13. How To Unlock Your Inner Creativity with Steve Chandler

Discovering your voice is not always easy, but when you do, it feels like it was always there. In this episode, you will learn excellent lessons from Steve Chandler – Public Speaker, Author, Business Consultant, and Coach. Steve talks about how he was able to ignite inner creativity throughout the years - enough to write 30 books, and how he prefers to share too much with clients rather than omitting too much.

“I’d rather risk sharing a little too much than walk away later wondering if I had shared that, would I have made a real connection.” – Steve Chandler

Ajit and Steve also talk about the easiest way to deal with negative feedback and criticism, how to leave ego aside in order to respect the creator inside of you and in what way coaches need to work in order to make the transition from a traditional job to entrepreneurship. Being a coach himself, Steve advises that if you want to inspire trust, you should neither hide personal struggles nor seek being perfect.

“The greatest thing a coach does is mix failure and normal.” – Steve Chandler

About Steve Chandler

Steve is author of 30 books including 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself (1996), Reinventing Yourself (1998), and The Prosperous Coach: Increase Income and Impact for You and Your Clients (2013). Having worked as a Life and Business Coach for the past decades, Steve helped a variety of companies and is considered to be one of the most important public speakers in the country.

Key Timestamps

[3:04] – Steve speaks about his former occupations.

[7:44] – Diversity in life.

[11:35] – Using personal struggles in your coaching business.

[14:15] – Is there such a thing as oversharing?

[16:12] – The road to write 30 books.

[20:26] – Creativity vs. Ego

[27:40] – Steve’s advice if you’re facing a creative block (writer’s block).

[30:43] – Dealing with negative feedback and criticism.

[36:58] – How to make the proper transition into coaching.

[40:48] – A message for all the creators.

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