Miki Agrawal
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Podcast Appearances
He owns an agency, and his client is this big functional medicine company. And he's just like, it's the first time I feel challenged. He's like, usually I can just coast my way through by just sort of like sharing presentations or whatever. But like, they're pushing back. They're pushing me to do better. They're pushing me. They're motivating me.
And I'm staying up till three o'clock in the morning for the first time in like 15 years and like working my ass off because I feel so challenged and excited. I want to prove myself. And there's something exciting about a manager or a partner or a leader or a company or a coach who's going to hold you to that.
And I'm staying up till three o'clock in the morning for the first time in like 15 years and like working my ass off because I feel so challenged and excited. I want to prove myself. And there's something exciting about a manager or a partner or a leader or a company or a coach who's going to hold you to that.
And I'm staying up till three o'clock in the morning for the first time in like 15 years and like working my ass off because I feel so challenged and excited. I want to prove myself. And there's something exciting about a manager or a partner or a leader or a company or a coach who's going to hold you to that.
Exactly. And I feel that way even as we're building our new company and with Tushy, our design teams, both teams, they know that I don't mince my words when it comes to creativity. It's like, I think you can go further. I want to create something that's iconic. Is this iconic? It's not iconic. And it's sort of like, will other people copy us? If this is not copyable, then it's not iconic enough.
Exactly. And I feel that way even as we're building our new company and with Tushy, our design teams, both teams, they know that I don't mince my words when it comes to creativity. It's like, I think you can go further. I want to create something that's iconic. Is this iconic? It's not iconic. And it's sort of like, will other people copy us? If this is not copyable, then it's not iconic enough.
Exactly. And I feel that way even as we're building our new company and with Tushy, our design teams, both teams, they know that I don't mince my words when it comes to creativity. It's like, I think you can go further. I want to create something that's iconic. Is this iconic? It's not iconic. And it's sort of like, will other people copy us? If this is not copyable, then it's not iconic enough.
And so they're like, okay.
And so they're like, okay.
And so they're like, okay.
And a way to do it is like, okay, put three Pinterest boards together, the most iconic shit you've ever seen in these three different directions and then come back to me. And then it's like, then it crystallizes. Then it's like, okay. And then all of a sudden they surprise themselves and produce something that they didn't think they could.
And a way to do it is like, okay, put three Pinterest boards together, the most iconic shit you've ever seen in these three different directions and then come back to me. And then it's like, then it crystallizes. Then it's like, okay. And then all of a sudden they surprise themselves and produce something that they didn't think they could.
And a way to do it is like, okay, put three Pinterest boards together, the most iconic shit you've ever seen in these three different directions and then come back to me. And then it's like, then it crystallizes. Then it's like, okay. And then all of a sudden they surprise themselves and produce something that they didn't think they could.
They need enough direction to then go and be creative. Because you need a sandbox to play in. Because if it's just like full on, there's like, where do you start? It's like, give me the sandbox and let me play and create as much as I can inside the sandbox. But everyone, including children, adults, like boundaries. Boundaries are really important.
They need enough direction to then go and be creative. Because you need a sandbox to play in. Because if it's just like full on, there's like, where do you start? It's like, give me the sandbox and let me play and create as much as I can inside the sandbox. But everyone, including children, adults, like boundaries. Boundaries are really important.
They need enough direction to then go and be creative. Because you need a sandbox to play in. Because if it's just like full on, there's like, where do you start? It's like, give me the sandbox and let me play and create as much as I can inside the sandbox. But everyone, including children, adults, like boundaries. Boundaries are really important.
And that's, and that's, and that's coaching. Learned boundaries. Wow.
And that's, and that's, and that's coaching. Learned boundaries. Wow.
And that's, and that's, and that's coaching. Learned boundaries. Wow.
But when it comes to, to, to feedback, when it comes to, you know, like pushing the, pushing people to think bigger and think further, you know, is requires, um, that's the visionary piece that I think is required, but then, but then giving them enough rope to go and like create the coolest knot and the coolest ribbons and the whatever they want to create with the rope.