The Creating Pros Podcast James P. Nettles

The phrase "Fear is the mindkiller..." from Frank Herbert's Dune is as popular a quote in sci-fi as in personal development. Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of being on stage with Kevin J. Anderson talking about Dune, and thinking about some of the questions and feedback from other panels that were more oriented towards marketing, and the business of creativity.
The root of most questions boiled down to... fear.
Join me for a dive into the mindkiller.

Improv is a great tool for inspiring creativity, improving cognitive function, developing social skills, and supporting mental health.
Join me for a chat on the benefits of improv for your creativity, your business, and your life!

Adversity is just a part of life - it comes to us through business, creativity, and our personal relationships. How do we handle it? How do we face it? How can we learn to manage it? I recently appeared on an upcoming episode of "Amputate to Amplify" with John Register, and got to meet him in person and hear him speak last week. I go into a few takeaways from that talk, and some other thoughts. 

Knowledge is power, but we can't know everything, even within our own specialties and expertise. What do we do when someone asks a dreaded question where we don't have an answer?
Join me this week to talk about the power of, and next steps to, "I don't know!"

Creative output requires research. Being a writer often leads down the "research rabbit hole."
How do you collect all that info? What do you do with it when you're done? When is it "enough?"

You can't avoid AI generated content anywhere at this point on social media. We see platforms starting to filter AI generated content, but do users care? What does this mean for creators? Has AI finally made social media useless for creators, or is there a correction coming?