What creative insights I learned from Al Pacino by reading: Sonny Boy, a Memoir. --- ⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Al Pacino’s Best Performance + Insights Summary) here --- ICONS is now on YouTube - check it out! --- Art mentioned Home Sweet Homicide — Theatre Production Pulp Fiction, 1994 — Film Creditors — Theatre Production Dog Day Afternoon, 1975 — Film The Indian Wants the Bronx — Theatre Production Serpico, 1973 — Film Sea of Love, 1989 — Film Carlito’s Way, 1993 — Film Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? — Theatre Production The Godfather, 1972 — Film The Godfather — Book …And Justice For All, 1979 — Film The Godfather, Part 2, 1974 — Film Scarface, 1932 — Film Scarface, 1983 — Film Wall Street, 1987 — Film Platoon, 1987 — Film JFK, 1991 — Film Natural Born Killers, 1995 — Film Any Given Sunday, 1999 — Film Mission Impossible, 1996 — Film Heat, 1995 — Film The Godfather, Part 3, 1990 — Film Richard III — Theatre Play Looking for Richard, 1996 — Film --- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠. --- Chapters 00:00:00 Life's on the Wire 00:01:24 Al Pacino as an ICON 00:07:52 Life Has Two Paths (Street Life) 00:17:33 The Other Path (Acting) 00:29:09 The Collaborators 00:44:37 Making The Godfather 00:56:05 Making Scarface 01:08:18 What Keeps Coming Back To You 01:20:56 The Greatest Word In English Language

What creative insights I learned from Bruce Lee by reading: Bruce Lee, A Life, by Matthew Polly. --- ⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Bruce Lee's Unmade Script + Insights Summary) here --- Check out the visual experience of this episode on YouTube now! --- Art mentioned: Bruce Lee Screen Test (1965) — Video The Children’s Paradise — Comic Book #2 - Hayao Miyazaki — ICONS Episode My Son-A-Chang — Film An Orphan’s Tragedy — Film Sins of the Father — Film In the Face of Demolition — Film The Guiding Light — Film #1 - 50 Cent — ICONS Episode The Art of Learning, Josh Waitzkin — Book The Mind, Explored — Newsletter The Orphan — Film 1000 True Fans, Kevin Kelly — Essay Batman — TV Series The Green Hornet — TV Series Once Upon A Time In Hollywood — Movie Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu — Book Longstreet — TV Series Bruce Lee Pierre Berton Interview — Video The Big Boss — Film Fist of Fury — Film The Way of The Dragon — Film Game of Death — Film Enter the Dragon — Film --- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠. --- Chapters 00:00:00 How Bruce Lee was Found by Hollywood 00:01:41 Bruce Lee as an ICON 00:05:33 The Many Names of Bruce Lee (The Child Star) 00:18:28 Bad School Kid (Fighting) 00:25:14 Martial Arts - Wing Chun 00:38:52 Moving to the US and Cha-Cha 00:48:41 America & Teaching Wing Chun 01:02:52 What Robin was to Batman 01:13:59 Jeet Kune Do 01:21:44 Longstreet 01:29:09 The Hong Kong Films 01:41:38 Hollywood’s New Man: Enter the Dragon 01:49:54 The Passing 01:54:11 The Icon (Bruce Lee's Legacy)

BONUS EPISODE: How to turn your early-career frustrations into a great career. What I learned from reading the 2008 blog post, The Canvas Strategy, and Ego is the Enemy, by Ryan Holiday. --- ⁠ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ --- ⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Canvas Strategy Checklist) here --- Art mentioned: The Canvas Strategy, Ryan Holiday — Blog post Perennial Seller, Ryan Holiday — Book The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene — Book Mastery, Robert Greene — Book The Laws of Human Nature, Robert Greene — Book The Baptism of Christ, Verrochio (Leonardo Da Vinci) — Painting The 50th Law, Robert Greene — Book The Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi — Book --- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

What creative insights I learned from Christopher Nolan by reading: The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan, by Tom Shone. ---- ⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Christopher Nolan’s Best Work + Insights Summary) here⁠⁠ ---- Art mentioned: Inception — Film Christopher Nolan, Founders Podcast — Podcast Memento — Film #6 - Coco Chanel — ICONS Podcast Episode 2001: A Space Odyssey — Film Blade Runner — Film Alien — Film Star Wars — Film Day in the Life of a Knife Maker — YouTube Interstellar — Film First Man — Film The Place Beyond The Pines — Film Drive — Film Blade Runner 2049 — Film The Art and Making of the Dark Knight Trilogy — Book Batman Begins — Film The Dark Knight — Film The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes The World — Book Las Meninas, Piccaso — Paintings Why So Serious? (The Joker Theme), Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard — Music #5 - Charlie Chaplin — ICONS Podcast Episode Samson and Delilah, Rubens — Painting Following — Film Pulp Fiction — Film Reservoir Dogs — Film Citizen Kane — Film Tenet — Film The Italian Job — Film Ocean’s Eleven — Film A Fistful of Dollars — Film Oppenheimer — Film American Prometheus — Book Clear Thinking, Shane Parrish — Book Searching for Bobby Fischer — Film Hard Eight — Film Bottle Rocket — Film The Prestige — Film Casino Royale — Film How To Do Great Work, Paul Graham — Essay Westworld, HBO — TV Show ---- ⁠ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

What creative insights I learned from Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel by reading: Coco Chanel - The Legend and The Life, by Justine Picardie The Laws of Human Nature, Robert Greene ---- Download the Bonus PDF (Coco Chanel's best work + insight summary) here ----⁠⁠ Art mentioned: Patterned paved corridors of Abbey, Aubazine Interlocking knot and loops in window, Aubazine La Pausa staircase side-by-side with Aubazine Abbey Qui Qu’a Vu Coco — Song Chanel logo in Mayfair lamppost Palmy Days (1931) — Film Chanel No. 5 — Perfume #5 - Charlie Chaplin — ICONS Podcast Episode #1 - 50 Cent — ICONS Podcast Episode Lululemon ‘Dupe Swap’ Campaign Westworld, HBO — TV Show ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

What creative insights I learned from Charlie Chaplin by reading his autobiography. ---⁠⁠- Download the Bonus PDF (Chaplin’s Best Work + Insights Summary) here ---⁠⁠- Art mentioned: The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene — Book How To Make Movies, Charlie Chaplin — Short Film #4 - Leonardo Da Vinci — ICONS Podcast The Kid, Charlie Chaplin (1921) — Film City Lights, Charlie Chaplin (1931) — Film Devil Wears Prada (2006) — Film Heat (1995) — Film #3 - Anthony Bourdain — ICONS The Idle Class (1921), Charlie Chaplin — Film Modern Times (1936), Charlie Chaplin — Film Morning Pages Journal, Julia Cameron — Book #2 - Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli) — ICONS Mad Men (2008)— TV Show ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

Ideas I got from artist Leonardo Da Vinci from reading: Leonardo Da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson Mastery, by Robert Greene ---- ⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Da Vinci's Best Work + His Letter to Ludovico Sforza + Insights Summary) here⁠ ---- Art mentioned: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Walter Isaacson — Book Einstein, Walter Isaacson — Book Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson— Book Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson — Book Mona Lisa, Da Vinci — Painting The Last Supper, Da Vinci — Painting Assassin's Creed 2 — Video Game Drapery Drawing from Verrocchio's Workshop Relevance Realisation, John Vervake — Cognitive Science Problem The Baptism of Christ, by Verrocchio & Da Vinci — Painting The Flying Man — Model in Rome Airport Map of Imola, Da Vinci — Map The Grotesques, Da Vinci — Sketches The Vitruvian Man, Da Vinci — Drawing Memento, Christopher Nolan — Film Saint Jerome In The Wilderness, Da Vinci — Painting ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow @theICONSpod on Twitter or ICONS podcast on LinkedIn.

Celebrity chef and author Anthony Bourdain's fascinating career trajectory, his artistic journey as a writer and TV personality, his transition from fiction to nonfiction writing, the importance of finding an authentic voice, his advocacy for travel and experiencing other cultures, his charm and love for Vietnam, and his ability to empower his team while demanding excellence.

Ideas I got from artist Hayao Miyazaki from reading Miyazakiworld, A Life In Art, by Susan Napier. ---- ⁠Download the bonus PDF (Hayao Miyazaki's best art + summary) here ---- Art mentioned: The Last Samurai — Film, 2003 Spirited Away — Film, 2001 My Neighbour Totoro — Film, 1988 Princess Mononoke — Film, 1997 Howl's Moving Castle — Film, 2004 Ponyo — Film, 2008 The Boy and The Heron — Film, 2023 9 Shots — Song, 50 Cent The Wind Rises — Film, 2013 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind — Film, 1984 Laputa: Castle in the Sky — Film, 1986 The Count of Monte Cristo — Book, Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers — Book, Alexandre Dumas The Prisoner of Zenda — Book, Anthony Hope Gulliver's Travels — Book, Jonathan Swift The Secret Garden — Book, Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett Heidi — Book, Jeanne Willis Panda and the Magic Serpent — Film, 1958 ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

Explore the calculated nature and fearlessness of rapper and author 50 Cent. Learn about his rise to success in the art world, his ability to channel anger into creating impactful art, the liberating effects of being dropped from a record company, and his understanding of the power of image and attitude. Discover how 50 Cent controls perception, uses language to his advantage, and how his prolific mixtape run ultimately led to the release of his successful debut album.