What do you do when you are not inspired?

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What do you do when you are not inspired?

FromLate Nights with Trav and Los

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62 minutes

Released:

Feb 17, 2015

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Podcast episode

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Based on a discussion he had with his 4 year old, Travis hosts a show on the topic of working while feeling uninspired.

Released:

Feb 17, 2015

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Travis and his best friend Carlos talk late into the night, exploring new ideas for creative professionals. They argue over concepts, share secrets, and interview their industry heroes.

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Focus Your Passion: As creatives we tend to have competing creative interests and hobbies. Tonight we talk about that and maybe we learn how to manage those interests. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
61 min listen
Trav's Little Book of Knowledge: Travis opens up his notebook and walks us through a number of points he found significant enough to write down. This is his Book of Knowledge. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
33 min listen
Sell Your Work, Sell Yourself: Trav tells Los why it's important to act like a salesman when presenting your work. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
17 min listen
A Case For Bravery by Late Nights with Trav and Los
22 min listen
Seek first to understand the why?: Before starting any project or sharing any work, first seek to understand the why? not the what? by Late Nights with Trav and Los
19 min listen
Chase The Carrot!: Keep chasing the carrot! by Late Nights with Trav and Los
26 min listen
It All Starts With Writing: Travis has a new mustache and then we talk about writing. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
66 min listen
The intro episode: Trav and Los intro you to the podcast :) by Late Nights with Trav and Los
17 min listen
How to find a mentor: Travis takes Los to the airport while they discuss the best way to find and engage mentors. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
65 min listen
How To Get A Job and Keep It: In this episode we talk about the 10 steps Los has followed to get a job and keep it. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
53 min listen
Los Talks About Life and Junk: Travis has a quick question for Los before they start the show. Two hours later the show never started. Such is a Late Night with Trav and Los. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
84 min listen
Empty your cup, empty your mind.: Trav and Los have a late night chat about how we are beginners, amateurs, and experts all at the same time. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
20 min listen
How to be Self-learning Part 1: Today we have access to unimaginable amounts of information, which in turn makes it easier for us to learn outside of the classroom. So, what are the steps we can take to be self-learning? by Late Nights with Trav and Los
56 min listen
What do you do when you are not inspired?: Based on a discussion he had with his 4 year old, Travis hosts a show on the topic of working while feeling uninspired. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
62 min listen
Our First Guest!: In this show we interview Travis McCleery, designer at Evernote. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
63 min listen
Reflect to Thrive: Los and Trav discuss the benefits and drawbacks of community building. We are looking at Patreon. Travis celebrates his birthdays in a very unusual way. They discuss the importance of reflecting on the past to prepare for a successful future. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
84 min listen
Burn Out - What it is, and how to avoid and overcome it.: Trav asks twitter about "Burn Out" and shares the results with Los. Los and Trav Play a game. Los loses. Haha! by Late Nights with Trav and Los
25 min listen
The Full Process: On the heels of a recent episode called "The Full Process Designer" — we want to talk about what exactly The Process is. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
29 min listen
Jared Erondu: Jared Erondu (of TeeSpring, Tree House, and The Industry) stops by to talk to us about getting his start, navigating a creative career, and always being true to yourself. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
48 min listen
Why You Should Be A Publisher: Trav tells Los about his dream about how everyone could be a publisher, and outlines some compelling reasons to do so. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
38 min listen
Set and Achieve Better Goals: Trav and Los discuss 12 tips that can help you set and achieve better goals. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
57 min listen
The Art of Listening: We talk about the importance of active listening and what you can do to get better at it. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
28 min listen
How to be Self-learning Part 2: Today we have access to unimaginable amounts of information, which in turn makes it easier for us to learn outside of the classroom. So, what are the steps we can take to be self-learning? by Late Nights with Trav and Los
69 min listen
Speak so people want to listen to you: In this episode Trav and Los talk about what you can do, such that, people will want to listen to you. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
28 min listen
Year In Review — Our favorite Moments, Fan Mail, and Our Plans for the Future: Trav and Los talk about a year of podcasting. They read fan mail, share favorite episodes, and talk about the year to come. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
38 min listen
The loss of thought: Trav and Los talk about the importance of thinking. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
11 min listen
Stop limiting yourself: In this episode Trav and Los talk to you about not limiting yourself and what you can do to expand you capacities. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
20 min listen
How To Get Constructive Feedback: In this episode we teach you some tips on how to get constructive and accurate feedback. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
24 min listen
The Five Fears That I Have: Trav tells Los about the five fears that currently plague him. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
27 min listen
How We Really Create: Trav tells Los about a transformative realization that came from watching a series of lectures. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
23 min listen

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Do You Feel Safe? — How psychological safety makes us better creators: Trav is joined by his wife Jayna and they discuss how psychological safety plays a critical role in creative output and collaboration in teams, groups, and families. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
59 min listen
New job at Google, gets on bus to Apple...: Travis wants to go back to school so he accepts a job at Google. On his first day he ends up getting on a bus to Apple, not Google. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
16 min listen
Unconscious Bias — The Importance of Understanding Things As They Are: Trav tells Los about the importance of recognizing your Unconscious Bias, and ways that we can overcome the negative aspects of it. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
35 min listen
The Three Pillars of Creation: Trav tells Los about his theory of where creative ideas come from. Experience + Trends + Intuition by Late Nights with Trav and Los
17 min listen
Season 3 Trav & Los Premiere: Distractions Become Your Habits: In this Season 3 Premiere and Finale: Trav & Los talk about what they've been up to since last episode and then dive deep into how your distractions usually end up becoming your habits. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
56 min listen
The Last Episode: This is a particularly hard episode to make. I'm guessing you've read the title, so you know what I'm talking about. In this episode Los and I agree to end the podcast. It's officially over. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
25 min listen
How To Not Take Yourself Too Seriously: Trav and Los talk about the value of being able to doubt your assumptions and provide a little test that you can use to determine if your assumptions are based on good values. Ultimately, they conclude that if your assumptions are asking other people to by Late Nights with Trav and Los
19 min listen
How to make deep connections quickly: Trav and Los talk about meeting new people and making deep connections quickly. Download the questions we used as conversation prompts when we led the first night at Epicurrence this year. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
22 min listen
Los has a new job: Los recently switched employers and Travis wants to know how to make the best impression at a new job. This is actually a good episode, lol. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
30 min listen
Viable Minimum Product: In this episode we take a look at how the ethos of "Minimum Viable Product" has been lost in translation. We break it down, unpack it, and talk to the spirit of what once was the MVP. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
26 min listen
Getting Started as a Public Speaker: In this episode, we unravel a thread of an idea and watch it unravel into a fantastic walkthrough from Travis around some potential actions we could take to get started as a public speaker. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
32 min listen
The Fantastic Story of Oliver Blank: Trav tells Los about meeting a designer who took a stand for what he believes in. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
33 min listen
Tools, not Rules (live conference talk): Trav gives a live presentation in front of a small group about lessons learned after three years of podcasting. Thank you to invisibletalks.com for putting the event together! by Late Nights with Trav and Los
36 min listen
Alex Tran + New Designer + Fresh: In this episode we talk to Alex Tran about being a Junior Designer and his journey into design by Late Nights with Trav and Los
26 min listen
Aidan Simpson – Part 2: Trav and Aidan talk about the art of podcasting and how Aiden thinks about the work he is currently involved in. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
33 min listen
Aidan Simpson – Part 1: Trav sits down with Aidan Simpson to talk about how his life experiences contribute to the creative work that he does today. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
35 min listen
Pleasure + Purpose = Happiness: Travis talks with Chas about trying to balance pleasure and purpose to find happiness by Late Nights with Trav and Los
37 min listen
Craft & Launching & Balance & Dark UX Patterns: In this episode Trav and Los talk about Craft & Launching & Balance & Dark UX Patterns by Late Nights with Trav and Los
32 min listen
Branding the network with a name in 30 minutes: In this episode Trav and Los brand the podcast network and give it a name in about 30 minutes. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
38 min listen
What are you willing to struggle with?: Trav and Los ponder the difference between struggling for something, and struggling with something. They arrive at an important realization that "it's the time in line, not the ride, that matters." by Late Nights with Trav and Los
17 min listen
In Defense Of The Ordinary: Travis talks to Los about what it means to really appreciate life. They realize that it's the everyday mundane that is the part that that we really need to value. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
12 min listen
Ready for the Late Nights podcast network?: In this episode Trav and Los talk to Lumen and Pablo about starting a podcast network and what that would look like. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
30 min listen
Trav and Los try and seduce two new design podcasters: Trav and Los try and seduce two new design podcasters by Late Nights with Trav and Los
37 min listen
Travis Is A Child: Travis is mad because adulthood has no map, and pre-pubescence does. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
19 min listen
Real Honesty (pt.2) – Feat. Helen Tran, Chas Barton, & Kunal Patel: We invite Helen Tran, Chas Barton, and Kunal Patel to gather around a table and try to answer some really difficult questions with real honesty. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
31 min listen
Real Honesty – Feat. Helen Tran, Chas Barton, & Kunal Patel: We invite Helen Tran, Chas Barton, and Kunal Patel to gather around a table and try to answer some really difficult questions with real honesty. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
47 min listen
The Stages of Group Development: Los gives us some insight into an idea coined in 1965 about the different stages groups go through when in a group. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
21 min listen
A Lesson To My Younger Self: If you could give your younger self one piece of advise, what would it be? by Late Nights with Trav and Los
19 min listen
Five Love Languages (and how to use them): Trav tells Los about the five languages of love and how we can use this paradigm to communicate more effectively with everyone around us. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
15 min listen
Think To Talk (a method for collaboration and communication): In this episode Trav talks about the way he likes to think through problems in groups and Los introduces the idea that some people are "Talk to Think" and other are "Think to Talk". A can't miss episode. by Late Nights with Trav and Los
30 min listen

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What do you do when you are not inspired?

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Titles in the series (100)

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