photo credit: ryancr It’s easy to think of ideas in terms of ownership. “I thought of it first so it’s my idea.” We cling to these ideas because we feel that if we share them, there’s a chance someone will steal them. Or worse… they might hate the idea. So we keep them to ourselves. ...
April 2008
This is part of the weekly series “Creatives Love…” which gives a satirical look at creative types. Creative types have lots of ideas. We pride ourselves in the fact that we are idea “hatchers”, the heralders of new ideas. It is the Creative’s ideas that spurn innovation and world change, and he knows this. Yet ...
Photo by *betenoir* Looking at the same boring things everyday can really stifle imagination and ultimately turn your brain into lifeless mush. (Well, it’s not that bad, but close.) Fortunately, the internet can help with this dilemma. By checking out sites that promote creativity, you can counteract the effects of having to look at the same ...
Just a quick note that I’ve launched the Links version of LifeDev. This will have the content that I’d love to write about, but just can’t due to time constraints. Think of it like a tumblelog, except only for content that (somewhat) makes sense to the incredibly smart and talented LifeDev readers. So if you’re ...
“I don’t have any solution, but I certainly admire the problem.” – Ashleigh Brilliant It’s pretty common these days that I end up starting projects without knowing what the solution is going to look like. As a matter of fact, it’s how I prefer to go about working on projects. It’s stimulating and challenging, and ...
photo credit: -Kj. Post written by Francis Wade of the 2Time Management System blog. Designing your own time management system? It’s right up there with discovering how to perform cold fusion, just harder. Yet, this is what millions of working professionals have done around the world, without a single drop of help. Perhaps they read ...
This post was written by Ramsay of The Daily Mind. “Be fluid. Treat each project differently. Be water, man. The best style is no style. Because styles can be figured out. And when you have no style they can’t figure you out.” – Jay-Z digg_url = “http://digg.com/business_finance/What_Jay_Z_Can_Teach_about_Massive_Success_and_Work_Ethic”; Jay-Z is one of the most successful rappers ...
photo credit: Irina Souiki This week I’ve been trying something new. Instead of making a todo list for the day and hammering out as many items as I can before the 5 ‘o clock whistle, I’m participating in what I like to call “Binge Productivity”. In a nutshell, Binge Productivity is working productively on whatever ...
photo credit: kogakure. No workspace is complete without a Samurai long sword. There’s no getting around it. Working environments are one of the biggest factors that affect how productive we can be throughout the day. There’s a major difference between spending time in a tidy, aesthetic area or a bowling alley dumpster. It may have ...
