Your Creative Mind

In today's episode, I ask this super important question. Which is the better path to success? To create your thing and keep doing it until you find your audience? Or to pay close attention to what people want and then give that to them?
For more thoughts on this, check out
Seth Godin's Unleashing the Idea Virus.
Guy Kawasaki on being an evangelist.
Kevin Kelly's 1000 True Fans.
Gary Vaynerchuk on his Instagram success strategy.

You want to work doing something you love, right? But what if you didn't major in that field in college? How do you break into a new field? What trees do you have to shake?
If you want to switch careers or get your dream job, listen to this episode. 
Know someone who is struggling with changing jobs? Share this with them.

This week's Overheard has three fun bits. These slices of life are brought to you by me being a shameless eavesdropper. I learn so much about people, their dreams, ideas, and lives by keeping an open ear and an open mind.
I hope you enjoy these snippets of life from cafe's restaurants and the streets of New York City.

Are you posting all day every day on social media to try and reach your potential clients, customers or employers? And are you hearing nothing but crickets? Sometimes, even though we post a ton of content, we're not reaching, really reaching, our audience.
In this episode, I detail an effective technique to figure out what to post and how, so you make the connections and build the relationships to succeed.
You want to be authentic, and you want to be useful. But what if you aren't sure exactly how to bring that across. Listen to the episode and you'll learn two techniques to do it.
Share this out if you know someone who's frustrated by their lack of connection to their intended audience. It will help them connect in an authentic and more importantly, valuable way. Particularly, if you're a creative or an artist, this episode will guide you towards better interactions.

Today's Overheard episode has three fun stories.
Sometimes, when a conversation is particularly fun or poignant, I grab a photo of the people speaking. 
If you like this Friday feature, please let me know.
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xox
Z

I'd love to hear from you about what you want and need out of this show. What's working for you? What would like to hear more of? What's the most interesting and what might need to change?
Drop a comment or email me at izolda@izoldat.com and let me know.
 
 

Enjoy this second episode and get a preview of "Gorgeous Just As I Am," my latest bid in bringing joy, happiness, and beauty to the people I see. We're all beautiful in our own way. But wow do we get bombarded with messaging that we aren't enough, we don't have enough, and we don't do enough. 
If you followed this show for any length of time, you've probably heard about my project where I tell strangers they're beautiful just as they are. No artifice. No reason for it except to spread some happiness.
Well, I'm taking, "Gorgeous Just As I Am," to the next level. You can follow these stories as they happen on Instagram. Join in me celebrating real beauty just as it is. https://www.instagram.com/gorgeousjustasiam/

I've done it! I've broken it down into a pretty simple mathematical formula. If you follow it, you'll achieve mastery.
Today's episode gives you some of the steps. But I'll be detailing all of them in future episodes.

I'm a shameless eavesdropper. So, enjoy this brand new Friday feature. Every Friday I'll be highlighting snippets of life (and their lessons) that I hear. 
You'll get a peek inside strangers' lives. And you'll see how to fill the well of your own creative drive.