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Tucks | Poetry, Leadership, Innovation

@tucksbryant

Insights from poetry to help you become a more innovative leader. Yes, really. Keynote speaker @gothamartists, poet, ex-@Google, and @Stanford '16.

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I've noticed that when we develop our expertise in a thing or a craft, there's often this pressure to continuously prove what we know or what we can do. More often than not, that path leads us to become caricatures of ourselves.

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Creatives and creators - do these three things: 1) Study your heroes feverishly. 2) Try earnestly to emulate them. 3) Fail fantastically. That failure is the sound of you finding your own voice.

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Stage fright happens when we care deeply about delivering value to our audience. It's an inconvenient symptom of a healthy condition. Take solace in knowing that the tsunami in your gut is a sign that you're right where you're supposed to be.

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One of my favorite storytellers, Jay Acunzo, featured me in a recent episode of Unthinkable*. If you’re a creative, or have ever had a hunch that you should be open to seeing yourself as one, you should be listening to this show - you won’t regret it.

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Why learn from us? 1. Tucker, Jesse & I left roles at Google, SpaceX and Deloitte to pursue creativity 2. We know how to leverage creativity in both corporate & independent settings 3. We've gotten millions of views on our content using techniques from poetry, story & comedy

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Hot take: it’s *always* the artist’s fault if their audience doesn’t understand them. Even if the audience just wasn’t paying attention when they should’ve been. Whether or not being understood matters is a different question entirely