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Creative Pep Talk

488 - Frozen During Slow Times? How to Activate Self Starter Energy

Creative Pep Talk

Creative Pep Talk

Education, Business, Arts, Design

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Freeze up during slow times? Waiting for a BIG IDEA to get started? Overwhelmed by the blank page? In this episode, we explore how to tap into your effortless creativity and get yourself to start TODAY. Join our January Virtual Pep Rally by supporting on Substack or Patreon! andyjpizza.substack.com https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller SOPHIE MILLER Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones Pending Beautiful Collective Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? WHY? Institutional Validation https://www.tiktok.com/@faganchelsea/video/7275799035351452960 TEMI COKER Temi Coker on Substack Taika Waititi How Being Yourself Can Make You Hilarious | Taika Waititi on Filmmaking SPONSORS: SQUARESPACE Head to Website Builder — Create a Website in Minutes — Squarespace to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Miro Miro is a collaborative virtual workspace that syncs in real time for you and your team so that you can innovate an idea into an outcome seamlessly - Miro | The Innovation Workspace

Transcript

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0:00.0

On the creative journey, it's easy to get lost, but don't worry, you'll lift off.

0:10.0

Sometimes you just need a creative PEPTAR.

0:19.0

Do you struggle to make things when nobody is asking you to?

0:25.3

When no one's hiring you, when no one's telling you what to make, when no one's commissioning

0:29.9

you, do you struggle to find the motivation to make stuff?

0:33.7

It's tough.

0:34.9

How do you know what to make work about?

0:37.3

Do you struggle with getting started because you feel like you got to have a huge idea before you start working? If that's you, this episode is for you because I have designed this episode to transform you into the type of creator that can instantaneously, effortlessly generate stuff, substance,

0:58.6

creative work.

1:00.6

In fact, this episode isn't going to transform you at all.

1:04.2

It's just going to show you that you already have everything you need within you

1:10.8

to effortlessly generate substance and plot

1:14.8

and characters and metaphor. Stick until the very end for a technique we're calling

1:21.9

Visit the Sandman that will help you effortlessly, instantaneously generate creative work that you have self-authored

1:32.0

today. But first, let's talk about how the real problem isn't that you don't know what to make,

1:39.1

but that you're sitting around waiting for a day that's never going to come if all you're doing

1:45.2

is sitting around waiting and not creating. Let's go.

1:56.8

I'm a believer in the idea of dressing for the job you want, not the job you have.

2:02.8

And I have applied this to my creative practice too, which means if you want professional results,

2:08.1

you need to present online like a pro.

2:11.1

And that means going beyond social media and having a professional website that reflects

2:16.4

your style and looks legit.

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