There’s only so much you can do in a week – or, according to Oliver Burkeman, in the roughly 4,000 weeks the average human lives. Oliver is a journalist and author of the books Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, Meditations for Mortals, and the newsletter “The Imperfectionist.” Chris and Oliver discuss the paradox of why change can only occur once we accept that we might not be able to change. Oliver also shares how life’s mishaps can become our most treasured memories and why sharing your imperfections is an act of generosity. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts Want to help shape TED's shows going forward? Fill out our survey ! For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch . Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links: TEDNext: ted.com/futureyou Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
A Weekly Podcast Companion for Your Creative Journey Transform your creative potential into reality by making your creativity a practice. A “creative discipline” can feel like an oxymoron. Creativity is about doing something new. Discipline is about doing something consistently. The aim of this podcast is to help you strike that elusive balance. Each week, New York Times Bestselling Author Illustrator Andy J. Pizza shares everything he’s learning about building a thriving creative practice. ...
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516 - How to Recognize Your Ideas, Juggling Different Roles and More with Cartoonist Grant Snider
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1:02:12Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. --- I used to think I didn’t have ideas. I would hear other artists talk about how an idea presented to them and think “oh that never happens to me, I must not have ideas!” But over time, I’ve come to realize that ide…
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515 - Want to Quit Social Media? 3 Essential Considerations for Any Creative Practice
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37:47Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter: andyjpizza.substack.com --- Social media has become a very difficult space for artists and lots of folks are looking for other places to share their work. Before we all bail, there are a few things to consider. This e…
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514 - Tap Your Mood, Connect to Your Target Audience & Fun and Flow Process Inspo with Eliza Kinkz
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1:07:21Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter: andyjpizza.substack.com --- You know those people who are SO FREE and CREATIVE that spending time with them just opens you up and makes you want to be more authentic and creative yourself? Eliza Kinkz is a human like …
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513 - Why Creatives Have to Build Habits Differently and How to Do It
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46:42Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. --- You know that in order to make progress you have to show up in a disciplined way or have good creative habits, but no matter how hard you try, you always end up throwing in the towel. If that’s you, listen to this…
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512 - The Science of Realizing Creative Potential with Yale Researcher Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, PhD
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1:29:19Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. --- How does it feel to be on the path to realizing your creative potential? Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, PhD wrote the book on it and has the research to back it up!! Listen to this episode if you: Struggle to follow thro…
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511 - A Message for Sensitive Creatives Who Are Struggling Right Now
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36:22Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. --- Listen to this if you are feeling overwhelmed, struggling to focus and unable to find the fuel you need to show up. There’s a cliche that says artists are depressive types, and although this isn’t completely unfou…
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510 - Remember How to Have Fun and Get Loose, ADHD / Being You, Storytelling, Ignoring the Industry & More with Picture Book Maker Bob Shea
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1:16:12Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. --- This episode is for you if you: 1 - Struggle to be productive like a “normal” human 2 - Want to make your work more YOU 3 - You want to get looser and have more fun in your work 4 - Are interested in storytelling …
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509 - Hack Motivation to Begin AND Finish Well + Unlock Creative Self with These Questions
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46:56Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. ---This episode is for you if you are: 1 - A beginner trying to make a splash 2 - A seasoned creative who needs to try something new 3 - Stuck and uninspired and lost the love of making stuff We are all beginners at s…
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508 - The Real Magic of Finding Your Creative Voice with Brian Selznick
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1:08:30Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. --- How do truly embed yourself into your work? Today on the show, we have a creative master who has done this at the highest level. In this episode, Caldecott winning author illustrator Brian Selznick joins me to dis…
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507 - How to Find Your Secret Creative Powers
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36:55Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. --- Do you feel like the competition is so steep you don’t have a chance? Do you ever look around online and think “why should I even bother? I am not even close to this level of talent!” If so, this episode is for yo…
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506 - The Career Defining Breakthrough I Found in Scary Slow Times
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38:07Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. --- When times are hectic and industries freeze, it can feel like creative progress is impossible. In times like these, rather than bang your head up against the same wall over and over again, you can see this externa…
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505 - How Demystifying Your Craft can Enhance the Magic with Maggie Smith
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1:09:44Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. --- This was an INCREDIBLE CHAT. I left so pepped. If you are overwhelmed by the blank page, scared to try and fail, or feel the pressure to exist in a vacuum, this episode is for you! In this episode, Poet Maggie Smi…
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504 - Reduce Overwhelm and Unlock More Creative Work with This
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28:58Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter here: andyjpizza.substack.com --- Are you overwhelmed pretty much no matter what you do? Are you overwhelmed by long to do lists? Short ones? Complex and simple ones? In this episode I will share a recent shift that ha…
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503 - Embrace Change and Reclaim Belonging with Morgan Harper Nichols
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1:16:53Feel like things have changed or are always changing? Do you find yourself changing yourself to fit? Where do you really want to be? In this episode I am joined by artist and author, Morgan Harper Nichols. We discuss envisioning a future for yourself that you actually want to go towards and how to find the right creative home within all the possibi…
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502 - How to Beat the Analysis Paralysis of "The Right Path"
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39:26Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter here: andyjpizza.substack.com If you THINK more about making stuff than actually making stuff, this episode is for you! I tell a story that helped me realize that going the right way is overrated and what to do instead…
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501 - How To Create Gentle Habits with Sophie Yanow
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1:02:34How do you develop discipline as an artist? Can you hack your behavior and form creative habits? What tips or tricks could help you to create more often AND more confidently? In this episode I'm joined by Eisner Award winning cartoonist Sophie Yanow. Sophie has so much insight on this topic and found great value in creating what she calls a 'Gentle…
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500 - 5 Steps from ADHD Serial Quitter to Podcaster with 500 Episodes
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54:26Discuss this episode, share creative wins and obstacles at our next monthly meetup! Join this month’s Creative Pep Rally by supporting the show on Substack or Patreon: andyjpizza.substack.com https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk If you’re like me, you have more trouble with following through with ideas than you do coming up with new ideas. I a…
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499 - Which of These 3 Pitfalls is Stopping You and How to Overcome
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44:35Discuss this episode, share creative wins and obstacles at our next monthly meetup! Join this month’s Creative Pep Rally by supporting the show on Substack or Patreon: andyjpizza.substack.com https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk On this Ask Dr. Pizza episode we hear from 3 artists in totally different creative pitfalls and explore what action …
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498 - The Hidden Skill You Need to Develop with Cheyenne Barton
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53:30Join our January Virtual Pep Rally by supporting on Substack or Patreon! andyjpizza.substack.com https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk Do you feel like you’ve lost your way a bit creatively? Maybe you feel lost or in a creative rut. Today on the show we chat with Artist / Actor / YouTuber Cheyenne Barton about a recent creative crisis and we fi…
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497 - Find Your Creative Zone Today: Which of These 7 Types of Ideas Come to You Naturally? **REPLAY**
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49:05Join our January Virtual Pep Rally by supporting on Substack or Patreon! andyjpizza.substack.com https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk Some people say that creativity is all about perfect timing, but in my experience, the best work comes from those spaces where you lose track of time completely. If TIME has become a brutal master and “staying r…
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496 - How to Know What to Start, Continue, Double Down On or Quit
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45:47Go to http://andyjpizza.substack.com to sign up to our newsletter and get the “Passion Mastery Table” download mentioned in this episode. If you feel like you have to do everything but none of it actually works, listen to this. We are in the midst of outrageous chaos and change. The last thing you need to be doing is focusing on what doesn’t matter…
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495 - 3 Steps To Get Un-Lost As A Creative
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46:24Are you in survival mode? Do you feel like something is failing, broken, wrong? In this episode I talk through 3 things that help me when I'm feeling lost on the Creative Journey. Join our next Virtual Pep Rally by supporting on Substack or Patreon! andyjpizza.substack.com https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: …
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494 - The Paradoxical Key for Creative Habits, Career Path Models & More
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1:05:54Join our January Virtual Pep Rally by supporting on Substack or Patreon! andyjpizza.substack.com https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk Special edition of Ask Dr. Pizza! Mega creative, long time listener Jen Kwok asks Andy questions around navigating transitions, parenting as a creative, getting stuff done and the key to keep longer projects int…
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493 - Grief, Creativity, and Re-finding Your Magic with Rebecca Green
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1:08:19Join our January Virtual Pep Rally by supporting on Substack or Patreon! andyjpizza.substack.com https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk Has an unexpected life event ever derailed your creative journey? When I reached out to illustrator Rebecca Green to join me on the podcast for the second time, she graciously volunteered to speak about a traged…
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492 - 7 Steps I'd Take If I Was Starting My Creative Practice From Scratch in 2025
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31:47Join our January Virtual Pep Rally by supporting on Substack or Patreon! andyjpizza.substack.com https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk Things change fast these days. If I started my creative practice in 2025 I would do things very differently than when I started out over 15 years ago. Tune into this episode to hear the 7 sequential steps I woul…
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