EP 75: Sean Williams | Art is Constant Failure, Giving a Deal to a Billionaire, “Weird” Life Plan, Getting Half a Chuckle, Preparing for Bad Things to Happen, and Learning to Mitigate Loss
Update: 2023-01-09
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Story of failure: Getting my eye brows singed from lighting a bonfire.
Sean Williams is an artist, standup comedian, carpenter, and future movie star and prop maker. He lives in Kansas City, MO with his wife Shelby, where he dreams, creates, and brings unique characters into the world. His work has been seen on The Pat Mcafee Show, and Undisputed, with Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless. Sean continues to dream up amazing creations and bring them to life. You can reach Sean though his Instagram @the.world.of.sean.
In today's episode Sean talks about:
- doing test run podcasts with Sean
- cousins-in-law?
- getting into art and sports growing up
- mom teaching third grade
- there was always some sort of art in his life
- having an artistic family
- applying competitive thinking to art
- story of dad teaching him the shape of a face
- comparing football with art
- where there’s a will, there’s a way!
- “How do I do that, rather than can I do that?”
- the original Mike Tyson pillow that lead to Mahomes
- the process of coming up with a weird end game
- getting in front of Gracie Hunt and giving her a deal
- making Chief pillows for old and new team members
- getting into stand up comedy
- his weird life plan laid out
- wanting to solve a problem by going on stage
- writing and telling jokes
- getting locked in and getting over insecurities
- “If you really want to do something, you just figure out how to do it.”
- telling standup by subject, instead of chronological
- not having the experience, and getting past the early stages
- Norm McDonald and his influence on his jokes
- avoiding the low hanging fruit and doing a little more work
- the skill of failing well
- the philosophy of stoicism
- preparing yourself for the bad things to happen
- preparing to frame cease and desist letters
- tricking your brain on enjoying the hard part
- “It’s the journey, not the destination.”
- the old guys were on to something
- “Success is a byproduct of you doing what you enjoy.”
- the story of the mask of Skip Bayless
- art is literally constant failure
- drawing in a weird sketching motion
- trying to draw Tom Hardy
- me trying to paint Steph Curry
- art theory class in college
- a photography of an apple isn’t a real apple
- communicating to someone through art with the right elements
- “Well, that didn’t work. Try something else.”
- “Once you stop failing, you’re not going to do anything.”
- not having the juice, or needing to get better
- the lesson of the dog gladiator sculpture
- learning to mitigate loss and pivot easily
- why he thinks at some point that his art looks terrible
- battling anxiety
- getting advice from knowledgable people to get to the finish line
- first getting out of college and getting ahead of himself
- procrastinating in school and getting away with it
- forming bad habits and having to break them
- the story of Picasso in the market
- people don’t value your skills unless you value your own skills
- trying to make a rod puppet
- the intimidation of figuring out something new and making a career
- the caretaker in Harry Potter
- wanting to give the memorable line in a movie
- elements of people making up a mentor
- his dad building draw bridges out of cardboard
- why he wants to tell himself, “It worked.”
- what kind of tea?
Sean Williams is an artist, standup comedian, carpenter, and future movie star and prop maker. He lives in Kansas City, MO with his wife Shelby, where he dreams, creates, and brings unique characters into the world. His work has been seen on The Pat Mcafee Show, and Undisputed, with Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless. Sean continues to dream up amazing creations and bring them to life. You can reach Sean though his Instagram @the.world.of.sean.
In today's episode Sean talks about:
- doing test run podcasts with Sean
- cousins-in-law?
- getting into art and sports growing up
- mom teaching third grade
- there was always some sort of art in his life
- having an artistic family
- applying competitive thinking to art
- story of dad teaching him the shape of a face
- comparing football with art
- where there’s a will, there’s a way!
- “How do I do that, rather than can I do that?”
- the original Mike Tyson pillow that lead to Mahomes
- the process of coming up with a weird end game
- getting in front of Gracie Hunt and giving her a deal
- making Chief pillows for old and new team members
- getting into stand up comedy
- his weird life plan laid out
- wanting to solve a problem by going on stage
- writing and telling jokes
- getting locked in and getting over insecurities
- “If you really want to do something, you just figure out how to do it.”
- telling standup by subject, instead of chronological
- not having the experience, and getting past the early stages
- Norm McDonald and his influence on his jokes
- avoiding the low hanging fruit and doing a little more work
- the skill of failing well
- the philosophy of stoicism
- preparing yourself for the bad things to happen
- preparing to frame cease and desist letters
- tricking your brain on enjoying the hard part
- “It’s the journey, not the destination.”
- the old guys were on to something
- “Success is a byproduct of you doing what you enjoy.”
- the story of the mask of Skip Bayless
- art is literally constant failure
- drawing in a weird sketching motion
- trying to draw Tom Hardy
- me trying to paint Steph Curry
- art theory class in college
- a photography of an apple isn’t a real apple
- communicating to someone through art with the right elements
- “Well, that didn’t work. Try something else.”
- “Once you stop failing, you’re not going to do anything.”
- not having the juice, or needing to get better
- the lesson of the dog gladiator sculpture
- learning to mitigate loss and pivot easily
- why he thinks at some point that his art looks terrible
- battling anxiety
- getting advice from knowledgable people to get to the finish line
- first getting out of college and getting ahead of himself
- procrastinating in school and getting away with it
- forming bad habits and having to break them
- the story of Picasso in the market
- people don’t value your skills unless you value your own skills
- trying to make a rod puppet
- the intimidation of figuring out something new and making a career
- the caretaker in Harry Potter
- wanting to give the memorable line in a movie
- elements of people making up a mentor
- his dad building draw bridges out of cardboard
- why he wants to tell himself, “It worked.”
- what kind of tea?
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