At the heart of much art is surprise. And in the art of your work might be surprising people who matter – namely, your tribes, audiences, readers, patrons, customers, clients. My designer told me Friday on the phone, “I saw something the other day and thought, ‘Jeffrey would love that!’ So, expect a surprise in…
There’s a lot of talk among solo-preneurs, aspiring creatives, and writers about risk. Founder of HomePortfolio, Inc. Tom Ashbrook equates entrepreneurship with risk: “Entrepreneurship means risk.” It’s an equation I hear and read often. And my clients pose questions of risk every week: Should I make the leap to leave my corporate job? Should I…
Andrew Zuckerman had three minutes to shoot a portrait of Nelson Mandela. The 30-year-old photographer had no training or experience in taking portraits – other than the ones he had taken the previous few weeks of Henry Kissinger, Desmond Tutu, and Ted Kennedy. Despite that green resume, Zuckerman landed the project of a lifetime by…
Down the road from Obama’s visit to Ground Zero and down the road from Trump’s Tower, a group of fresh-minded designers, entrepreneurs, consultants, writers, and artists met to talk about business in a way that Trump would never understand. Terms like “humanity,” “meaning,” “freedom,” “purpose,” “energy,” and “human-to-human connection” were volleyed so often this afternoon…
It’s Earth Day tomorrow, and chances are you’ll spend hours in front of a computer or other digital device and only minutes outdoors. Why would entrepreneurs and creatives and business people wanting to hone their edge need to take a walk or hike or, you know, plant a tree if they didn’t have to?
Curious about just what ‘tracking wonder’ means? How to practice it? Why you’d want to? Portland Helmich, of Kripalu Perspectives, interviewed me recently on just these very questions and more. Portland is a delightful, thoughtful interviewer who covered a lot of wonder-ground in this interview. Check out the full interview here. 00:40: What does ‘tracking…
Tara Sophia Mohr is one of those people I sense that I could talk with for hours and never grow bored. She’s often described as “the mystic in the Ivy League and the poet in the business school classroom.” A dream lover. An MBA from Stanford. One who chooses her life’s course creatively. She nurtures…
Oh, you like your creative life and work now? You execute your work exceptionally well? And you live a life of passion? Well, just wait until you’re married or in a committed relationship. Oh, you and your partner support one another’s creative life and work now? You still execute your work exceptionally well? And you…
What will President Obama say this week when he highlights education reform at the State of the Union Address? If he wants to speak beyond platitudes and programs, then I have six big ideas. Call them the MAKE WONDER FIRST IN THE CLASSROOM PROJECT.
Note: A recent article discussed how Mind Rooms can shift how you organize tasks and desired creative actions into meaningful, pleasurable categories. This piece follows up with what to do next with those Mind Rooms and what tools can help you. I led tele-conference recently on “creative organization for creative entrepreneurs.” More than one participant…
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