Ron Block is a banjo player and a long-time member of Alison Kraus's band, Union Station. He is also an amateur theologian, a George MacDonald aficionado, and the star of O Brother, Where Art Thou? (he's the banjo player in this scene).
In this episode, Jonathan Rogers and Ron Block discuss the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset, the "try-harder cycle," and how to turn that negative cycle into a positive cycle that liberates our creativity rather than suffocating it.
Writers who make Ron want to write:

Jennifer Trafton on Lilias Trotter
55:44

Théa Rosenburg and Leslie Bustard Were Strong Allies
37:49

Jamie Quatro's Two-Step Devil
47:47