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…
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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…
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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 –…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Best in Brand & Innovation for February
Every month we bring you the best articles we find in brand, innovation, and creativity. This month we take a look at the brain on creativity, how effective branding is contingent on emotions, recent research on ways to inspire innovation…
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How To Say No To Your Bad Habits
As an accomplished professional, what distracting mental clutter is holding you back from advancing your best work? Maybe you’ve carved your own niche as a professional, business owner, or creative worker. Time is shaped according to what works best for…
