Onken's World Podcast

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"The game of money making and staying creative has always been the challenge of the artist's journey." - Nick Onken

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"So much of getting people to come along on your journey is to inspire them, and the best way to inspire them is through story." - Alex Banayan

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"How do we embrace all our messy and uncomfortable emotions and treat them as allies on our path rather than enemies that are trying to hurt us?" - Amber Rae

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"We’re all artists of something. Everyone has the creative means to be an artist." - Chris Lee

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"Have hope and know that you’ll get through this." - Nick Onken

Are you willing to invest 2% of your day to make the other 98% better? Emily Fletcher is a three time returning guest. A meditation teacher and creator of the Ziva Technique, Emily taught me everythi…

It’s easy to find yourself analyzing everything and not actually creating. Today I want to talk about some of the mistakes I see people make when they are just beginning the journey of their career i…

Jewelry is not an organic kind of art: it’s a lot of measuring and calculating. Today’s guest, Gabriel Urist, is a big name in streetwear world. A jewelry designer and artist, Gabriel has designed fo…

The art of the start is the hardest thing. One of the questions I get asked most often in my Nion Life Community is, “How do I start?” And it’s an important question. You can be someone with passion,…

The only thing that was really holding me back was time and full-on commitment. Something I’ve been thinking about lately is the connection between fitness and the creative lifestyle. Bringing moveme…

Business is always going to have ups and downs, and the creatives that succeed are the ones that push through that. Today I’m talking about something that has been on my mind for a long time now, som…

I’m very lucky that I get to do something that has a simple message but reaches so many people. Today I’m talking to returning guest James Goldcrown. I had him on in the early days of Nion Radio but …

I was just in Mexico with a mastermind, which is a group of high level individuals who come together to help each other with life and business. My time there got me thinking about people, networking,…

If I’m not excited about something the readers aren’t going to be excited either. Mark Manson has blown up over the last couple years selling over 2 million copies of his newest book, The Subtle Art …

When you create a higher self, that elevates your game. Happy new year! I hope you celebrated and had fun sending out 2017 with a bang. I also hope you took the time to write down some goals for 2018…

We all have these things we want to do, and they’re all intangible until you speak them or write them down. Today I’m talking to Ben Nemtin, one of the founders of The Buried Life. When he was younge…

Real artists will take the time to create a business around what their craft. Today I’m sharing with you some of the books that have helped me along my creative and entrepreneurial journey. Some of t…

It’s great to be able to communicate with people and to be able to get ahold of people as you’re getting through a country and making plans. I travel a lot, probably logging 75,000 - 100,000 miles fl…

If you want to take off, build your runway. Connor Beaton has taken a unique path. After graduating from college not really feeling passionate about his major in technical engineering, he became an o…

If you’re not taking care of yourself, there’s no way you can show up as your best self for others. Your inner world affects your outer world, your relationships, your art, your career. Understanding…