com/carpentercollective/ Buy Tad’s New Sunday Suns Book! Sunday-suns.com - - - SPONSORS - - - SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better...

340 - One Idea that Unlocks New Levels of Your Style, Reveals Your Builder Type & Gets You Back On Your Path 03.11.2021 1:06:01

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Bo Burnham Inside Specia https://www.netflix.com/title/81289483 Alex G http://sandyalexg.com/ Everything is A Remix by Kirby Ferguson https://www.everythingisaremix.info/ Geoff McFetridge https://www.instagram.com/mcfetridge/?hl=en Austin Kleon Family Tree...

339 - 4 New Strategies That Reignited a Fresh Spark in My Creative Practice 27.10.2021 49:48

Take my new skillshare class! “Social Media for Creatives: 5 Exercises to Power Your Freelance Career” https://skl.sh/truefansclass --- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - MOLLY FLETCHER - ENERGY CLOCK https://mollyfletcher.com/the-energy-clock/ KEEP GOING BY AUSTIN KLEON https://austinkleon.com/...

338 - How to Make Deeply Powerful Creative Work 20.10.2021 58:01

Take my new skillshare class! “Social Media for Creatives: 5 Exercises to Power Your Freelance Career” https://skl.sh/truefansclass --- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Nancy Duarte - TED Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_duarte_the_secret_structure_of_great_talks?language=en Martha Beck -...

337 - How to Hear Your Creative Voice and Trust It with Rebecca Green 13.10.2021 55:53

Take my new skillshare class! “Social Media for Creatives: 5 Exercises to Power Your Freelance Career” https://skl.sh/truefansclass --- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Rebecca Green https://www.myblankpaper.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rebeccagreenillustration/ Chris Pain, Illustrator https...

336 - Find Your Creative Zone Today: Which of These 7 Types of Ideas Come to You Naturally? 06.10.2021 44:44

Take my new skillshare class! “Social Media for Creatives: 5 Exercises to Power Your Freelance Career” https://skl.sh/truefansclass --- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Whole Brain Living by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Brain-Living-Anatomy-Characters/dp/1401961983 Chris...

335 - Feeling Out-of-Step with Your Creative Journey? Do These 3 Things Now 29.09.2021 46:22

Take my new skillshare class! “Social Media for Creatives: 5 Exercises to Power Your Freelance Career” https://skl.sh/truefansclass --- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - The Nowhere Inn https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/st-vincent-carrie-brownstein-the-nowhere-inn-movie-review/ Tiktok @eat_more_sp...

334 - Find the Work That Makes You Come Alive. Which of The 10 Types Are You? with Jonathan Fields 22.09.2021 1:04:24

Take my new Skillshare class! “Social Media for Creatives: 5 Exercises to Power Your Freelance Career” https://skl.sh/truefansclass --- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Jonathan Fields https://www.jonathanfields.com/ Take the Sparketype Test FOR FREE! https://sparketype.com/ Listen to the Good...

333 - Get More, Do Less with These 31 Easy and Engaging Social Media Post Prompts 15.09.2021 1:01:24

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - PEPTOBER LIST 1 Reintroduction 2 Search Your Feelings 3 ATA (Ask THEM Anything) 4 Part 2 5 Process 6 BRING THEM ON STAGE 7 SPC (Sneak Peak Crop) 8 Giveaway 9 Crossover 10 PUF 11 Lowlight 12 Highlight 13 Collab 14 TBT 15 WIP 16 COP (Carousel of Progress) 17...

332 - Do These 4 Things if You Think You May Have Undiscovered Talent 08.09.2021 53:07

WATCH MY NEW YOUTUBE SERIES UNMAKING THE MYTH WITH SKILLSHARE: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtqQYNGG0ZFdenijIGA_yXEYzTlarH8jT --- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Unmaking the Myth Skillshare YouTube Series https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtqQYNGG0ZFdenijIGA_yXEYzTlarH8jT Laura Sander...

331 - Your Inner Critic is Drowning Out Your Creative Voice 01.09.2021 58:50

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Elizabeth Gilbert Authentic vs Original https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/dont-worry-about-being-original-just-be-authentic-dear-ones-i-must-confe/ George Steiner - Real Presences https://www.amazon.com/Real-Presences-George-Steiner/dp/0226772349 Austin Kleo...

330 - Keep Going or Quit? 3 Surprising Landmarks on the Path to Breakthrough 25.08.2021 41:02

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Tim Robinson https://www.instagram.com/tsrobinson23/?hl=en I Think You Should Leave Netflix TV Show https://www.netflix.com/title/80986854 20 People You Completely Forgot Were in the Cast of 'SNL' https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/g3223991...

329 - 15 Surprising, Strange and Powerful Ways for Overcoming Creative Fears 18.08.2021 1:17:53

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - CHRISTOPH NIEMAN TALK GOOD GREAT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG-ZXiYtLy8 Del the Funky Homosapien https://www.instagram.com/delhiero/?hl=en Jessica Hische https://jessicahische.is/ Mindy Kaling BEN AND MATT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBbMv3gO0lo MG...

328 - If You Only Listen to One Episode of This Show Make It This One 11.08.2021 58:54

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Habit-Learn-Use-Life/dp/1480589837 Atomic Habits by James Clear https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits Chinese Philosophy Teaches Us to Abandon Originality https://psyche.co/ideas/to-be-creativ...

327 - The 6 Types of Personal Projects and How to Know Which Kind to Do NOW 04.08.2021 44:30

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - NOD Daily Drawing Project https://www.andyjpizza.com/illustration/new-portfolio-item-1 Strange Dreams - Dream Journal by Andy J. Pizza https://www.andyjpizza.com/illustration/strange-dreams-journal Dream Machine by Joshua Jay and Andy J. Pizza https://www.a...

326 - The Invisible Difference Between Ordinary vs Transcendent Creative Work with Brian McDonald and Jesse Bryan 28.07.2021 1:06:37

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - You Are a Storyteller, podcast https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450163/ Ray Harryhausen: Story of King Midas (1953) https://writeinvisibleink.com/episodes/ Invisible Ink, Book by Brian McDonald https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Ink-Practical-Building-Resonate/d...

325 - The 3 Step Creative Journey from Forgettable to All-Time Favorite 14.07.2021 1:02:18

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Stephen Pressfield - Tim FERRISS https://tim.blog/2021/02/26/steven-pressfield/ JP Coovert Dungeons and Dragons Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpcoovert/flik-silverpens-guide-to-dragon-town Strengthsfinder https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstr...

324 - The Counterintuitive Step to Finding Your Creative Secret Sauce with Amy and Jen Hood 07.07.2021 1:09:57

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Hoodzpah Design https://hoodzpahdesign.com/ https://www.instagram.com/hoodzpahdesign/ Stinky Cheese Man https://www.amazon.com/Stinky-Cheese-Other-Fairly-Stupid/dp/067084487X Aesthetic Apparatus http://aestheticapparatus.com/ Decoder Ring Design Concern ht...

323 - Do Not Miss These 3 Essential Things to Help Potential Fans Find You 30.06.2021 40:44

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - TIME MAGAZINE Why You Forget Names Immediately—And How to Remember Them https://time.com/5348486/why-do-you-forget-names/ - - - SPONSORS - - - STORYBLOCKS Video is one of my most effective ways to stand out as a creator online these days - and with Storyblo...

322 - How to Fine-Tune Your Thinking to See Your Best Ideas 23.06.2021 58:30

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Adobe Wireframehttps://xd.adobe.com/ideas/perspectives/wireframe-podcast/ Khoi Vinhhttps://www.subtraction.com/ - - - SPONSORS - - - Adobe Wireframe PodcastWireframe reveals the stories behind user experience design and how it helps technology fit into our l...

321 - How to Find Your Path by Finding Which Torch to Pick Up with Barry Lee 09.06.2021 58:04

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Barry Lee https://www.barrylee.co/ https://www.instagram.com/barryleeart Keith Haring https://www.haring.com Is on You’ Mural https://www.barrylee.co/is-on-u-mural - - - SPONSORS - - - SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getting better. Accomplishing gro...

320 - 5 Steps and 27 Tools for a Super Energizing Mid Year Creative Reboot 02.06.2021 1:07:29

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill https://www.amazon.com/Think-Grow-Rich-Landmark-Bestseller/dp/1585424331 7 Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Spiritual-Laws-Success-Pocketbook/dp/1878424718 Entrepreneur on Fire Podc...

319 - 3 Things to Do When You’re Afraid The Times are Moving Faster Than Your Slow Progress 26.05.2021 41:09

Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Derek DelGaudio https://www.inandofitselfshow.com/ https://www.amazon.com/AMORALMAN-True-Story-Other-Lies/dp/0525658556 Brian McDonald https://writeinvisibleink.com/ Brian’s podcast with Derek: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/masters-craft-derek-delgaudio...

318 - How One Artist’s Strategic Personal Project Turned into a Book Deal and Dream Clients with Stacy Michelson 19.05.2021 1:04:49

--- Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 TRANSCRIPT - - - SHOW NOTES - - - Stacy Michelson https://www.stacymichelson.com/ https://www.instagram.com/stacymichelson Eat This Book by Stacy Michelson https://www.amazon.com/Eat-This-Book-Knowledge-Appetite/dp/0762498048 - - - SPONSORS - - - SKILLSHARE There’s nothing better than getti...