In 2005, where was wonder, this emotional state at the core of creativity, story, innovation, and wisdom? Newly divorced and fresh off a book tour, I hovered that year in a precarious in-between state. So what did I do? I started quietly but deliberately tracking wonder. I thought I would find it chiefly among poets and…
Time & wonder are partners at this blog and in our Outpost Shoppe. In fact, the Mind Rooms Guide came out of my own experience coupled with my research into time, creative minds, and wonder. As the video below explains, a new study shows how awe – wonder’s more reverent and exalted cousin – affects people’s…
Pursuing excellence is not obsessing about perfection. Pursuing – not achieving – excellence is about letting our best selves show up to do the best work we’re meant to do with the best finesse we can learn and muster.
Years ago, when I heard the word “branding” I admittedly thought of cattle burned, owned, and herded. Where was the art? The creativity? The humanity of trying to herd people into buying something? But as a creative-entrepreneur, I’ve since radically reframed my thinking about branding. It is nomenclature familiar to corporate and business worlds where…
A TRACKING WONDER FABLE FOR YOU It’s not easy to stay committed to the creative work that matters when there’s no immediate deadline or audience demanding it. But many of us have a hard time even entering this zone, let alone staying in this zone. We have a hard time admitting to ourselves, “I have…
During the past few years, a new story of creativity has emerged. But even the new story is incomplete. Let me be audacious enough to recount the old story, propose the new story, and to fill in what I think is incomplete and propose Creativity 3.0. And you please help me fill in the blanks…
Teaser: The Novelty Spurt is that burst of wondrous enthusiasm we feel for on a new project. The Novelty Spurt is comprised chiefly of three parts: Lightning Bolt, Energy Jolt, and Brick Wall. When the Lightning Bolt strikes, you or a group of people get an inspired idea. The Lightning Bolt gives an Energy Jolt….
When it comes to starting a new creative-based career, there are two stories at work in our culture. We like to hear one of them but not the other. One: It’s never too late – even when in your forties, fifties, sixties, or seventies – to launch a new start-up, shift careers, or become a…
Note: If podcast player does not appear, please refresh your page. Jen Louden and Tara Mohr are two people I relish connecting with. Why? They’re real, smart, infinitely creative. They also get that in order to captivate their audiences, they first have to create work that’s true and real. They get what tracking wonder is…
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 (global marketing consultant at Intel), two happy kids, a smart and loving husband, a beautiful…
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