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Love Your Work: A Creative Entrepreneur & Productivity Podcast

How do you find your calling? How do you focus to follow it? On the Love Your Work podcast, now with over half a million downloads, I interview creative entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, authors, and startup founders who have carved out success by their own definition.

How did they turn setbacks into opportunities? How did they discover their passion? How did they overcome doubt and emotional obstacles? I dig into all of this and more, trying to crack the code for fulfilling work. Whether you’re looking for a creative entrepreneur podcast, a solopreneur podcast, or a productivity podcast, Love Your Work is for you.

Solopreneur David Kadavy interviews the most original creative entrepreneurs

Hear the stories of creative entrepreneurs like Seth Godin, Jason Fried, James Altucher, Noah Kagan, Mark Manson, and Laura Roeder. Learn from experts like behavioral economist Dan Ariely, productivity guru David Allen, cognitive neuroscientist John Kounios, and Dr. Terry Wahls.

I also bring you lessons from my own journey of loving my work. I followed my curiosity to become a best-selling author and eventually self publish, and I’m always working to do better. I’ll talk about how to boost productivity, set goals, and build creative habits, and should you make your bed to be successful?

By the way, if you’re interested in hearing me from the other side of the mic, here is a complete list of podcasts I’ve been on.

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Paul Jarvis: Manage Your Creative Energy in a Company of One – Love Your Work, Episode 161

January 17, 2019

paul jarvis podcast What if success isn’t about scaling up as big as possible? What if success is actually about the freedom to call your own shots?

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The 12-Minute Workout to Be Fit AND Healthy in 2019. “Body by Science.” – Love Your Work, Episode 160

January 10, 2019

body by science summary review To start off the New Year you can see that we’re covering topics for how to improve oneself – stuff like staying focused or even staying secure in your digital life. This week, I’d like to share with you a Body by Science review and summary. Body by Science is a workout protocol that I’ve been enjoying for staying fit AND healthy – which, as you’ll see, are not the same thing.

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Secure Your Digital Life in 2019: Chris Wilken of Let’s Fix Security – Love Your Work, Episode 159

January 03, 2019

digital security basics

Chris Wilken (@whereswilken) is founder and CEO of Let’s Fix Security. He takes a behavioral approach to thinking about security, trying to make good security practices easy to implement. As a small business owner and a person in general, I’ve been thinking more and more about how to stay secure online.

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One Resolution for Your Phone – Love Your Work, Episode 158

December 27, 2018

one phone resolution

Smart phones are powerful. But with great power comes great potential to get off track. Smart phones are like a superpower. If you had x-ray vision, you wouldn’t want to use it all of the time.

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Be Hyperfocused in 2019: Chris Bailey, Author of The Productivity Project & Hyperfocus – Love Your Work, Episode 157

December 20, 2018

chris bailey hyperfocus

Chris Bailey (@Chris_Bailey) had a crazy thought: What if, after graduating from college, instead of getting a job – what if instead he spent a year learning everything he could about productivity?

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Three years – Love Your Work, Episode 156

December 13, 2018

three years

December 15th is the three year anniversary of Love Your Work. I’ve often found that it takes three years to really accomplish something, so I get the sense that something big is around the corner. Then again, the podcast has recently become profitable, so maybe that big thing is already here.

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Tyler Cowen: Be Dynamic – Love Your Work, Episode 155

December 06, 2018

tyler cowen interview

When your life gets too comfortable, you stop taking risks. Loss aversion takes hold and you become complacent. You stop innovating. You stop being dynamic. By the time you realize you’ve become irrelevant, it’s already too late to change.

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Eight Stoic Mantras for Creators – Love Your Work, Episode 154

November 29, 2018

eight stoic mantras creators

We’re wired to seek pleasure, and avoid pain. But to make it as a creator, you need to push yourself outside of your comfort zone. Many things that feel good about creating can hold you back, while many things that feel bad are powerful fuel.

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Your Mess Is Your Message. Amber Rae on Choosing Wonder Over Worry. – Love Your Work, Episode 153

November 22, 2018

amber rae podcast

Amber Rae (@heyamberrae] was on the wrong path. She was swept up in the hype of the Silicon Valley startup scene. She was working too many hours on too many projects. She pushed herself so hard, she drove herself into anxiety, addiction, and eventually triggered a seizure.

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Creative Hygiene – Love Your Work, Episode 152

November 15, 2018

creative hygiene

One thing I’ve discovered in talking to many of my guests is that your creative voice doesn’t magically appear in your mind. You have to put in the work, and then your voice emerges from that work.

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