Career shifts. Battles with your inner critic. Creative barriers. In this episode, Preston Kanak talks with Mark Daws about the challenges and struggles Mark went through when shifting priorities in his life. We focus on overcoming the challenges of a career shift and the impact that has on your psyche.

About Mark Daws

Mark is a Filmmaker / Art Director based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is committed to creating purposeful ideas and emotive experiences for businesses that empower people, evoke change and have a positive lasting impact on the world. He believes that no matter what the creative medium, make it matter.

Episode Links

Mark and I talked about a lot in this episode. I’ve included a few more things if you would like to dig a little bit deeper.

• To find out more about Mark’s creative coach, you can find out more about Heidi on her website.
• Mark mentioned a book by Robert McKee that impacted his writing. You can find out more about it here.
• If you would like to download the transcripts, those are available 001-Overcoming-the-Challenges-of-a-Career-Shift-An-Interview-with-Mark-Daws.pdf">here. Please note that they aren’t perfect. As we move forward, we will work to improve the accuracy of these transcripts.
• Follow Mark on TWITTER | VIMEO | WEBSITE | LINKEDIN.

If you are looking to go through a career pivot yourself, I’ve created a post in the past that includes some early questions to ask yourself.