The Crea8ve EntreprenHER Podcast copertina

The Crea8ve EntreprenHER Podcast

The Crea8ve EntreprenHER Podcast

Di: Officially Gilli
Ascolta gratuitamente

3 mesi a soli 0,99 €/mese

Dopo 3 mesi, 9,99 €/mese. Si applicano termini e condizioni.

A proposito di questo titolo

 TheCrea8ve EntreprenHER Podcast - Listen as Gilli interviews leading female executives, digital and creative disruptors & entrepreneurs who share their insights, tactics, & strategies that made them successful passion leaders.

www.thecrea8ve.comtheCrea8ve / Gilli Moon Aliotti Economia Gestione e leadership Leadership Successo personale Sviluppo personale
Episodi
  • S2 E10: The Paradox of Distraction

    S2 E10: The Paradox of Distraction
    Sep 26 2025

    I want you to imagine, for a moment, a bright, scorching afternoon. The kind where the air feels thick, and every breath is an effort. I was out on the track, doing my usual run, and honestly? It was brutal. My legs were heavy, my lungs burned, and every fiber of my being wanted to just... stop. I was consciously counting the laps, feeling every painful step. Then, my phone rang. It was my dad from Australia. And without really thinking, I answered. We started talking about his day, about his new house, and moving. And we talked about how he couldn’t find one of the boxes and we laughed about that. “Oh it’ll turn up soon, Dad” (and it did a day later, but anyway.. back to the topic)

    And as we talked, something extraordinary happened. I kept running.

    I wasn’t thinking about my legs anymore. I wasn’t thinking about the heat. I wasn’t even thinking about the laps. I was just running and talking. And before I knew it, my dad said, ‘Well, I should let you go, you must be exhausted from your run.’ And I looked up, genuinely surprised... I had finished. Not just finished, but I’d run 8 laps (my average is 2), and I barely remembered doing it. I had never been less focused on running, yet I had never run better.

    This experience sparked a question in my mind, one that goes against almost everything we’re taught about success and achievement: What if, sometimes, to achieve our deepest focus and perform at our peak, we actually need to be… distracted?

    We live in a world obsessed with focus. ‘Eliminate distractions!’ ‘Single-task!’ ‘Deep work!’ And for good reason, often. But I believe there’s a powerful, often misunderstood paradox at play. A paradox where a well-placed ‘distraction’ isn’t a detractor, but a catalyst.

    Listen in to this podcast and learn more about what I'm doing at www.theCrea8ve.com



    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thecrea8ve.com/subscribe
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    15 min
  • S2 E9: Creativity... Is it a blessing or a curse?

    S2 E9: Creativity... Is it a blessing or a curse?
    Mar 16 2025

    Creativity... is it a blessing or is a curse? For years I dedicated my creative passions to music, to art, to touring the world. Then I shifted my creative passions to tech, to entrepreneurship,... to motherhood. You tell me: is it OK to shift our creative outlets and can we still feel successful because of that? Watch 👆💕👩‍🎨



    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thecrea8ve.com/subscribe
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    4 min
  • Unleash Your Creativity: The Power of Patience

    Unleash Your Creativity: The Power of Patience
    Jan 5 2025
    Success is a journey, not a destination - H. Tom CollardHello crea8ve seekers, entrepreneurs and passion leaders. Gilli here. The power of patience. It's a beautiful thing. This is here you’re sitting back, and even if you are wanting to say something so badly, you just wait, watch and listen. And somehow the universe does it for you without you pushing and prodding.They really do…If you want to have a dream realized in your life, it doesn’t happen over night, it takes time. We live in a world obsessed with hustle. Grind culture. Overnight success. But let's be real. True success rarely happens in a straight line. More often, it's a winding road filled with unexpected detours and frustrating delays. I refer this to the ZIG ZAG theory.While in our mind we think we just work our way Up (imagine a straight vertical line), in fact life goes a little more zig-zaggy. We start our way, and the line moves in a perpendicular diagonal fashion over to the right, then crosses back to the left, then right, then left, always moving up, but in a different way. And while we land on top, it’s somewhere different: somewhere completely unexpected and not predicted, but always amazing. I learned about the Zig Zag theory from my readings of Edward de Bono. Edward de Bono's Zig Zag Theory of Success in his book, I Am Right, You Are Wrong, posits that achieving significant goals rarely follows a straight, linear path. Instead, success often involves a series of forward and backward movements, much like a zigzag. These "zigs" represent periods of progress, where individuals make strides towards their objectives. However, they are inevitably followed by "zags," setbacks, obstacles, and even periods of regression. De Bono argued that these setbacks are not necessarily failures, but rather valuable learning experiences. By embracing these zigzags, individuals can gain valuable insights, adapt their strategies, and ultimately achieve greater success than if they had simply pursued a rigid, linear approach. Essentially, the Zig Zag Theory encourages individuals to view challenges and setbacks as opportunities for growth and redirection, rather than as roadblocks. It emphasizes the importance of flexibility, adaptability, and a willingness to learn from both successes and failures on the path to achieving one's goals.Success IS the journeyI’ve taken this one step further for creatives and entrepreneurs. We get so caught up in the destination, or a perceived definition of success, that we often lose sight of the learnings along the way. In fact, the deviations that we’ll encounter is part of the amazing part of achieving success. So while de Bono calls this out as a natural set of “set backs”, I say that even these set backs are gifts, perhaps even successes of themselves, disguised as a negative.While you may put a goal in place and even a direction, don't get dismayed when you find yourself running down a different track. Life is like that. Many people are afraid to change for fear that they will be seen as copping out. Many people have way too high expectations which just leads to discontent. We are not destined to run a straight course, for then we will never experience what we need to experience. Edward de Bono wrote that we follow a "zig zag" course, that we hop from left to right, still going forth. Remember though, that if an avenue is not working for you, don't beat a dead horse. Press on. Learn to nurture all your gifts for success may come to you in many disguises.Here’s a story for you, way back when my husband, Jeff, and I didn’t have kids yet, and we went to Fiji for a holiday. Young and foolish, ready for adventure ;)It wasn’t a glamorous beach resort. We were staying right in the middle of the island, nowhere near the ocean. It was hot. About 110 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius). There were mosquitoes, flies and the air was still. We decided to try and hike to the sea, to see if things would be different there. So off we trekked. I kept on asking, “How far do you think the sea is?”“Not sure. I can’t see the water from here. Must be miles away,” Jeff responded.So we started walking down the hill. The ground was rough, and dirt. There were shanties along the road with Indian Fijian’s living in them, washing their clothes in the river, and some bathing from bore wells on their property. They lived in poverty, by Western standards, and yet they waved and smiled at us and seemed so happy. They had a cow or a goat, and maybe a dog. The vegetation along the trail was exotic, luscious green and filled with plantations of corn and some bananas. It was jungle like. We walked for about an hour, and as we traveled we asked the locals where the water was. They pointed “that direction.” We still couldn’t see the water, but it was fascinating to talk to the locals and witness the inland countryside of this island.Finally, we came across some mangroves. There was some sand and an old ...
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    1 min
Ancora nessuna recensione