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Vision + Mastery for No-Goals Creatives this New Year

Vision + Mastery for No-Goals Creatives this New Year

Gist: Vision and mastery can make goal-setting palatable for creatives.   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…

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The 48-Hour Sulk Rule & the Creative’s Occupational Hazard: An Interview with Mark McGuinness, Part II

The 48-Hour Sulk Rule & the Creative’s Occupational Hazard: An Interview with Mark McGuinness, Part II

In working with so many creatives and entrepreneurs over the years, I’ve found that we generally react – initially – to rejection and criticism in one of two extreme ways. One: We bolster up. Nod in acceptance. Carry on as…

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The Psychology of Rejection & Criticism: An Interview with Mark McGuinness, Part I

The Psychology of Rejection & Criticism: An Interview with Mark McGuinness, Part I

Just the thought of receiving criticism for ideas and works – especially creative ones – can paralyze otherwise successful people. And yet experience and research keep bearing the same dictum: Criticism and even rejection don’t just “make us stronger.” They…

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3 Ways Creatives Can Invite Darkness to Play (+ a video poem)

3 Ways Creatives Can Invite Darkness to Play (+ a video poem)

“In the middle of our life journey I found myself in a dark wood. I had wandered from the straight path. It isn’t to talk about it: it was such a think, wild, and rough forest that when I think…

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The Thinking Body Behind Brainpickings

The Thinking Body Behind Brainpickings

Here’s something for you to think about – or jump about, as it were. Body Thinking Helen Keller visited Martha Graham’s studios several times in the 1930s when Merce Cunningham was part of Graham’s troupe. Keller had never danced and…

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What We Really Long for in a Retreat from Work (& a chance to do so)

What We Really Long for in a Retreat from Work (& a chance to do so)

Every seven years, Stefan Sagmeister and his entire New York City-based design firm take the year off from work. They don’t vacate. They incubate, experiment, and play with ideas they otherwise would never give themselves time and space for. Most…

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