138. Tapping into Creativity and Flow with Barnet Bain

Today, Barnet Bain is here to help you unleash your own inner creativity in every aspect of your life. Barnet is the author of The Book of Doing And Being: Rediscovering Creativity in Life, Love, and Work, and an award-winning filmmaker who has directed Milton’s Secret and worked as a producer of What Dreams May Come. You’ll learn all about focusing on desire, expectation, imagination, and much more in an episode that’s all about tapping into your creativity and achieving a flow state. Find Out More About Barnet Here: Barnet Bain Barnet Bain on Facebook @BarnetBain on Twitter In This Episode: [01:29] - How can you spark creativity in your work and in your life? In his answer, Barnet points out that creativity isn’t simply the domain of a privileged few who are born special. [05:27] - When someone believes that they aren’t creative, the amount of creative energy required to create that construct is enormous, Barnet explains. [09:44] - Stephan brings up a specific example of a project that he’s working on and wants to amp up desire for. Barnet then responds with a discussion of the tendency of creativity to build and expand upon itself. [12:06] - We hear a clarification about why Stephan isn’t as excited about the membership site and courses he’s discussing as the coaching and consulting that he generally does. [14:22] - Barnet and Stephan discuss the specifics of Stephan’s audience, and how he would tailor his delivery to his audience. [17:49] - If you’re teaching to dead air, you’re teaching to the past, Barnet points out. In other words, you’re talking to a version of yourself that you’re conjuring up from the past. [20:45] - Stephan is reminded of a conversation with Dan Sullivan. [21:57] - Barnet digs into what makes an entrepreneur creative, which involves having a certain level of accomplishment. [26:40] - Barnet points out the different relationship with the past and the present between what he has just been describing and where we started talking. [29:17] - Stephan takes a moment to recap what Barnet has been saying and making sure all the nuances are clear. Barnet then discusses how various parts of the brain work. [35:40] - Allowing yourself to have compassion for yourself allows you to have it for others too, Barnet explains. [36:37] - Barnet shares his thoughts on affirmations, and how to make them more than just placating words. [40:52] - What Barnet has been saying reminds Stephan of his conversation with Kristen Ulmer and her book The Art of Fear. [43:14] - Focusing on what we don’t want is like ordering the worst thing on the menu, Barnet explains. [48:42] - Stephan shares a powerful distinction that he learned recently about praying for your wishes and desires. [53:18] - Which comes first: desire or fulfillment? Barnet and Stephan discuss the fact that you can’t experience desire without having fulfillment first. [55:50] - Stephan recommends that listeners go to Barnet Bain’s website and take his Creativity Quotient quiz. Links and Resources: Barnet Bain Barnet Bain on Facebook @BarnetBain on Twitter The Book of Doing And Being: Rediscovering Creativity in Life, Love, and Work Milton’s Secret What Dreams May Come Dan Sullivan Kristen Ulmer on the Optimized Geek The Art of Fear by Kristen Ulmer