Andy J. Pizza is an American illustrator, podcaster and public speaker. His explosive color drenched illustrations have brought hope and smiles to clients like The New York Times, Nickelodeon, YouTube and Warby Parker. He is the founder of the Creative Pep Talk podcast, a mostly monologue show with occasional interviews with creatives like Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson and Poet and Lettering Artist Morgan Harper Nichols. Creative Pep Talk has been featured by Apple, BuzzFeed and Vanity Fair and has over 5 million listens.”  Today we talk about how he found his first artistic path, how he manages creative deadlines as a neurodiverse individual, and why sometimes red means green. Enjoy!   ***CORONA VIRUS EDITION***   In this episode Peter & Andy J. Pizza discuss: 1:00-  Intro and welcome Andy! Check out his great podcast www.CreativePeptalk.com 2:15-  So was Art always your thing; your way of ‘getting in trouble’?  4:10-  On trying so hard as a kid to outwit or out-will his ADD/ADHD 5:00-  On lessons from his Mom, trying to pass as neurotypical 7:00-  On how/why he finally went into illustration 8:15-  On realizing you’re not broken, but also learning how to articulate that. 9:07-  Are you also colorblind or Red-Green deficient? Check out these glasses!  9:45-  Peter found solace in computers; Andy found some control in Illustration…  11:40-  Once you found your thing- how did you turn that into a career? What did your parents say? 13:15-  On strategic thinking and reverse engineering how to find your creative path/career. Check out Andy’s CreativePeptalk podcast 14:34-  Please talk about how you handle “creative deadlines” client retention, and your ADHD 15:38-  This is how Andy keeps his work week, happening, productive and on schedule!  16:20-  On keeping it simple and keeping your creative SuperSelf healthy.  16:54-  Knowing your power hours! Ref: Molly Fletcher’s book “The Energy Clock” here 17:32-  On knowing the things that set me at my best, at my worst, etc.  Ref: Jim Collins’ Study thyself like a bug. Other recommendations here also!  19:00-  Find Andy’s podcast at www.creativepeptalk.com Find Andy @ AndyJPizza on INSTA Twitter and the podcast at @CreativePepTalk on Facebook and on SoundCloud 19:22-  Thank you Andy! And thank YOU for subscribing, reviewing and listening. Your reviews are working! Even if you’ve reviewed us before, would you please write even a short one for this episode? Each review that you post helps to ensure that word will continue to spread, and that we will all be able to reach & help more people! You can always reach me via peter@shankman.com or @petershankman on all of the socials. You can also find us at @FasterThanNormal on all of the socials. STAY HEALTHY - STAY SAFE - PLEASE WEAR YOUR MASK.. until next time! 19:50-  Faster Than Normal Podcast info & credits As always, leave us a comment below and please drop us a review on iTunes and of course, subscribe to the podcast if you haven’t already! As you know, the more reviews we get, the more people we can reach. Help us to show the world that ADHD is a gift, not a curse! Do you know of anyone you think should be on the FTN podcast? Shoot us a note, we’d love to hear! We have a new sister video cast called 20MinutesInLockdown! A video podcast devoted to learning fascinating lessons from interesting humans all around the world, all in 20 minutes or less!  20 Minutes in Lockdown was born in early April of 2020, when we were in fact, in lockdown, and couldn’t do much of anything. Realizing that more than ever, people could benefit from learning from people outside of their comfort zone – people with interesting stories to tell, people with good advice, people with useful ideas that could help improve lives, we started hosting short Facebook video interviews, and we grew from there. (Plus, you can actually see my hair colors change before your very eyes!) Check it out:  www.20MinutesInLockdown.com   TRANSCRIPT:   Welcome to Fas