Jay Clouse
Creative Elements and The Flywheel Effect
Episode Notes (by minute):
-2:30 - How Jay thinks about habits vs commitments for his work
-4:00 - What has changed in Jay’s creative work and output in the last year since our prior podcast conversation
-5:00 - How Jay has seen a recent uptick in inbound interest for creative work and projects
-7:00 - How Jay thinks about managing his workflow, energy, and output
-9:00 - What Jay has learned from creating online courses like Freelancing School and his LinkedIn learning courses, and where this sector is going
-13:30 - The advice Jay is given to his clients through his Unreal Collective community during post COVID-19 pandemic.
-14:30 - How to have real conversations with your professional advocates about their work and yours.
-15:00 - Why we typically “gloss over” how we are actually feeling and doing when talking to people that we care about, and people that care about us
-17:30 - Why Empathy is essential in having real and important conversations. Jay calls this an “empathetic fact finding mission.”
-20:00 - “ABC” — advocates before clients. Why clients are initially advocates for you before they actually work with you.
-21:00 - The importance of showing up consistently and doing great work for a long time
-23:00 - How Jay is now seeing the compounding effect of his work come together after years of hard work
-25:00 - Jay’s current “tech-stack” for his creative work
-27:00 - What an Experience Ladder is and how we sometimes almost talk ourselves out of a great job or project. Please Jay’s blog post on this for more information.
(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)