Ever been on a project where you had trouble keeping all the ‘if’ questions straight? “If this happens,” you say, “we’ll do one thing. But, if that happens, we’ll do something else instead, but only on a Wednesday.”
In cases like these, especially with high stakes, you may have drawn a diagram on a piece of [...]
Experience has shown that creative visualization works. It is quite possible to prove that circumstances and events follow thoughts. Take any situation or happening in your life, and go back to find what kind of thoughts preceded the event. You will find out that a particular event, followed particular thoughts.
Here are the reasons why visualization [...]
Have you ever heard the saying, “The harder I work, the luckier I get?” Guess what? That’s the way it is with creative inspiration too.
Don’t Wait For Creative Inspiration
Graham Green, the famous English writer, attributes much of his success to a simple habit: He forced himself to write at least 500 words daily, whether he [...]
I have a friend who has struggled with her creativity for a long time. She’s extremely uncomfortable thinking of herself as “creative.” We’ve been working together on it, and making progress. One of the tools that’s really helped her has been journaling.
From Julia Cameron’s The Artist Way to Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones to [...]
Deadlines are something all of us face from time to time. We face deadlines whenever we set even a small goal and commit to accomplish it… that’s when deadlines becomes important and valuable to us.
Why is a deadline so important?… Without one… many ofour projects would, be put off, or eliminated completely.The closer we get [...]
I believe that as solo-entrepreneurs, business owners, and executives we all need a pat on the back. Give yourself commendation. Why? Because we have the courage to step outside of the corporate box and start our own businesses, be our own boss and take on the challenge and responsibilities required for this adventure. In order [...]
I’ve got a confession to make… there are many waysleaders can be more creative, innovative and ingenious thanare presented in this article.
It does not matter if you desire to be a marketing,entrepreneurial or organizational leader, you do have to useyour creativity to be successful.
Most leaders have trouble discovering new opportunities,generating good ideas and promoting innovative [...]
When solving problems after you have exhausted the normal means of coming up with the solution, think in terms of unorthodox methods. Vary your thinking and try to solve the problems by creating something completely new and irrelevant. Come into the problem through the “back door”.
Research and curiosity go hand in hand in solving the [...]
95 percent of what we know about the brain, we have learned in the last 20 years. So, your beliefs about creativity were probably shaped by faulty information.
For instance, many believe that only special, talented people are creative - and you have to be born that way.
Wrong.
The notion that geniuses such as Shakespeare, Picasso and [...]
1 - Take A Tour of the Great Outdoors
Consider a hike in the mountains, a stroll beside the river, a run along the beach, a jog through the park or a walk around the city.
2 - Soak Up Your Surroundings like a New SpongeOpen your mind to the unknown and grasp the little details often [...]