Pivot with Jenny Blake
Jenny Blake
What’s next for your career and creative projects? Pivot with Jenny Blake launched in 2015 to help us better embrace fear, insecurity, imperfection, and intuition as the superpowers they are while pivoting. Join Jenny Blake, award-winning author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One, Life After College, and Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business, for intimate conversations with authors and friends on finding opportunities in unexpected places through practical tips and tools. Jenny’s motto? If change is the only constant, let’s get better at it. Subscribe now so you don’t miss an episode (released every Sunday) at pod.link/pivotmethod, view show notes at http://PivotMethod.com/podcast, and learn more about Jenny’s private community at http://itsfreetime.com/bff ❤️ If you're looking Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway, visit https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot. Check out Jenny's other award-winning podcast Free Time for Heart-Based Business owners at pod.link/freetime.
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Jun 4, 2017 • 50min
62: Real Artists Don't Starve with Jeff Goins
Is it possible to do creative work and make a living? What does it take to thrive, not just survive? This week I'm thrilled to chat with bestselling author, keynote speaker, and popular blogger Jeff Goins. Listen on as we bust myths behind the starving and solo artist, discuss the return to creative patronage (and how you can become your own best patron), why "exposure gigs" are out and charging for your work is in, and striking the balance between exploring a variety of interests while focusing enough so see meaningful projects through. 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/62 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 20, 2017 • 44min
61: Virtual Freedom: Overcome Superhero Syndrome and Start Outsourcing with Chris Ducker
When it comes to growing and scaling a business, the very superhero skills that facilitate your success may also one day become your biggest weakness. How can it be that you—the entrepreneur—might be the very person holding yourself back in the quest to move from employee-at-everyone-else's-whims to strategic business owner building a scalable operation?📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/61 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 14, 2017 • 41min
60: How Emotionally Agile Are You? Strategies for Setbacks with Susan David
There's good news about bad moods—contrary to what it may seem in the moment, they can actually facilitate more creative, out-of-the-box thinking than when we're sailing along on autopilot during happier times, according to researcher Susan David. This is just one of the tidbits that leaped off the page for me from her acclaimed #1 Wall Street Journal best selling book, Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life (a close cousin to Pivot in content and launch date—they share the same book birthday!).📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/60 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 29, 2017 • 37min
59: Captivate: Secrets from Viral TED Talks with Vanessa Van Edwards
What makes a person captivating? How can some instantly connect with an audience, while others fall flat? This week I'm thrilled to have one of my kindred spirits on the podcast with me. Vanessa Van Edwards is a professional people watcher, self-described "recovering awkward person," and author of the new book Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People. 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/59 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 26, 2017 • 38min
58: Monetize Your Ideas with Dorie Clark
What's the secret to becoming a recognized expert? Once you are well-known in your field, how do you monetize those ideas (without being sleazy) to build a successful business?📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/58 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 4, 2017 • 21min
57: What's a Silent Meditation Retreat Like? Sweet Sound of Silence (Part 2)
Silent meditation retreats always intimidated me. What would it be like? Would I get bored? Antsy beyond belief? So uncomfortable I can't stand it anymore? Could I handle something like that? Do I even want to try?📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/57 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 15, 2017 • 41min
56: Perfection Detox with Petra Kolber
Petra Kolber radiates. When she walks into a room, it lights all the way up with her positivity, passion for life and joie de vivre.📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/56 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 8, 2017 • 58min
55: Rebirth: On Fear, Flow, Love and Magic with Kamal Ravikant
What lies on the other side of our fear? According to Kamal Ravikant, magic. "That's the promise of the heart," he writes in an early chapter of his wonderful new book, Rebirth: A Fable of Love, Forgiveness, and Following Your Heart. This is one of my all-time favorite Pivot Podcast conversations: Kamal inspires courage in vulnerability, living with an open heart, and road-tested practices on loving yourself and living your truth. Every moment of talking with him was a delight, and I hope you enjoy this week's conversation on life's biggest topics as much as I did! 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/55 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 1, 2017 • 1h 8min
54: Plan Your 2017 Pivot
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I'm grateful every day to all of you for being here listening—it's an honor to be walking our pivot paths together. I'm on Day 2 of my first five day silent meditation retreat, but didn't want to leave you hanging! Today I'm sharing the latest Q&A call recording for Momentum, my private community for side-hustlers and solopreneurs, to help you plan your 2017 pivot and set "soul goals" and intentions for the new year. 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/54 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 29, 2016 • 23min
53: The Sweet Sound of Silence (Part 1)
Tomorrow I head out for my first 5-day silent meditation retreat . . . I have no clue what to expect! The idea of doing something like this used to terrify me, even just 24 hours of silence seemed almost impossible. Now, especially after all the book marketing commotion, I am absolutely craving it.📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/53 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
