About this episode
A fearless, fulfilling life is something that can feel elusive, especially as we seek to "make it", hustling to move your passions from day jobs and side-hustles into a money-making, full-time endeavor. We talk about the Japanese concept of ikigai, and finding the sweet spot of passion, purpose (mission), talent and compensation. If you are a musician, a graphic designer, an actor, an author, or a creative of any other sort, this conversation with Jeff Leisawitz is for you. Jeff is a lifelong musician who has over 5000 music placements in film & television to his credit. He is an internationally distributed screenwriter, director, producer and critically acclaimed public speaker and author of "Not F*cking Around: The No Bullsh*t Guide For Getting Your Creative Dreams Off The Ground". Jeff Leisawitz, Award Winning Music Producer & Life Coach for Heart-Centered Creative Types E-mail: Jeff@JeffLeisawitz.com Personal Website: https://jeffleisawitz.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffleisawitz/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nfajeff/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJeffLeisawitz Twitter: https://twitter.com/nfajeff In this conversation we talk about: 00:00 About this week's episode - living a fulfilling life, fearlessly, as a creative 07:30 Introducing Jeff Leisowitz 17:10 Jeff speaks from the heart to creators 21:20 The Japanese concept of ikigai (pronounced ee-kee-guy) 25:30 About Jeff's book: Not F*cking Around: The No Bullshit Guide For Getting Your Creative Dreams Off The Ground 28:00 The importance of feedback and evaluating what's working and what isn't working 30:27 Jeff's definition of confidence and the origins of joy 32:00 The power of asking -- and how this simple concept led to playing music with the guitarist for Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians 34:23 Kicking it with Corinna & Jules Other podcasts mentioned: Mo Gawdat, Ex-Chief Business Officer of Google and Author of Solve For Happy and Scary Smart: How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Our World, featured on Care More Be Better: https://caremorebebetter.com/scary-smart-how-artificial-intelligence-will-change-our-world-with-mo-gawdat-bestselling-author/ Join Our Community Of "Dragonflies" And Reach For Your Dreams Follow us on all social spaces @themediacasters and @podtease Join The Mediacasters Community FREE for a limited time: h ttps://themediacasters.mn.co Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/t hemediacasters , https://www.instagram.com/podtease Podcast website: https://t hemediacasters.com Network website, with all our community shows: https://podpage.com/themediacasters Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.