The questions still come up among the writers, designers, and entrepreneurs I work with: Is the muse out there somewhere or within? Doesn’t the very idea of the “muse” imply I’m at the whim of something else? Two clients last week in two separate meetings raised, in essence, these very questions, so we need to…
How many snowfalls are blanketed in your memory? Isn’t there a lyrical stream still running under ice? If so, is it so cold it’s hot? When you let thoughts stop falling into slots, do they make snow, tears, a stream, or an umbrella? What if we each have many streams of consciousness instead of just…
Do you find anything unusual about this photograph? It appeared in David Segal’s excellent recent New York Times Magazine’s article on how creativity thought leaders are changing the way creativity happens in corporations. The article features Dev Petnaik’s innovative team of creativity consultants, Jump Associates. This photograph shows the team performing yogic stretches before their…
How are you experiencing your days this year? The most innovative, creative people I know and interview regard each day a certain way. An opportunity. A window. A portal. They also have learned to watch how their minds sabotage or fashion their reality. I don’t think any of them are prone to voicing a default…
Note: In Part 1 of this series, “Goals for No-Goals Creatives,” I noted how I rarely consciously set goals despite my three businesses’ growth. In that article, I offered, though, authentic ways to approach goal-setting. This follow-up article lays out a more intuitive skillful means that has guided my adult life – imagination. I risk…
Last month, I posted several pieces related to gratitude and praise. At the bottom of the post I’ve included a Best of list that includes some others’ ideas on gratitude, too. As we head toward the end of the year, I thought it would be insightful to have a round table on gratitude. Today I…
Wonder is pervasive yet evasive. This point became remarkably clear again when some 3,000 bloggers responded to the prompt I offered for Gwen Bell and her team’s sensational Reverb10 Project: Wonder. How have you cultivated a sense of wonder in your life this year? According to the posts, wonder filled many bloggers’ year. Others bemoaned…
I never make New Year’s resolutions. (I don’t feel so bad knowing that Luck Factor author and psychologist Richard Wiseman’s study points out this practice’s futility.) I don’t make goals. I’ve tried, but I forget about them within a day or two. Even as my businesses and my life as a writer have grown, goals…
“Certainly for artists of all stripes, the unknown, the idea or the form or the tale that has not yet arrived, is what must be found. It is the job of artists to open doors and invite in prophesies, the unknown, the unfamiliar.” – Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost It’s getting dark…
Feeling things intimately can drive us more than money. That’s the finding of business behavior smart guy and “free agent” Daniel Pink. Feeling what we’re doing, immersing ourselves in the moment of activity, crafting meaning from our work – these qualities motivate us. Yet, emotions often get hijacked by the intellect’s abstraction. A mind with…
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