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Do You Know the Signs of Impending Burnout?
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Do You Know the Signs of Impending Burnout?

ByJeffrey Davis

  Burnout hits nearly every entrepreneur and creative at some point. If this feels like you, it may be time to declutter your attention. Recognize this? Your neck and shoulders ache. Your temper is irrationally short. You are more reactive than creative. You worry more than wonder. Your internal eyesight is myopic. There is no…

Best in Brand & Innovation from September
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Best in Brand & Innovation from September

ByJeffrey Davis

Every month we bring you the best articles we find in brand, innovation and creativity. This month’s list includes tips for channelling creativity and divergent thinking through happy music, how activities like doodling prevents mental fatigue, leading with your personality in creating your brand, and how brands with humor out perform their competitors.  Humor in Branding – MediaPost…

Navigating Uncertainty for Entrepreneurs & Creatives
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Navigating Uncertainty for Entrepreneurs & Creatives

ByJeffrey Davis

I hold space for vast amounts of uncertainty in my life – creatively, entrepreneurially, existentially. My closest teammates, friends, and family know this. But not everyone is temperamentally disposed to invite uncertainty. I respect that. So, I also train clients to navigate uncertainty in ways that work for them when branding, rebranding, and advancing next…

Best in Brand & Innovation from August
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Best in Brand & Innovation from August

ByJeffrey Davis

Every month we bring you the best articles we’ve found in brand and innovation. This month’s list is full of branding lessons that range from community building and cohesion in your messaging to the pitfalls of being too positive. We also look at how the time of day dictates your creativity and how boredom aids…

Embracing Challenges for Growth
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Embracing Challenges for Growth

ByJeffrey Davis

There are problems, there are challenges, and there are obstacles. They’re not the same. Harrison Ford got sick on the set of Steven Spielberg’s film Raiders of the Lost Ark. One morning, scheduled for an intense sword fight scene with a formidable foe, Ford didn’t feel up to the task. So, he asked Spielberg to make a…

A Ripe Time for Introverted Creatives & Entrepreneurs
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A Ripe Time for Introverted Creatives & Entrepreneurs

ByJeffrey Davis

There’s never been a better time for you to share your message and creative brilliance with the world. Imagine if Jonas Salk discovered the polio vaccine, but cowered at the prospect of receiving publicity or criticism or of appearing vain by drawing attention to himself so he decided to keep the discovery to himself, that would be…

Where Creatives Find Know-How, Community, & Affirmation
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Where Creatives Find Know-How, Community, & Affirmation

ByJeffrey Davis

In this Age of Convenient Information Access and ready-made persona formation, why invest time and money in any training? It was a warm sunny morning in Taos, New Mexico when I guided fifteen writers through a meditative yoga flow. When I asked them to check in with questions such as, “What am I here for?” and…

Tapping into Creative Collaboration
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Tapping into Creative Collaboration

ByJeffrey Davis

Collaboration, it turns out, is essential for creative productivity and innovation. The New York socialite Mabel Dodge knew something about putting talented, engaging people from different backgrounds and creative media in the same room. With the right atmosphere and combination of people, ideas could ignite that might inspire creative action (including even, a few love affairs).

Best Articles in Brand & Innovation for June
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Best Articles in Brand & Innovation for June

ByJeffrey Davis

Every month Tracking Wonder brings you some of the best articles from across the web that have stopped us in our tracks or given us pause to think and consider perspectives in creativity, brand, and innovation. This month we’ll look at getting in the creative zone, the importance of company culture, and the psychology behind…