The Idea The idea started to congeal this past summer: In the past few years, I had offered a creative work flow series, an author’s mentorship program that sold out, and a live author’s intensive that sold out – all of which were met with great fanfare. But last summer, I yearned to offer something…
Note to Readers: One joy of shifting from a DIY attitude to a DIT (Do It Together) mindset is that you get to work with talented people who lift you up. That’s my experience with Heidi Johnson. Heidi has trained and apprenticed with me, worked as an events assistant & facilitator, and now serves as…
You know what? The executives, artists, business artists, designers, best-selling authors, thought leaders, scholars, and other creatives who have flourished do not have charmed, care-free lives.
At age 24, Levi Felix was absorbed in the Los Angeles high-tech lifestyle, literally living and sleeping at the office and with his computer. Then his doctors warned him: With an ulcer and blood level 70 percent below normal, they told him he was killing himself. We love our digital stuff to death. At Wisdom…
Gist: Vision and mastery can make goal-setting meaningful and effective for creatives. 1. WHAT DRIVES US 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 used to never make goals. I had tried, but I would forget about them within a…
My four-month-old girl gawked at my gesticulating form from across the study. From her jungle-motif seat, she watched my hands as they whipped hieroglyphs – words and arrows and grids – on my new white board wall adhered to the new sliding barn doors. I was determined to get perspective on what projects I could…
In study after study, situation after situation, Adam Grant observed in his book Give & Take that the teachers, entrepreneurs, and creatives who see frequently that their work makes a meaningful difference in others’ lives feel motivated to continue having even greater impact.
Note: As I hang low in high summer (working a little more behind-the-scenes), I’m printing and re-printing pieces this month in The Art of Productive Loafing series. Here’s an archived piece I think you’ll appreciate. Archived: The Secret Stance to Create What Matters 1. To Stand & Stare What is this life if, full of…
Note: High summer seems an ideal time to hang low, retreat from the bright spotlight, and practice the art of Productive Loafing. Productive Loafing is the intentional act of retreating from “doing” and from public engagement. It can come in many forms as this series of articles will show. While “hanging low” during high summer, I’m posting ideas…
When many people come to me, they arrive having tasted accomplishment already. They’re motivated by wit, persistence, and a hunger to learn – the kind of people I thrive running with. PhDs, scholars, VPs, corporate consultants, established authors, professors, media personalities, restauranteurs, tech wizzes, spiritual guides, business owners, healers, coaches, or performers. So what afflicts…
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