Podcast: Balanced Artist

Today I try to convince you that you can amplify your happiness & wellbeing through creativity. “The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.” – Robert Henri While in pursuit, new ideas are coming to you on the daily. You don’t need to execute all of…

In this episode we have a conversation with Neil Bansil – Canadian Talent Programmer & Booker for JUST FOR LAUGHS(JFL). He sought after this position at JFL for 15 years, but every time an opportunity arose, he was either not ready or not in the right place.  Alignment was off.Neil conditioned himself for this position…

How do you measure success? How do you know when you’re enough, or you have enough? No matter what I accomplish, consume or conquer, the needle seems to keep moving. I’m on this hamster wheel of never ending conquest.  Even when you do feel satisfied and fulfilled, all it takes is a glance at what…

It's human nature to want biggest and better things. But in order to achieve those things, we need to grow into the person who is ready to receive them. Most people want those things handed to them, instead of facing the challenges that may endure along the way. You asked for growth, so don’t be…

Why are you doing what you’re doing? What is the motivation? Are you creating art for the money, are you create art just to create? Are you doing it for attention? What’s the deal?  Tony Robbins says “Success is what the world sees. Fulfillment is what the heart feels”. You learn a lot about an artist motives…

We always look at the artists and creators doing better than us, and assume they inherited all the luck that we're lacking…Luck will give you the opportunity, but your body of work will make your career.  Although luck plays a big role, it doesn’t just land on our door steps. We have to go out…

Do you take your art too seriously? I thought making great music back in my formative years would make me more accepted. I did it for so long that I didn’t know what I was trying to prove anymore. Was I still the person who love making music, or was I just trying to fulfill the…

There are 3 types of people. 1)People who overthink everything2) People who think nothing through. 3) Balanced Artists – the people in the middleYou’ve heard the expression paralysis by analysis. It’s where you basically cripple yourself, because you’re overthinking every single detail of the project your want to conquer. So much that it becomes overwhelming…

Oprah once said everybody says they want success, but it’s not success they’re after, it’s significance.  I think that also rings true for artists, but significance is a certain type of success. Are you widely recognized among your peers? Are you renown in your industry or people you respect. Does your work genuinely make an…

Have you ever watched someone win an award in the same field that you happen to work in? Like if you’re a musician, and you see someone win a Grammy.  Or you’re an author and you see a fellow writer win whatever the hell it is they win. The feeling inside of you, motivating you…