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Best in Brand & Innovation for July
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Best in Brand & Innovation for July

Every month we bring you the best articles we find in brand, innovation, and creativity. In the digital age, how do brands demonstrate authenticity? How do companies set themselves apart from other brands? What inspires customer loyalty? This month’s digest answers these questions and explores solutions. Some of these solutions include utilizing psychology in branding,…

4 Ways “No” Can Grow Your Business, Brand, & Life
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4 Ways “No” Can Grow Your Business, Brand, & Life

Once there was a girl who learned to say “yes” to her mother’s requests to please her and “yes” to her friends so as not to make waves and “yes” to her teachers to get good grades.   As a business owner she learned to say “yes” to every opportunity to speak for free and…

Why Focusing on First Impressions Can Harm Your Business
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Why Focusing on First Impressions Can Harm Your Business

Consider this scenario. On Week 1 of an experiment, I sent a book to Person A that they love, and a book to Person B that they did not love. On Week 2, Person A got a book they liked less, but Person B got a book that they loved. When I asked each one…

4 Ways to Cultivate Your Young Genius
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4 Ways to Cultivate Your Young Genius

Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will. Charles Baudelaire When it comes to the idea of the Young Genius, it can be easy to dismiss as an ethereal, intangible idea. But the most influential and the most fulfilled people somehow do, ultimately, let this force of character, this young genius as…

Best in Brand & Innovation for April
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Best in Brand & Innovation for April

Every month we bring you the best articles we find in brand, innovation, and creativity. This month is all about individualizing your company, your personal life and even your wardrobe. An award winning journalist pushes companies to pick a side – no matter how divisive. Writers dive into the importance of personal branding. And a professor…

How long does it take to make a podcast?
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How long does it take to make a podcast?

It took me 42 years to make a podcast. A fantasy surfaces when you’re a child, and maybe you follow it. You want to be a fierce warrior or a wood fairy. Or both. More than likely, you don’t follow that fantasy. And you forget about it. The funny thing is, if we’re paying attention,…

Turning Criticism Into Action
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Turning Criticism Into Action

In working with so many creatives and entrepreneurs over the years, I’ve found that typically humans react to rejection in one of two ways. The Stiff Upper Lip: We put our heads down and try to carry on as if nothing happened, making sure not to demonstrate even a trace of emotion. We let it…

Best in Brand & Innovation for March
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Best in Brand & Innovation for March

Every month we bring you the best articles we find in brand, innovation, and creativity. March’s digest applies theory and philosophy to creativity and branding. And while one author pushes companies to embrace the third industrial revolution, another uses timeless principles for brands to put into action. We read about productivity as a science and…

How To Handle the Creative Art of Fear
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How To Handle the Creative Art of Fear

Launching a new business, or a new venture can keep us up all night in fear. So can writing a book. Or shifting creative media as a professional. When it comes to heading into the unknown, fear of what’s ahead can override all joyful anticipation. There are always going to be certain points in your life…

How to have Conversations that Drive Successful Collaborations
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How to have Conversations that Drive Successful Collaborations

Conversation at its root – con-vers – is “a state of turning with” somebody else in talk rather than turning against them. It’s the difference between really attuning to other people and following the course of conversation or trying to force a talk into an argument or posture of defense. What if you could finesse the…