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Creatives age. Even by your late twenties if not sooner, the body creaks and falters. The mind's microprocessor slows down. And the physical energy that propels your sheer will and volition gets [...]

There's a huge difference between the teacher who offers easy answers and the teacher who equips you to handle your own path with a little more ease.

He felt the suffering. He knew what needed to be done. He focused. He used his brilliant study of rhetoric to rally people on behalf of a common dream. He wrote arguably one of the most [...]

Note: This is the follow-up in the Be Possible Writing Project  series. The introduction to the Be Possible Project will get you up to speed on the science behind the project. Day 1: Symphonic [...]

Most creatives I know and work with have some variation of this conundrum: how to get optimal doses of solitude and of social interaction. Today's writing invitation - the final one of the Be [...]

Most creative success comes from something kind of un-sexy and quiet –relevant rhythms. Rhythms of creative action.

When challenged, the Dexterous Creative knows when and how to use both (or all six!) hands and the best tool at her disposal. When blocked, the Dexterous Creative is adept at finagling a way [...]

Today's prompt revolves around Symphonic Activity. Symphonic Activity is an activity that brings together your mind, body, and aspirations like players in a symphony. The activity might challenge [...]

You can craft vision boards, find a year-long intention word or three words or phrase, perform a New Year’s Eve I Ching reading (that would be my wife and me), plan and plan and plan, and tell [...]

The economy's in flux. Lightning-speed changes in technology dizzy you. And yet your mind teems with ideas. And yet you want, want, want to sustain your creative productivity. But you and I know [...]