StevePavlina.com Podcast #020 - Creative Self-Expression
September 26th, 2007 by Steve Pavlina
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StevePavlina.com Personal Development for Smart People podcast #20: Creative Self-Expression
Many people have been socially conditioned to believe that a career or job should be chosen based how well it pays and how qualified you are to hold it. This podcast will explain why that approach is completely backwards. Paradoxically by selecting a career based on money and skills, your financial and career results will be but a pale shadow of your potential. And even worse than that, you will virtually guarantee long-term unhappiness. Going to work each day will become something you only do because you have to, not because you want to, and staying motivated will be very, very hard.
The path for conscious human beings is to focus first and foremost on joyful, creative self-expression. That is far more important than money, skill fit, or even contribution to others. Your own creativity is the very mechanism by which you’ll achieve everything else you could possibly want — including financial abundance, superior talent, long-term fulfillment, and meaningful contribution.
This podcast is organized around the four-part model from the article Living Congruently:
- Body (physical needs): What must you do?
- Mind (talents and skills): What can you do?
- Heart (passion and desire): What do you want to do?
- Spirit (purpose and contribution): What should you do?
One of my greatest wishes is for you to enjoy a deeply fulfilling career that is an ideal fit for who you are, such that the very act of being yourself allows you to meet your needs almost effortlessly. In order to get there, however, you’ll need to release any disempowering beliefs that still hold you back.
Throughout this podcast I share my own career mistakes and successes in the hope they may help you understand how to apply these ideas in your own life. I explain why I switched careers in 2004 and how I came to that decision.
I recorded this podcast yesterday but didn’t have time to post it until today. Hence the date mentioned on the podcast is one day earlier than this post.
Enjoy the podcast…
Pavlina-020-Creative-Self-Expression.mp3
(Time = 30:08, Size = 13.8MB)
Visit the audio section to play this podcast directly through your web browser and to view the entire podcast collection.
September 27th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
[…] In our daily lives, I feel we have an intrinsic need to be inspired. We should focus on doing what fulfills us to our very core, to the point we no longer care if it makes us money, just that it puts us in a state of joy. I’ve been doing some soul searching lately looking for a solution to an impending problem with my career in the future and now that I got clarity from people around me, asking around and figuring out what it is I really want to do with my life, I get this sort of inspiration, where everything flows effortlessly. Becoming someone who can inspire others to make the same or similar changes in their lives is something I can only hope to accomplish. Being a model for improvement, for “creative self-expression,” as Steve Pavlina says in his latest podcast, which I listened to hours after I had the same realization he did. I somehow feel like reality is telling me what to do with my life, and all I need to do is keep working to align myself with it. I can fight it, or I can embrace it and come into resonance with my true purpose. […]
September 27th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
[…] I got a chance to listen to Steve Pavlina’s new podcast on “creative self expression“. He is a guy putting himself out there. I admire his ability to post novels on his blog and then make these very informative podcast. […]
September 27th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
[…] Steve Pavlina has a new podcast Creative Self-Expression. The content fits in well with the motivation series currently in progress at this site. As always, Steve covers the topic with incredible, technical clarity and depth. […]
October 3rd, 2007 at 9:40 am
[…] Also, if you’re looking for something that’s “follow-your-passion” inspiring and are into podcasts, check out this audioblog from Steve Pavlina about focusing on your own happiness and creativity, and how it leads to personal success. […]
November 1st, 2007 at 3:19 pm
[…] Article partially inspired by this podcast: Creative Self-Expression […]
November 7th, 2007 at 8:18 am
[…] If you haven’t already done so, I highly recommend you listen to Podcast #20: Creative Self-Expression in the audio section, since this will give you a good overview for what a fulfilling career actually looks like. […]
November 9th, 2007 at 7:25 am
[…] Now, I don’t claim to be an expert on the subject of networking, but I’ve reached a stage in my career where I can do what I’m passionate about — and it generally works out! That said, it’s interesting to note that I’m in this position arguably because I relied on my creative self-expression. So this is my best overall advice; follow your heart and you’ll get people’s attention. […]