Musician and maker Mike Choi joins us in our home for our first in-person podcast with a co-host! We talk about the perils of putting expectations on yourself as a creative individual, imposter syndrome, and how to break down the barriers between you and obtaining a sense of satisfaction from your own creative output. Mike talks about his experience being a street musician, designing the FlipGrip for the Nintendo Switch and other creative endeavors.

Hang around for the end of the show for a clip of us hanging out in the knife shop talking about working with metal.

Audio Note: Being our first in-person podcast we were sharing a mic, and Jinny and Mike sound great but Chris sounds a little far away.

Follow Mike on Twitter @mechachoi, and Chris and Jinny on Twitter as @chrisfurniss and @jinnyjuice. Follow Jinny’s blade making adventure on instagram @pinkbladesmith.

Show Notes:

  • Introducing Mike!
  • Forcing functions for anti-perfectionism
  • Shipping something vs refining something
  • Putting expectations on yourself as a creative person
  • What does it mean to be an “aspiring” something
  • Growing up feeling judged and only seeing your faults
  • Connecting to Korean roots through Korean cooking
  • “You make a soup out of BONES”
  • Jinny hates the word “productivity”
  • Balancing consumption and creation
  • Designing the FlipGrip
  • Connecting with Fangamer at PAX East
  • What is life?
  • Lowering the barrier to entry for creating
  • Mike Choi loves Nintendo LABO
  • Creating LABO Fit Aventure Kart
  • Frameworks for learning
  • Fixed vs growth mindset
  • Avoiding scope creep through maintaining a strong vision
  • Valuing your time when you knowingly engage in scope creep
  • Jinny’s knife update
  • Creation negates destruction
  • Stinger: hanging out in the shop

Relevant Links:

  • Mike takes music requests on Twitch
  • The FlipGrip on Fangamer
  • The FlipGrip promo video
  • The Fangamer booth at PAX East
  • LABO Fit Adventure Kart
  • Nintendo Switch Cardboard Edition
  • Fixed vs Growth Mindset
  • The Northwest Blacksmith Association
  • Knife Steel Nerds

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