The Creative Life TV: Creativity, Innovation and Inspiring Ideas | James Taylor

Watch the Video As I was flying to speak at a conference the other day a fellow passenger asked me about 'how to be more creative'. In today's episode of The Creative Life TV Show I share my answer to her. [ Listen in iTunes ] [ Listen in Spotify ] [ Listen on Stitcher ]   How To Be More Creative In this episode, you'll learn: Change the water not the fish Creative culture You are the average...

Watch the Video I spend much of my year as a creativity and innovation keynote speaker attending global conferences and creativity workshops in various parts of the world. I've also been fascinated by the differences in terms of how creativity is thought about in the West versus the East. When I ask an executive in New York what creativity means to them they describe "something coming from nothing...

Watch the Video Some of the most creative and innovative people have been risk takers, but calculated risk takers. In today's episode of The Creative Life TV Show I share the story of what a doctor in Enlightenment Edinburgh can teach us about taking risks. [ Listen in iTunes ] [ Listen in Spotify ] [ Listen on Stitcher ]   Creativity and Risk In this episode, you'll learn: Dr James Young Sim...

Watch the Video Do you get some of your best ideas in coffee shops? Well you are not alone. Creativity and coffee has a long history and some of most innovative minds including Freud, Klimt, and Mahler valued the importance of coffee shops as a 'third place', not home and not work. In today's episode of The Creative Life TV Show I share why coffee and tea shops have such a beneficial effect on the...

Watch the Video Often when someone has a creative insight it is described as them having a 'light bulb moment', a spark of inspiration which brings all the pieces together. However while the metaphor of light-bulb moments have served us well for the past hundred years it's worth exploring whether this is the best metaphor and image for creativity. In today's episode of The Creative Life TV Show I...

In this episode of The Creative Life TV Show I talk about why talent is only the entrance ticket. Watch the Video 'Talent Is Only The Entrance Ticket' Show Notes: Assuming Talent Harnessing Your Creative Talents Developing The Craft and Art Of Being A Creative The Creative Life Newsletter Please leave a comment below and tell me what you think. Sponsors Lynda.com Audible.com The post Talent Is Onl...

In this episode of The Creative Life TV Show I talk about marketing automation for creatives and the value of creating an indoctrination sequence. Watch the Video 'Marketing Automation for Creatives' Show Notes: Coaching creatives Marketing automation Ryan Deiss at DigitalMarketer Indoctrination Sequences Ontraport - Marketing Automation System Start with Why The Creative Life Newsletter Please le...

In this episode of The Creative Life TV Show I talk about how the historian Herodotus would advise you to be an idle creative. Watch the Video 'The Idle Creative' Show Notes: Herodotus Book Two of Histories Amasis, King of Egypt Archers and their unstrung bows When you wash the dishes, wash the dishes When you relax, relax The Creative Life Newsletter Please leave a comment below and tell me what...

In this episode of The Creative Life TV Show I talk about the myth of the creative journey and how it can hold us back from achieving joy in our creative work. Watch the Video 'The Myth of the Creative Journey' Show Notes: Alan Watts Life is not a journey The analogy of life like music Creativity as playful and curious No destination The Creative Life Newsletter Please leave a comment below and te...

We've just created a free video series called The Creativity Blueprint , which breaks down the five stages of the creative process and how to break out of creative blocks.  Click here to get The Creativity Blueprint. Listen to the Audio Watch the Video 'The Creativity Blueprint' Show Notes: New Free Video Series The Five Steps of the Creative Process Unlocking your creative potential Creative bloc...

In this episode of The Creative Life TV Show I look at creativity personality and if it is shaped more by nature than nurture. Watch the Video 'Creative Personality' Show Notes: Nature or Nuture Creativity and Intelligence The Intelligence Trap Creative Thinking Software Investing in your creative thinking skills The Creative Life Newsletter Please leave a comment below and tell me what you think....

In this episode of The Creative Life TV Show I discuss how to discover your creative clock and find your best time of day to be creative. Watch the Video 'Understanding Your Creative Clock' Show Notes: The ebb and flow of your creative powers Discovering your creative clock Morning creativity Afternoon creativity Evening creativity Setting up your day to win Developing your creative capacity Peak...

In this episode of The Creative Life TV Show I cover creativity hacking and creativity hacks to deal with creative block and boost your levels of creativity. Watch the Video 'Creativity Hacking' Show Notes: Creative Block Motion creates emotion Extreme cold/hot Fasting What would xyz do? Mental mastermind The Creative Life Newsletter Please leave a comment below and tell me what you think. Sponsor...

In this episode of The Creative Life TV Show I share a very powerful 'Random Acts of Kindness' exercise, which is based upon the idea of thanking those people who have inspired, educated or shown us a path in our creative work. Thanks to business coach Dani Saveker for teaching me this powerful exercise on gratitude. Give it a try, you might be surprised at the results! Watch the Video Random Acts...

This is a slightly unusual episode of The Creative Life TV Show as I have just decided to open up my coaching program again and become the creativity coach for six new clients. You see, every day I am contacted by creatives from around the world who ask me if I would coach them. Usually, I have had to say no because I was already working 1-on-1 with a number of clients. These clients are aspiring...

In this episode of The Creative Life TV show I talk about Warren Buffett's advice for creatives when it comes to goal setting. Based on the advice that the legendary investor gave to his airline pilot we look at the power of focus to achieve goals. This advice is also something that any creative can use when having to evaluate new ideas, opportunities and goals. Watch the Video Warren Buffett's 'A...

In this episode of The Creative Life TV Show I talk about the issue of 'creative imposter syndrome' and how it affects so many people today. Recently I was with one of my coaching clients, a very successful author and musician, and just before he went up on stage to play in front of thousands, he turned to me and said he felt like a fraud and unworthy of his success. In this episode I give you the...

In this episode of The Creative Life TV Show I talk about how brainwriting can be a great way to generate new ideas from your team. Based on the 6-3-5 brainstorming technique developed in the late 60's it works especially well for introverts. Watch the Video 'Brainwriting' Show Notes: 6-3-5 Technique 6 Participants + Moderator Define the problem to be solved Each writes 3 ideas in 5 minutes Pass t...

I believe that attending a creative retreat is incredibly powerful in our growth as creatives. Recently I gave a talk on creativity at the Martin Taylor Guitar Retreat near Woodstock, New York and in this episode of The Creative Life TV Show I talk about the value of creative retreats. Watch the Video 'Why You Should Take A Creative Retreat' Show Notes: New York Creative Retreat Deep-dive learning...

Coming up with really innovative ideas requires thinking outside the box, getting a bit uncomfortable in our thinking and pushing ourselves a little more in our thinking. Here's a short creativity exercise that you can try as a bit of fun. It is called 'The 9 Points Problem'. Imagine we have 9 points up here on the screen. Looking at this now, imagine you have a pen . Try to join up the 9 points o...

I love reading books about creativity, the creative process and how we generate and develop new ideas. I read a lot of books and I have put together some of my Top 10 creativity books. Here are some of the creativity books from my list: Out Of Our Minds by Ken Robinsons Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron Ignore Everybody by Hugh Mcleod Steal Like An Artist By Austin Kl...

Are you pursuing the right goals in your life? Have you set goals that you feel excited about and which you are striving to achieve. In this episode of The Creative Life TV I look at how to set SMART, PURE and CLEAR goals. Watch the Video Please leave a comment below and tell me what you think. Sponsors Lynda.com Audible.com The Creative Life Newsletter Transcript: When I talk to creative people a...

Have you ever experienced a creative flow state? That feeling when you lose a sense of time and are completely immersed in the activity you are doing, Around 2000 years ago the philosopher Aristotle argued that the purpose of life is to be happy. Often when we are asked to described what happiness feels like we talk about this experience of being in flow what what we are doing. In today's episode...

There are points in our lives when we need to make creative decisions, when we need to cut off one option to take up another. Making a creative decision can be like facing a crossroad and so how do we decide which road to go down? In this episode of The Creative Life TV Show, I discuss a very useful model developed by the Grove Agency in San Francisco called "The Personal Compass Model". This help...

In this episode of The Creative Life TV Show I look at how to sell your art and the importance of listening. Most artists hate having to personally sell their art but there is a non-salesy way to get people to buy your creative work. Watch the Video Please leave a comment below and tell me what you think. Sponsors Lynda.com Audible.com The Creative Life Newsletter How To Sell Your Art Show Notes:...