The Right Questions with James Victore
The Right Questions is designed to help you get paid to do what you love and stay sane in the process.
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92 episodes
From The Archives: Stressed Out
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingUnlock the secrets to unleashing your creativity e...
From The Archives: Self-Respect and Empowerment Through Routine
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingCan discipline actually lead to more freedom in yo...
From The Archives: Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt in Marketing Your Creative Work
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingHave you ever felt that gnawing discomfort when you're trying to market your own work? <...
From The Archives: Transforming limitations, Turning I Can't To I Can
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingWhat if the limitations you believe define you are actually your greatest opportunities for success?<...
From The Archives: From Day Job to Creative Fulfillment
You can have a thousand good ideas and still feel stuck if you don’t trust yourself enough to finish one. I’m James Victore, and this week I answer a listener question from Dan that hits a nerve for almost every creative: wh...
Episode 86: Two Type Nerds Geeking Out. Charles Nix
Most people think creativity is about talent and inspiration. We don’t. Creativity shows up as obsession, rebellion, and a strangely tuned attention to tiny details and Charles Nix is the perfect guide for that. Charles grew...
Episode 85: AI Q&A Part Two
AI is starting to feel less like a tool and more like a demand: adapt right now, train on prompts, and don’t ask too many questions. We push back hard on that pressure, starting with the incentives behind the hype. When the ...
Episode 84: AI ain't your friend. A Q+A
AI can write a decent paragraph, mock up a concept, and spin infinite ad variants in seconds. The scarier question is what it does to us when we start believing the machine more than we believe ourselves. I’m coming off a live “A...
Episode 83: The Process Is All We Have
You can work 12 hours a day and still feel like you did “nothing” except survive.That’s where we start: the grind language, the imaginary race, and the habit of powering through exhaustion like it’s a virtue. We talk candidly abo...
Episode 82: On Public Speaking
Stage fright isn’t a personality trait, it’s a habit of self-protection and it can be unlearned. After coming back from a talk in Dusseldorf, Germany, I’m sharing the public speaking tips that keep me excited instead of terr...
Episode 81: Heather Crank & Understanding Creativity In A World Of AI
AI is speeding up creative work while quietly testing something deeper: our confidence, our craft, and our ability to think for ourselves. I sit down with my dear friend Heather Crank, a designer and generative AI designer w...
Episode 80: AI Is Here
AI’s growing presence isn’t the result of perfection or widespread readiness—it’s the outcome of rapid integration into nearly every aspect of modern life. This shift raises a difficult question for creatives: when a tool c...
Episode 79: Jon Acuff
I talk with Jon Acuff about the questions that shape a life, from childhood “weirdness” and stage instincts to the hard parts of being a public voice. We dig into humor, mindset, perfectionism, productivity, and what “enough” looks like when yo...
Episode 78: The Luxury of Losing Everything
Oh ShitSusie Batiz went from surviving abuse, depression, and bankruptcy to building Poo-Pourri into a cultural icon and a massive business built on a deceptively simple idea: make the bathroom smell better. The part that grabbed...
Episode 77: A Coaching Call
We’re pulling back the curtain and letting you hear a real coaching call with a client who’s doing the brave part: building something new while the old voice in his head keeps asking, “Who do you think you are?” That tension is the heartbeat of...
Episode 76: On Divorce
A relationship doesn’t usually explode. More often, it drifts. One missed conversation turns into a habit, the habit turns into distance, and suddenly two people who once felt like a team are living like roommates. I’m revisiting...
Episode 75: Designing Dignity In New York City Probation Offices
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingThey stepped out of the elevator, looked around the newly redesigned probation office, and quietly ba...
Episode 74: Oliver Jeffers
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingCuriosity can feel like a compass and a dare, and Oliver Jeffers follows both. We si...
Episode 72: Lisa Congdon, Curiosity Over Fear
Joy isn’t a mood; it’s a decision you make when the world gives you every reason not to. That’s the heartbeat of our conversation with artist, author, cyclist, and activist Lisa Congdon—a creator known for bold color, generous la...
Episode 71: Welcome To The Resistance
Ever notice how the first targets in a crackdown are painters, poets, designers, and musicians? We unpack why creativity terrifies the powerful and how images, jokes, and typography can loosen the grip of official narratives. Fro...
Episode 70: Fear Kills Play
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingA single line in a museum—“My kid could do that”—can sound like a verdict on art and creativity.&...
Episode 69: Chris Do
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingWhat does it take to turn a shy, invisible kid into a creative leader with a global footprint?