55: Tom Chi – How To Awaken Your Creative Genius

“Perfection gives you the sensibility that there is an end point. Mastery is the deep understanding that there is no end point.”

Episode Summary:  Children learn very fast, but adulthood seems to steal humanity’s ability to think as creatively and learn quickly. As adults, it is easy to get caught up in endless mental loops that ultimately lead to paralysis. Listen to this insightful episode as Tom Chi, coach to corporate executives and top innovators around the world, shares some of the secrets of thinking creatively, achieving mastery in your craft and finding your devotion.

Some Questions I Ask

• How does one train or prepare to do some of the things you do?
• Is it possible for just anyone to become tech savvy?
• Why is it that as we get older it seems like we lose the capacity to learn?
• What does dropping down all systems mean?
• What do you see as some of the biggest challenges we are facing as humanity? What can we do about them? 

In This Episode You Will Learn

• Some of the things that someone who doesn’t feel very creative can start doing to regain the ability to learn like a child.
• How to use our beliefs to become more productive.
• 3 key life lessons to pass on to the next generation.
• How to discover your devotions.
• What it really means to be a master of your craft.
• The relationship between identity and possibility and how to use it to change your life.