If you avoid problems, you’re not working in a creative mindset. If you seek solutions, you’re not working in a creative mindset. This problem-solution paradox is another contradiction I’ve discovered in the science of creativity.
IN THE NEXT WEEK, MY DAUGHTER MEETS HER THIRD BIRTHDAY, AND I HOPE MY FATHER REACHES HIS NEXT ONE. I watch my daughter wake up a little more with each breath, and with each breath I watch my father go…
1. The First Calling The voice came out of the blue. Or did it? One morning on the way to her job at Intel, Pam Didner had everything she’d asked for, almost – a fantastic position at an innovative corporation…
You’ve finessed time-shaping, optimized your physical space. You’re set, rolling, and flowing.
Then, boom. Life happens. How do you respond?
1. Several publishing stories laud authors who buck industry conventions and – through fluke, pluck, and luck – become the next best-selling sensation. But I want to tell a different publishing story, one that in its convention might be unconventional….
I know from your delightful notes that some of you are thriving as you track wonder, so now we’re giving you tools to share the awe-some TRACKING WONDER wise-fun with your friends. I’m a big believer in the power of packs…
Since I was an anxious 16-year-old, I’ve been trying to partner with my mind. Back then, I noticed one of my first mental patterns: When my mind grew quiet and still, I’d ask myself, “Wait a minute. Did you forget…
A Webinar Series for Creatives, Creative Professionals, & Entrepreneurs I’m offering a mini-course in direct response to what some of you have told me you need. Many of you have more ideas than you’ll ever execute in this one wild…
Do you not have enough time to execute all of the brilliant projects you’re dreaming up? Then, create time. That’s the artful response that artist and coach Marney Makridakis offers in her tip-laden, picture-rich book Creating Time: Using Creativity to…
I got lost last week. Again. I was zooming down the same winding country roads in the verdant Hudson Valley to the same house-school where I have picked up my daughter each Wednesday and Friday afternoon for the past 7…
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