The Leap [How Intuition Works #3]

$Process [Intuition Series #5]: "What is your writing process?" Like cats on catnip, us content marketers just can't resist when someone answers that question. We positively obsess over each others' writing process, and the more known the marketer, the more we swoon and purr. Ann Handley writes in a tiny house in her backyard? TO HOME DEPOT, TEAM! Seth Godin shaves his head 'til you can SEE the brilliance? HONEY! CAN YOU GET THE BACK OF MY HEAD PLEASE? Process. It's like the skeleton key to our creativity. If we can just possess the right one, the BEST one, we'll do our best work yet. Today, we go exploring deep into this topic, and we question what makes this concept so damn addicting. It's Unthinkable. \>\> Get the Unthinkable Monday AM email by subscribing [http://unthinkable.fm](http://unthinkable.fm) Boston-based bands who helped make this episode sound great: - [http://www.ballroomthieves.com/](http://www.ballroomthieves.com/) - [https://cru$

Slingshot: The Danger Booth [Creativity Series #7]: Slingshots are a new mini-series within the Unthinkable show where we go deep into a creative side project that winds up someplace surprising. Tinkering on side projects is a powerful way to slingshot our careers forward as content marketers, writers, designers, podcasters, videographers, and any kind of creative. In this episode, Zac Wolf and Becca Goldring discuss their award-winning open-air photo booth, The Danger Booth. LINKS TO KNOW:  Zac's Twitter: twitter.com/zacxwolf Becca's Twitter: twitter.com/Becca\_Bakes TheDangerBooth.com ZacXWolf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW: Join the newsletter at unthinkable.fm Jay's Twitter: twitter.com/jayacunzo Show Behind-the-Scenes: Snapchat.com/add/jayacunzo SUPPORT FOR THIS EPISODE: RightSideShirts.org TOPICS DISCUSSED:  Creativity  Photography Side Projects Entrepreneurship Sales Boston by Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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$Slingshot: The Danger Booth [Creativity Series #7]: Slingshots are a new mini-series within the Unthinkable show where we go deep into a creative side project that winds up someplace surprising. Tinkering on side projects is a powerful way to slingshot our careers forward as content marketers, writers, designers, podcasters, videographers, and any kind of creative. In this episode, Zac Wolf and Becca Goldring discuss their award-winning open-air photo booth, The Danger Booth. LINKS TO KNOW:  Zac's Twitter: twitter.com/zacxwolf Becca's Twitter: twitter.com/Becca\_Bakes TheDangerBooth.com ZacXWolf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW: Join the newsletter at unthinkable.fm Jay's Twitter: twitter.com/jayacunzo Show Behind-the-Scenes: Snapchat.com/add/jayacunzo SUPPORT FOR THIS EPISODE: RightSideShirts.org TOPICS DISCUSSED:  Creativity  Photography Side Projects Entrepreneurship Sales Boston$

Craft-Driven [Creativity Series #4]: When you agonize over the act of creation itself -- for its own sake, not for some ulterior motive or end result -- good things happen. But in the business world, whether in marketing or as an entrepreneur or freelancer, that mentality is surprisingly rare. So what do you call that behavior when someome wants to skip right to the end result, craft be damned? There's a word for it -- a behavior we need to avoid if we want to be truly creative in our careers. In this episode, we hear the story of Alessandro "San" Bellino, owner of Gracenote Coffee, an espresso bar in downtown Boston. He takes us deep into his approach to his craft, where we'll learn what really matters and get inspired for attacking our own work. LINKS TO KNOW:  Gracenote's Twitter: [twitter.com/gracenoteboston](twitter.com/gracenoteboston) The Coffee Trike's Twitter: [twitter.com/TheCoffeeTrike](https://twitter.com/TheCoffeeTrike) SUBSCRIBE: by Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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Slingshot: The Odyssey of Writing a Book [Creativity Series #21]: GET THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION from this episode -- subscribe at [http://unthinkable.fm](http://unthinkable.fm) before October 30, 2016. TODAY: Jonathan Fields has written several books, hosts a top podcast, and speaks all over the world. By most measures, he's "made it." But his latest book, How to Live a Good Life, caused him to question everything he knew about writing. In this episode, he recounts the odyssey of writing the book and shares what he learned studying the most successful authors in business. He also geeks out about the most exciting part of reading great writing -- and the weird reaction we all seem to share when we encounter it. (Slingshots are short stories about a creative side project that led somewhere surprising or unexpected. They run every other week as part of Unthinkable.) LINKS TO KNOW: Jonathan's new book is available here: [https://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Good-Life-Surpr by Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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Slingshot: Magic Markers [Creativity Series #19]: SUBSCRIBE at unthinkable.fm to get a quick note every Monday morning containing new episodes, exclusive bonus content, and new experiments to join. TODAY: Deb Aoki is like many of us craft-driven creators. She aspires to do great work, but she's held more than a few jobs that treat her like a voiceless, last-in-line asset machine. They decide the strategy and lead the meetings. She inserts copy and creative where they see fit. Ugh. But Deb Aoki is no ordinary member of the team. She has a quiet superpower that gives her a massive voice in the room ... all without needing to say a single word. (Slingshots are short stories about a creative side project that led somewhere surprising or unexpected. They run every other week as part of Unthinkable.) LINKS TO KNOW: Deb Aoki's site (comics, sketches, etc.) http://mangacomicsmanga.com/ Deb's Twitter: https://twitter.com/debaoki Jay's Twitter: twi by Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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The Bias to Act [Creativity Series #14]: FOR EXCLUSIVE BONUS CONTENT: Subscribe at [unthinkable.fm](http://unthinkable.fm "http://unthinkable.fm") to get a quick note from Jay every Monday morning. TODAY: Too often, creative people idolize the IDEA of being creative. But our jobs aren't to "be creative." Our jobs are to CREATE. In other words, we need a bias to act. But that's much easier said than done. Until you hear our stories today... Today, we go outside the echo chamber with executive coach Heather Legge. Although she coaches some of the most powerful women in business, she uses a subtle trick pulled from -- of all things -- golf, in order to build creative momentum for her clients. Then, in our feature story, we hear from a side project master: Alec Brownstein, creative director at Dollar Shave Club. His experiments have shaken the internet, getting passed around the big agency world on Madison Ave, inside Google globally, and all around the world. by Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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Slingshot: Writing Without Bullshit [Creativity Series #27]: Josh Bernoff writes a blog about writing, putting him among a TON of others that could be completely the same. So he uses a hook in order to stand out. In this short story about Josh's side project, we dive into how that hook has built him a successful career as a solo entrepreneur and author. (Slingshots are short stories about a creative side project that led somewhere surprising or unexpected. They run every other week as part of Unthinkable.) Join the journey to figure out what it takes to trust your intutiion: [unthinkable.fm](https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Funthinkable.fm "http://unthinkable.fm") LINKS TO KNOW: Josh on Twitter: [twitter.com/jbernoff](https://twitter.com/jbernoff "twitter.com/jbernoff") Josh's writing: [withoutbullshit.com](http://withoutbullshit.com) Jay's Twitter (best way to chat and offer feedback): [twitter.com/jayacunzo](https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com% by Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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That Gut Feeling [Intuition Series #1]: FEEDBACK ON THE SHOW? - Email [jay@unthinkable.fm](mailto:jay@unthinkable.fm) - Tweet [http://twitter.com/jayacunzo](http://twitter.com/jayacunzo) - Snap [http://snapchat.com/add/jayacunzo](http://snapchat.com/add/jayacunzo) TODAY'S STORY: The role of your gut instincts in creating exceptional work. With a story about music legend Sting from executive producer Andrew Davis, followed by the tale of Tim Jensen, a former U.S. Marine who doesn't believe people rise to the occasion as much as they do something else -- something he's mastered and we should, too, if we want to be exceptionally creative. SUBSCRIBE at [http://unthinkable.fm](http://unthinkable.fm) LINKS TO KNOW: Andrew Davis on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/drewdavishere](https://twitter.com/drewdavishere) Tim Jensen on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/target\_tim](https://twitter.com/target_tim) Grunt Style: [https://www.gruntstyle.com/](https:/ by Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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$That Gut Feeling [Intuition Series #1]: FEEDBACK ON THE SHOW? - Email [jay@unthinkable.fm](mailto:jay@unthinkable.fm) - Tweet [http://twitter.com/jayacunzo](http://twitter.com/jayacunzo) - Snap [http://snapchat.com/add/jayacunzo](http://snapchat.com/add/jayacunzo) TODAY'S STORY: The role of your gut instincts in creating exceptional work. With a story about music legend Sting from executive producer Andrew Davis, followed by the tale of Tim Jensen, a former U.S. Marine who doesn't believe people rise to the occasion as much as they do something else -- something he's mastered and we should, too, if we want to be exceptionally creative. SUBSCRIBE at [http://unthinkable.fm](http://unthinkable.fm) LINKS TO KNOW: Andrew Davis on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/drewdavishere](https://twitter.com/drewdavishere) Tim Jensen on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/target\_tim](https://twitter.com/target_tim) Grunt Style: [https://www.gruntstyle.com/](https:/$

Brilliance in Plain Sight [Intuition Series #3]: Content marketers put creativity up on a pedestal. But when you actually create for a living, you know something far simpler, and you see something hidden in plain sight: brilliance. SUBSCRIBE at [http://unthinkable.fm](http://unthinkable.fm) FEEDBACK ON THE SHOW? - Email [jay@unthinkable.fm](mailto:jay@unthinkable.fm) - Tweet [http://twitter.com/jayacunzo](http://twitter.com/jayacunzo) - Snap [http://snapchat.com/add/jayacunzo](http://snapchat.com/add/jayacunzo) LINKS TO KNOW: Joe Lazauskas: [https://twitter.com/JoeLazauskas](https://twitter.com/JoeLazauskas) Cara Hogan: [https://twitter.com/CaraHogan27](https://twitter.com/CaraHogan27) Chris Heivly: [https://twitter.com/chrisheivly](https://twitter.com/chrisheivly) TOPICS DISCUSSED: Content Marketing Creativity Journalism Craft Children Dogs Entrepreneurship Mapquest TechStars Startup Incu by Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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Side Projects [Creativity Series #2]: Creative side projects are powerful ways to slingshot our careers forward as content marketers, writers, designers, podcasters, videographers, and any kind of creative. In this episode, we hear the story of Neil Pasricha, creator of 1000AwesomeThings.com, a TED speaker, and author of multiple New York Times bestselling books, including The Book of Awesome. LINKS TO KNOW:  Neil's Twitter: [twitter.com/1000awesome](http://twitter.com/1000awesome) Neil's TED talk: [https://www.ted.com/talks/neil\_pasricha\_the\_3\_a\_s\_of\_awesome?language=en](https://www.ted.com/talks/neil_pasricha_the_3_a_s_of_awesome?language=en) Neil's new book: [http://goo.gl/sKAxzL](http://goo.gl/sKAxzL) Subscribe at [unthinkable.fm](http://unthinkable.fm) for all episodes plus other goodies and behind-the-scenes content. SUBSCRIBE: Jay's Twitter: [twitter.com/jayacunzo](Twitter.com/jayacunzo) Show Behind-the-Scenes: [Snapchat.com/add by Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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$Side Projects [Creativity Series #2]: Creative side projects are powerful ways to slingshot our careers forward as content marketers, writers, designers, podcasters, videographers, and any kind of creative. In this episode, we hear the story of Neil Pasricha, creator of 1000AwesomeThings.com, a TED speaker, and author of multiple New York Times bestselling books, including The Book of Awesome. LINKS TO KNOW:  Neil's Twitter: [twitter.com/1000awesome](http://twitter.com/1000awesome) Neil's TED talk: [https://www.ted.com/talks/neil\_pasricha\_the\_3\_a\_s\_of\_awesome?language=en](https://www.ted.com/talks/neil_pasricha_the_3_a_s_of_awesome?language=en) Neil's new book: [http://goo.gl/sKAxzL](http://goo.gl/sKAxzL) Subscribe at [unthinkable.fm](http://unthinkable.fm) for all episodes plus other goodies and behind-the-scenes content. SUBSCRIBE: Jay's Twitter: [twitter.com/jayacunzo](Twitter.com/jayacunzo) Show Behind-the-Scenes: [Snapchat.com/add$

Zig When Others Zag [Creativity Series #12] by Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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Art of the Unfinished [Creativity Series #18]: FOR EXCLUSIVE BONUS CONTENT: Subscribe at [http://unthinkable.fm](http://unthinkable.fm) to get a quick note from Jay every Monday morning. TODAY: Your creative intuition is a powerful guide. So why does it occasionally seem like you're wandering in circles, unable to move past a single piece of a project? It just doesn't feel like you can get it RIGHT, so you keep agonizing over that part of the work. Today, we learn about the Art of the Unfinished. We assume that, to ship something successful, we need to share only the good stuff, the completed stuff. But new Unthinkable contributor Cara Hogan joins us to share a story that refutes that -- the story of the George Washington painting on the US dollar bill. Then, we hear from two product managers, Adam Sigel and Karen Rubin, about how they involve others in their process. If your default setting is to believe your ideas are wrong, how do you keep shipping by Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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In on the Secret [Creativity Series #20]: Subscribe at [unthinkable.fm](unthinkable.fm) to get a quick note from Jay every Monday morning about trusting your intuition. TODAY: If you're going to reject conventional thinking and instead trust your intuition, you'll find yourself sharing tons of ideas with others. But this can feel scary, like our ideas are secrets we'd prefer to keep inside. And when someone shoots them down, we assume they just don't "get it." But what if the point of sharing our ideas is NOT to get the approval of others? Today, we go outside our echo chamber with Unthinkable contributor Andrew Littlefield to hear the story of an unusual art project in Brooklyn. Then, we talk to internet legend and creator of PostSecret.com, Frank Warren, to hear the story of his epic project. LINKS TO KNOW: Andrew Littlefield: [twitter.com/FSUAndrew](twitter.com/FSUAndrew) Oliver Warden: [twitter.com/robotbigfoot](twitter.com/robotbigfoot) Frank Warren by Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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Just Ship It [Intuition Series #8]: We hear the phrase a lot, from friends, bosses, clients, peers: JUST SHIP IT! Just ship your work already. But should you? COULD you? Is this idea friend ... or foe? Today we go exploring the topic of shippin' it, and shippin' it good. Stories about Chris Piascik, an illustrator who has published a new drawing every single weekday since 2007, and Andrea Fryrear, a newly-minted author who wrote her book in 6 months and got her start writing 5 articles every week for work. We care about craft. And results. We want to make it GREAT. But also done. Let's make sense of this hairy idea today. It's Unthinkable. \>\> Get the Unthinkable Monday AM email by subscribing [http://unthinkable.fm](http://unthinkable.fm) FEEDBACK // WORK WITH JAY: [jay@unthinkable.fm](mailto:jay@unthinkable.fm) [http://twitter.com/jayacunzo](http://twitter.com/jayacunzo) [http://snapchat.com/add/jayacunzo](http://snapchat.com/add/jayacunzo) [h by Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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$Just Ship It [Intuition Series #8]: We hear the phrase a lot, from friends, bosses, clients, peers: JUST SHIP IT! Just ship your work already. But should you? COULD you? Is this idea friend ... or foe? Today we go exploring the topic of shippin' it, and shippin' it good. Stories about Chris Piascik, an illustrator who has published a new drawing every single weekday since 2007, and Andrea Fryrear, a newly-minted author who wrote her book in 6 months and got her start writing 5 articles every week for work. We care about craft. And results. We want to make it GREAT. But also done. Let's make sense of this hairy idea today. It's Unthinkable. \>\> Get the Unthinkable Monday AM email by subscribing [http://unthinkable.fm](http://unthinkable.fm) FEEDBACK // WORK WITH JAY: [jay@unthinkable.fm](mailto:jay@unthinkable.fm) [http://twitter.com/jayacunzo](http://twitter.com/jayacunzo) [http://snapchat.com/add/jayacunzo](http://snapchat.com/add/jayacunzo) [h$

Slingshot: I'm No Spider-Man [Creativity Series #17]: SUBSCRIBE at [unthinkable.fm](https://unthinkable.fm "http://unthinkable.fm") to get a quick note every Monday morning containing new episodes, exclusive bonus content, and new experiments to join. TODAY: Tom O'Keefe is one of the most well-known people in all of Boston. But ask people around town if they know Tom O'Keefe, and they'll say no. This is the story of a simple side project that vaulted Tom from behind-the-scenes in his work to front-and-center, including invites to Fenway Park parties, free rooms at Mohegan Sun, and the radio industry wishing they were as influential as Tom. (Slingshots are short stories about a creative side project that led somewhere surprising or unexpected. They run every other week as part of Unthinkable.) LINKS TO KNOW: Tom's Twitter: [twitter.com/bostontweet](https://twitter.com/bostontweet "http://twitter.com/bostontweet") Tom's Snapchat: [snapchat. by Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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Slingshot: 20 Minutes to Do the Impossible [Creativity Series #23]: Harry Stebbings managed to break into venture capital -- one of the most difficult industries to work in -- at the age of just 20. And he did so with a side project that took a strong stance on industry norms: The Twenty-Minute VC. In this episode, he recounts the early days of coming up with his idea, longing to work with millionaires who would hardly give him the time of day, and the moment when everything changed. (Slingshots are short stories about a creative side project that led somewhere surprising or unexpected. They run every other week as part of Unthinkable.) LINKS TO KNOW: Harry's side project: [http://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/](http://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/) Harry on Twitter: [http://twitter.com/harrystebbings](http://twitter.com/harrystebbings) Jay's Twitter (best way to chat and offer feedback): [http://twitter.com/jayacunzo](http://twitter.com/jayacunzo) Jay's Snap by Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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