In my last post I shared that I had taken part in a short fiction writing contest called NYCMidnight. The contest started with over 4700 writers from around the world and after the first round we were widdled down to 750. In the second round we were given three days to write a story based […]
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Turn your head
How often does this happen to you, you’re strolling/driving/scooting along a street you’ve been down a hundred times, you turn your head, and you see something you never realized was there. Right there, in that spot, that you’ve passed a million times. Did it just pop up? Did they build it overnight, and the air […]
A Rush of Blood to the Head…how business can learn from music
I was sitting at my desk prepping midterm questions when suddenly I was in my old apartment, 15 years ago. The balcony door was open, a gentle breeze ruffled the curtains. Gus and Jello, the two cats who owned the place were lounging in the sun, one perched on the balcony rail, the other curled […]
Daydream believer…or, why the dog needs to take notes
Do you daydream? You know, where you spend time thinking about the things that could be, the words you could say, the actions you could take? There are countless articles espousing the power of the daydream. Daydreams give us hope, they help us to visualize the things we are after. The power of daydreams in […]
Year in Review – 2015
What a year! “I’ve never done this before.” That’s a statement I’ve said many times this year, and no sense ending the year without at least one more first, my first year in review post. And like many of the other firsts I have had this year, I don’t really know how to do this, […]
The world needs more dance parties…
Dancing can be incredibly novel, liberating, and character building. As a child I used to put on a tape (yes tape of the cassette variety) of Madonna, Roxette, Aerosmith, or some other artist from that era of late 80s early 90s and I would dance. Shimmying around the living room, jumping, twirling, and usually accompanied […]
Having it all…
I bet you thought you couldn’t have it all. You were wrong. We could get in a debate about it. But instead of arguing let’s look at it logically. What is “it all”? What is it that you are trying to accomplish? For so many, and for so long, the idea of having it all, […]
The comfort of books…
There’s this thing I do. At least once a week. I go to the bookstore – usually Chapters because handily there is a Starbucks there to work from. I get a lot of comfort from going to the bookstore. It’s like my secret thinking rock. If you’ve ever watched The Duff you’ll understand. Ever since […]
Create your own wake…
Everyday there are a hundred new articles about the traits of someone else. 8 Traits of Highly Successful People, 16 Traits of Real Leaders, 94 Traits of Resilient SOBs, you get the point. Everyday we are reading articles that tell us how someone else is doing something, pointing us in the direction of following in […]
4 Steps to Approach Innovation and Creative Problem Solving
So you have a problem, now what? There is so much out there on innovation, design thinking, and creative problem solving, it’s hard to know where to start. In previous posts we’ve reviewed that you are creative, and where ideas come from. But how do you go from problem, to ideas, to actual solution? We’ve […]