Show Notes
James Chapman is a writer, photographer, traveler, and the founder of Black Coffee Roasting Co.
In today’s episode, we traveled to Missoula, MT and got to have a wide-ranging conversation about creative pursuits, storytelling, and building yourself.
Key Insights and Highlights: Turning Pro with your creative pursuit The impetus of Black Coffee Roasting Co. Leaving stability behind Stories from behind the scenes of the coffee world Can multiple creative ventures feed off of each other? Building yourself over finding yourself
Spending the day with James felt like it made my life tangibly better, and I’m absolutely thrilled to share a couple of hours of the conversations we had with you today. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Thanks for listening!
Be Where Your Feet Are, Drew
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Show Chapters: 00:00 Turning Pro 01:38 Beating Perfectionism 05:35 Creativity 11:47 Coffee and Storytelling 15:18 Black Coffee Origin 18:49 Business Plan Meets Reality 25:18 Leaving Stability Behind 36:34 Why Small Business Matters 42:31 Building A Coffee Community 44:17 First Coffee Farm 46:55 The Roasting Dream 47:38 Stories from the Coffee World 01:05:29 Creative Outlets 01:11:56 Fighting Creative Blocks 01:19:26 Capturing Ideas 01:30:57 Play vs. Serious Work 01:33:03 Connection Over Isolation 01:35:01 It’s All About People. 01:39:09 Ralph Steadman Label 01:45:55 Be Up to Something 01:56:17 Hard Days Make Stories 02:02:25 Build Yourself 02:13:39 Enough. 02:20:01 Looking Ahead
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