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Be Brave – A Poem-Film for Authors & Business Artists
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Be Brave – A Poem-Film for Authors & Business Artists

ByJeffrey Davis

You may have a Story burning inside you. It’s a Story about a new way of living. A Story about a girl who gets whisked into another world. A Story about a new way of leading or of investing in what matters. A Story about a young man who loses everything but his hope. A Story that only your business, your brand, your imagination, your life unfolds.

It’s a Story that needs to rise above the World of Buzz and a Story that someone out here needs to hear.

Books That Matter to Wild Writing Author Tina Welling
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Books That Matter to Wild Writing Author Tina Welling

ByJeffrey Davis

  We know that writers walk and that walking can aid in creative insight. But what is the link between, say, walking in the woods and your innate creative energy? The woods and writing have wedged a union in my imagination since I was a boy scribbling notes beneath trees and carving initials on bark….

Why business artists & creatives need to climb trees instead of ladders
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Why business artists & creatives need to climb trees instead of ladders

ByJeffrey Davis

My unstoppable productivity can exhaust the best parts of my mind. My “optimized” studio – with standing desk and white board walls and the best digital equipment and the best books at my disposal – sometimes cheers on Captain Productivity a bit too enthusiastically. To snap the Captain out of his usual modus operandis, I…

Books That Matter to Die Empty Author Todd Henry
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Books That Matter to Die Empty Author Todd Henry

ByJeffrey Davis

Twenty years ago, conversations around creativity revolved around creative thinking. Lateral thinking. Metaphorical thinking. Design thinking. Those thinking models remain useful, but what we talk about when we talk about creativity today exceeds creative thinking. We talk about living creatively and being creative, not just thinking creatively. One person whose work in this field I admire…

Books That Matter to Jennifer Lee
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Books That Matter to Jennifer Lee

ByJeffrey Davis

“Creativity” and “business” have become inextricable for surprising reasons. Not only have corporations appropriated creativity as their flag for uniqueness. The revolution I’m witnessing also comes from another direction – business artists and creative shakers & makers who are changing the way we make business. Three factors have helped shape this revolution: 1) The Internet…

Books That Matter to John Dufresne
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Books That Matter to John Dufresne

ByJeffrey Davis

If you think the ingredients for a great story include Southern accents, unlikable likable characters, crime, and surprising yet inevitable twists with generous doses of dark humor, then you probably know John Dufresne’s work. About his fifth novel – No Regrets, Coyote –  the New York Times describes John as “an original talent” whose “humor…