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Get past the resistance to write for impact
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Get past the resistance to write for impact

Many clients – leaders, startup founders, business owners, authors – express what I would call a Wise Rise. Maybe you can relate. You’re deeply committed to meeting the challenges necessary to grow people’s awareness of your unique point of view, services, or products so you can elevate them (rise) but with a more mindful expenditure of time, energy, resources, and pacing (wise).

Canoe Talk 7: The Wonder of Your Point of View

Canoe Talk 7: The Wonder of Your Point of View

Have you ever questioned whether your voice and business can truly make a difference? Perhaps you’ve felt overwhelmed by the state of the world, thinking that your contributions are insignificant. In a world on fire, it’s easy to feel like just another voice lost in the noise. But here’s the truth: whether you’re a leader, a professional, a startup founder, or a creative individual, you possess the ability to ignite change in this new world of work by embracing the authority of your unique point of view. Let’s shift our perspective together.

Marginalized Voices Amplified: Workplace Diversity
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Marginalized Voices Amplified: Workplace Diversity

Collaboration is an essential part of any business. You and your team must come together to solve problems and implement creative solutions, but maybe you’re not getting the desired results. One person might contribute all the ideas while others stay silent or your group keeps coming up with the same proposals that don’t yield new results.

Three (3) Productivity Books for Advancing Big Ideas
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Three (3) Productivity Books for Advancing Big Ideas

To build your business with your ideas requires more than inspiration. It also requires less thrilling things such as systems, habits, and boundaries.

In my ongoing work with leaders, entrepreneurs, and creatives, I’m always on the look out for resources to help them leverage their ideas into lasting influence.

These three books I’ve found illuminating and complementary to what we do at Tracking Wonder:

How To Begin by Michael Bungay Stanier (Page Two) MBS.works

Start Finishing: How to Go From Idea to Done by Charlie Gilkey (Sounds True) Charlie Gilkey

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport (Grand Central Publishing)

How to Lead with Integrity
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How to Lead with Integrity

Lately, I’ve been writing a lot about the importance of belief-driven business in this information age. People today hunger for brands that express a compelling, genuine point of view and a strong sense of purpose. But before your business or brand can take a stand, you have to discover what drives you. You see, great…

Brand Authenticity: What We Get Wrong & How to Get it Right
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Brand Authenticity: What We Get Wrong & How to Get it Right

In a world awash with targeted advertising, influencer marketing, and fake news, we are starved for sincerity. We are disillusioned with the pervasive blur of fantasy and reality, spin and honest solutions, and as a result, consumers are increasingly distrustful of brands and businesses. According to the Edelman Trust Barometer, only 48% of consumers today…

How Deliberate Distraction Leads to Creative Breakthroughs
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How Deliberate Distraction Leads to Creative Breakthroughs

Imagine this: you’ve spent all day working on a difficult project. You’ve been excited about it for weeks, but you haven’t quite been able to pin down the final details. You’ve done the research, gathered the materials, bounced ideas off of your colleagues and your creative pack, and still you feel stuck in a cognitive…

Building a Work Culture of Collaborative Autonomy
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Building a Work Culture of Collaborative Autonomy

The conventional corporate office is practically a thing of the past. The “side hustle” is becoming the hustle, previously distinct departments are dissolving to create more fluid collaborations between coworkers, and increasingly, people are breaking away from the traditional nine-to-five in order to pursue freelance careers. It’s estimated that by 2020, 50% of the US…