The Zack Arnold Podcast

If you do creative work for a living, you’re a storyteller.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a film editor like me working in scripted television, maybe you work in online marketing, you are a director, wr…

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Let’s be honest...

“A proven 5-step fra…

If you intend to climb the career ladder straight to the top, step #1 is understanding the four different types of creative jobs. Only once you understand where your job fits in can you then reframe …

If you work a demanding creative job and you love doing creative work like I do, then you can most likely identify with how much I hate dealing with money, finances, bills, and paperwork. While I und…

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1. A male body type that is best described as "softly round."
2. The type of physique a man "earns" when the increasing pressures of work life, married life, and …

It’s extremely common for people who are highly creative to also constantly battle with things like depression, anxiety, and attention issues. If you’ve listened to past episodes you know this is bas…

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Here are two things that rarely ever happen:

1. Me spending more than five minutes per day on Twitter.
2. Twitter providing profound and meaningful value powerful enough to change some…

Let’s face it...creative people like us are a bit weird. Being socially awkward is just part of the package. Sitting in a dark room for days at a time making cool stuff - piece of cake. But throw us …

I get it. You most likely chose a creative career because you love working on your own. As a Hollywood film & tv editor I spend the vast majority of my life in a small dark room...alone. I not only c…

Kelley Dixon is the Emmy-winning editor of such iconic shows as Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, and Shameless. She has been nominated for an editing Emmy every single year since 201…

(This article is the introduction to my brand new Design Yourself series intended to help you properly set goals that you will achieve, get important sh*t done in your life, and design the optimized …

Kelley Dixon is the Emmy-winning editor of such iconic shows as Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, and Shameless. She has been nominated for an editing Emmy every single year since 201…

It’s time to be honest with yourself...when is the last time you and your smartphone were more than 5 feet away from each other?

If you’re not staring at it right now, it’s probably in your pocket.

W…

Smartphone addiction has become an epidemic. A study in 2015 found that Americans collectively check their smartphones upwards of 8 billion times...per day. That’s an average of 46 times per day for …

If your livelihood depends on your ability to be creative and generate ideas, you don’t have the luxury of wasting precious mental energy and focus on meaningless tasks, busy work, and constant inter…

Work-life balance. It’s the unicorn we all strive for and hope to achieve someday, but if you were put on the spot right now, would you be able to clearly define what work-life balance means to you? …

Setting goals is easy. Everyone has done it.

“I’m going to make ten million dollars this year.”

“I’m going to lose 100 pounds.”

“I’m going to live life to the fullest!!!!!!”

Easy, right? I just set some …

In our 24-7 world of constant distractions, focus is quickly becoming the superpower of the 21st century. Your ability to get meaningful work done, become successful, and avoid the endless trap of bu…

Less...but better.

Sounds like an oxymoron, but I promise adopting this mantra can change your life.

Modern technology has changed everything about our lives, and while in some ways it has simplified t…

I can’t believe I’m about to say this...but 2017 is just about to end (which seriously doesn’t even seem possible), which means it’s time to start setting some goals for 2018. If you missed my previo…