I recently reviewed Blaine Hogan‘s new book, Untitled, and now I am proud to do an Off the Record interview with him. Blaine is a guy that bleeds creativity and that has taken him through being an actor on TV shows like “Prison Break,” to where he now finds himself as the creative director at Willow Creek Community Church.

I will be giving away two free copies of Blaine’s book. Here is how you can win one:

1. Leave a comment on this post answering the question: “What is the biggest challenge to your creativity?”
2. Retweet my tweet at the end of this post on your Twitter account.

That means that each person could be entered up to 2 times in this drawing. I will pick the winners on Monday.

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I was able to connect recently with an incredible artist named Noah. He has applied his gifts in many different formats, as his bio explains better than anything I can write…

“Born and raised in Orange County, California, the artist known as Noah has emerged as one of the hottest talents to hit the fine art market and custom art scene. Noah first earned local recognition in the early nineties for setting up his easel in neighborhood coffee shops around Costa Mesa and painting portraits of famous celebrities for throngs of fascinated patrons. His portraiture caught the eye of collectors like Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Craig T. Nelson, ZZ Top, and the Black Crowes. Soon after, corporate clients came knocking. Lexus Motor Cars, Levi’s and Toyota, among many others, commissioned Noah to enhance their corporate collections and in 2004 he painted the famous pink “Suki” car in Universal Pictures’ 2 Fast 2 Furious. Noah’s ‘body art,’ created for clients like Red Bull Energy Drink and recording artist Pink – he adorned her body with tattoos for a recent music video, has similarly exposed his talent to a broader audience.

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I was first exposed to Wayne Cordeiro when he spoke at the Global Leadership Summit years ago. He gave an incredible talk on how to keep yourself from getting burned out and I still think of some of his examples today. Wayne is the founding pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Hawaii and they have around 15,000 people attend on the weekend. He is the author of a handful of books including The Divine Mentor and Leading on Empty in addition to being the president of New Hope Christian College.

Jeremy: Tell us something odd/unique about you.

Wayne: I ride Harley Davidson motorcycles and train horses. I also paddle canoes competitively in ocean races from one island to the other.

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