In this episode of the Creative Juice Box podcast, we discuss the importance of learning new creative skills and keeping an "amateur mindset" throughout the entire creative process.

We'll talk about:

✨ The history of the word "amateur" to mean "lover"

✨ Internal motivation vs. external motivation in the creative process

✨ How being an amateur allows you to see more creative possibilities

✨ Why you should always see yourself as an amateur no matter how much experience you have

✨ 3 self-limiting beliefs that are getting in the way of starting a new creative hobby/skill

Stuff I mention:

✨ Show Your Work - Austin Kleon

✨ The Good Place (NBC)

✨ Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell

✨ Studies/articles about happiness leading to success:

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16351326/
• https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/10/prioritizing-happiness-before-success/671714/
• https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/happiness-study-work-success.html

✨ Imagined Life podcast: https://wondery.com/shows/imagined-life/

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