In this week’s episode, I am joined by Justin Gary! Justin Gary is an award winning designer, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. He is CEO of Stone Blade Entertainment and lead designer of the hit Ascension brand. He has studied creativity and applied the principles of design to create dozens of products over his 20 years in the industry. He writes and teaches about design to schools, businesses, and conferences around the globe. Key Points • Universe whispers, then shouts • Gaming passion pivots into career • Creativity as a learned skill • Body signals about life's misalignments • Industry arbitrage for success • Curiosity leads to unexpected paths • Philosophy's impact on creativity   Best Quotes • "And this is one of the most, one of the most powerful things you can find is like the, the universe will, will start whispering messages to you, and then it will start shouting at you." 02:05 - 02:11 • "I call it infectious enthusiasm. Like, I get super excited about something and then I can get other people excited about it." 03:51 - 03:59 • "I was, I was kept in my debate team and I went to, I actually went to law school and I gave up my gaming career, even though I had already been making a living playing games." 04:12 - 04:19 • "I remember very specifically just, I'm at NYU law, I'm trudging through the snow in the morning. I'm just cold. I'm miserable." 05:29 - N/A • "Yeah, it's, it's so interesting because our body actually will start to give us signals before the rest of us ever ever even know what's happening." 11:15 - 11:30 • "There's this myth that the creative people have this secret sauce and that there are these, you know, they'll, the lone genius that goes off into like some mountain top somewhere, and then it comes back that they, you know, fully formed idea that thou is a brilliant thing, right? That is the most corrosive myth in our society right now." 20:49 - 20:52 For more about Justin: www.justingary.com