Innovation is the act of making things new :: Jeff Goins

What is Innovation?

Jeff Goins is a writer, keynote speaker, and entrepreneur with a reputation for challenging the status quo. He is the best-selling author of five books including The Art of Work and Real Artists Don’t Starve. In this episode, Jared and Jeff Goins shares on how places and locations bring out innovation. They also dive into the value of humility and importance of attention.

More about our guest:

His award-winning blog, Goinswriter.com, is visited by millions of people every year, and his work has been featured in the Washington Post, USA Today, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Psychology Today, Business Insider, Time , and many others. He is the creative force behind the ghostwriting agency, Fresh Complaint.

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Episode Guide:

0:00 - Intro

1:12 - What is innovation?

3:38 - Humility and Audacity in Innovation and Innovators

5:57 - Innovation, humility, and breakthroughs

11:15 - The necessity of 'place'

13:24 - Real artists don't starve; Place in creative work

17:00 - Creating scenes and life-connections

20:15 - Serendipity and Attention: Innovation views

23:04 - Innovation: a root system

24:28 - Role of Music

29:52 - Art imitates life - Life imitates art: Lessons in Attention

32:45 - Music is not a metaphor for innovation

36:12 - Boredom and Attention: reading the signs

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