A dungeons and dragons-esque adventure into creativity. What is it? What isn't it? And how does it feel?

Guest: Sarah Kuiken of The Nerve, ✨ unboring your business here:

🌐 Website: https://strikeanerve.com/

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-kuiken/

🐦‍⬛ The Nerve (not your average newsletter): https://strikeanerve.com/newsletter

In this episode we explore:

Boredom. Routine. Where lost things go. Bowling. The name of Ms. Frizzle's pet. And one simple trick that fixes everything! 🙃

🥳 Amy the Copywriter 🥳

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⏩ Chapters ⏩

00:37 Intro & Welcome Sarah Kuiken of The Nerve

00:58 Pictures of Cute Dogs

02:18 What Makes Sarah Awesome Today

04:33 Speed Round

04:37 Dream Destination

08:22 Best Way to Relax

09:10 Favorite Office Supply

09:48 What Even is Boredom?

11:44 Catch Phrase

12:51 Hiding Spots

13:34 Sponsor: Vaccines

15:40 Losing Things

18:18 This is(n't) Dungeons & Dragons

20:13 Our Characters

21:56 The Crash

25:07 Burninating the Countryside

27:03 Right Brain: What Creativity Looks Like

29:47 Feels Like Expertise & Rule Breaking

32:43 Stand Up Comedy

35:28 Left Brain: What isn't Creative? AI?

43:12 How Does Creativity Work?

45:11 Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts & Bowling

47:26 Prefrontal Cortex: What's Creativity Good For?

48:37 Curiosity & Fatigue

52:38 Ms. Frizzle: What's Creativity Good For?

54:36 Routine vs Creativity

57:49 The Princess Bride

59:52 How Do You Know When You're Done?

01:01:14 The Prize

01:01:50 The Thrilling Conclusion

01:02:34 The End is the SpongeBob We Made Along the Way

01:03:55 What's Working?

01:05:39 The Right Answer: 1 Simple Trick

01:06:26 Sarah's Links

01:07:13 Stolen Outro

🎬 Credits 🎬

Hosted, Produced & Edited by Amy the Copywriter

Music by DELOSound

💬 Also Mentioned in this Episode 💬

💪 Strong Bad's Trogdor the Burninator (Homestar Runner): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90X5NJleYJQ

💖 The Princess Bride by William Goldman

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