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4 Ways to Cultivate Your Young Genius
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4 Ways to Cultivate Your Young Genius

Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will. Charles Baudelaire When it comes to the idea of the Young Genius, it can be easy to dismiss as an ethereal, intangible idea. But the most influential and the most fulfilled people somehow do, ultimately, let this force of character, this young genius as…

Best in Brand & Innovation for April
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Best in Brand & Innovation for April

Every month we bring you the best articles we find in brand, innovation, and creativity. This month is all about individualizing your company, your personal life and even your wardrobe. An award winning journalist pushes companies to pick a side – no matter how divisive. Writers dive into the importance of personal branding. And a professor…

How long does it take to make a podcast?
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How long does it take to make a podcast?

It took me 42 years to make a podcast. A fantasy surfaces when you’re a child, and maybe you follow it. You want to be a fierce warrior or a wood fairy. Or both. More than likely, you don’t follow that fantasy. And you forget about it. The funny thing is, if we’re paying attention,…

How do you evolve while still staying true to your core values?
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How do you evolve while still staying true to your core values?

As business artists, we are blessed and cursed with a generative mind – the ability to come up with lots of ideas. But this comes with a specific problem: which idea is the right one for us to pursue, and when? Sunni Brown, named one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, nailed…

Turning Criticism Into Action
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Turning Criticism Into Action

In working with so many creatives and entrepreneurs over the years, I’ve found that typically humans react to rejection in one of two ways. The Stiff Upper Lip: We put our heads down and try to carry on as if nothing happened, making sure not to demonstrate even a trace of emotion. We let it…

Best in Brand & Innovation for March
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Best in Brand & Innovation for March

Every month we bring you the best articles we find in brand, innovation, and creativity. March’s digest applies theory and philosophy to creativity and branding. And while one author pushes companies to embrace the third industrial revolution, another uses timeless principles for brands to put into action. We read about productivity as a science and…

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Press A Collection of Articles and Interviews with Jeffrey Journalists & Reporters Call me at 845-679-9441 if you need a quick response from a qualified source for your story on how to keep teams and individuals buoyant, resilient, and flexible in this new world of work. If I cannot help you directly, I have a wide…

Why Prototyping is More Important than Perfection
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Why Prototyping is More Important than Perfection

We all know the excitement of planning. It allows you to create the perfect set of circumstances for the realization of your idea. And that idea – whether your book, a product, or change in career direction – could, without hyperbole, change the world. The planning stage is exciting and ripe with possibility.  As a…

How To Handle the Creative Art of Fear
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How To Handle the Creative Art of Fear

Launching a new business, or a new venture can keep us up all night in fear. So can writing a book. Or shifting creative media as a professional. When it comes to heading into the unknown, fear of what’s ahead can override all joyful anticipation. There are always going to be certain points in your life…

How to have Conversations that Drive Successful Collaborations
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How to have Conversations that Drive Successful Collaborations

Conversation at its root – con-vers – is “a state of turning with” somebody else in talk rather than turning against them. It’s the difference between really attuning to other people and following the course of conversation or trying to force a talk into an argument or posture of defense. What if you could finesse the…