The Right Questions with James Victore

James Victore
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The Right Questions is designed to help you get paid to do what you love and stay sane in the process.

  1. 6D AGO

    Episode 70: Fear Kills Play

    If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coaching A single line in a museum—“My kid could do that”—can sound like a verdict on art and creativity.  We turn that line on its head and ask the better question: if your kid tried, why won’t you? From a thirty-second drawing exercise that dissolves a room of suits into laughter to the quiet ways fear sneaks into our choices, we trace how rules, judgment, and conformity choke the creative impulse and how to get it back. Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

    7 min

  2. FEB 5

    Episode 69: Chris Do

    If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coaching What does it take to turn a shy, invisible kid into a creative leader with a global footprint?  I sit down with Chris Do to trace the human story behind the brand: immigrant roots, schoolyard fights, and the quiet hours that taught him logic, ethics, and the courage to stand up. From a disciplinarian father who solved problems with questions to a mother who drafted by day and painted by night, Chris learned to blend order and expression long before the internet learned his name. Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

    39 min

  3. JAN 29

    Episode 68: My Start

    If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coaching A pool of melted crayons on a hot porch.  That’s where the spark ignites—a small, searing memory that grows into a compass for a creative life that refuses to wait for permission. We pull the thread from that moment through school punishments, false starts, and the long apprenticeship with failure to reveal a simple truth: you don’t get your start, you make it. Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

    29 min

  4. JAN 22

    Episode 67: An Interview With James Victore

    If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coaching What happens when you refuse to sand down your edges?   The conversation moves from Eddie Murphy’s Raw to grocery-store temptations, from the pull of the wine aisle to the quiet dignity of choosing Topo Chico and showing up clear. The throughline is honesty: say the thing you mean and build a life that can hold it. Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

    29 min

  5. JAN 15

    Episode 66: Do It

    If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coaching A single question from a leatherworker cracks open a universal creative dilemma: do you keep taking every paid project, or do you specialize, raise your standards, and build a reputation that actually lights you up?  We don’t sugarcoat it. Safety can feel sensible, but it often locks you into survival mode. The ache you feel is growth—proof that you’re outgrowing the small container of doing everything for anyone. It’s time to choose the craft you want to be known for and design a path that supports it. Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

    19 min

  6. JAN 8

    Episode 65: Ask For More

    If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coaching Some doors open because you knock. Others open because you knock, wait a year, and keep making brave work while you do. Today we share the true story of how a cold, unglamorous submission—dropped at a museum coat room—turned into a call from a curator, ten pieces accepted into the collection, and five on the wall at the Museum of Modern Art. No gala, no plaque, just persistence, a sense of humor, and the courage to ask for what you want. Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

    14 min

  7. JAN 1

    Episode 64: How To See The Light

    If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coaching Holiday platitudes fall flat when the world feels divided and your own history makes joy hard to hold.  We open the blinds anyway. This conversation moves from candor to craft: how to reject toxic positivity without surrendering to cynicism, and how to build a daily practice that actually lifts you out of the dark. Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

    12 min

  8. 12/18/2025

    Episode 63: Celebrate

    If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coaching Forget waiting for happy hour to feel alive. We dig into a simple, radical practice that restores joy to your work and your life: celebrate everything. Not just the wins. The messes, the near-misses, the chores, and the doodles that make you grin for a second before you move on. When we stop deflecting praise and start marking small moments, the process becomes the reward—and that’s where momentum lives. Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

    20 min
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