Creative Status is a podcast about using creativity as a vehicle for improving your life by deconstructing ego, integrating the shadow self, and designing and manifesting a real life.
Every episode explores how the creative process can help you GROW REAL by moving towards wholeness in yourself by making the unconscious conscious.
In this episode, we dive deep into the life and experiences of Stanford Smith, a professional truck driver and host of the Big Diesel Fit Show.
Stanford shares his unique perspective on life, gleaned from over two decades and two million miles on the open highway, offering profound insights into the human condition.
The Truck Driver’s Journey: Explore how the seemingly mundane task of truck driving can be a metaphor for life. Discover the challenges and lessons that come with a lifestyle focused on constant movement and goal-chasing.
The Hidden Cost of Freedom: Stanford discusses the dual nature of freedom, highlighting the balance between independence and the need for stability and connection. Learn about the personal sacrifices made and the mental toll of long-haul trucking.
Facing Fear and Embracing Solitude: Delve into the transformative power of facing primal fears and embracing solitude. Stanford shares how his time on the road helped him confront and overcome deep-seated fears, leading to personal growth and resilience.
Control vs. Human Nature: Understand the conflict between the increasing control exerted by technology in the trucking industry and the inherent human need for freedom and autonomy. Discover how this dynamic mirrors broader societal trends.
Creative Status: Lessons from the Open Road
Join us as we uncover the profound lessons that can be learned from a life on the road, exploring themes of fear, freedom, and the human spirit.
This episode is a call to embrace life’s journey, face your fears, and find balance in the pursuit of personal and professional goals.
Stay real out there,
Oli
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Episode Links:
Stanford’s podcast (Big Diesel Fit Podcast): https://open.spotify.com/show/09fF57CtSkTU07lCcYCa12
Stanford on YouTube (Let’s Get Pumped): https://www.youtube.com/@letsgetpumpedthailand
Creative Status Links:
Book a call with Oli and grow more REAL: olianderson.co.uk/talk
The Creative Performance Transformation Lab: olianderson.co.uk/creativeperformance
Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/olijanderson
My YouTube channel: youtube.com/olianderson
Get my books on Amazon: amazon.com/author/oli
7-Day Personality Transplant System Shock for Realness and Life Purpose: olianderson.co.uk/systemshock
Free one hour creative workshop to take your creative brand or project to the next level: olianderson.co.uk/creativeworkshop
Free 90-Day Journal Challenge: olianderson.co.uk/journal
The Law of Attraction for Realness (mini-course): olianderson.co.uk/lawofattraction
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Personal Revolutions: A Short Course in Realness is a book designed to help you look at your life from the inside-out so that you can stop holding yourself back and go get what you really want.
It contains 166 practical ‘Revolutions’ for awareness and over 8,000 Self-Guidance Questions for you to uncover new insight about yourself, the world, and reality that you can translate into action and start building your real life on the realest possible foundation.
Shadow Life is an exploration of the human shadow and the hidden side of our personalities. It looks at the masks we wear, where these masks come from, and how we can take them off.
The book explores how we can better manage our relationships with shame, guilt, and trauma in order to remove the Mask that the world has asked us to wear (and that we forgot we were wearing) so we can live an authentic life with less drama, chaos, or BS whilst we’re still around.
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