I love the idea of persistence. It’s an intriguing concept. Many times people come up short in achieving their goals because they can see the big picture, but they don’t see all the little details that go into achieving something. That’s why I’m such a proponent of GTD. GTD allows you to break down your ...
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It’s funny sometimes how sensitive we are about our weaknesses. Nobody wants to admit they have any, yet everyone knows they do. And believe me, if you think you don’t have any, people around you will surely find some. Anyone else seen the initial tryouts to American Idol each season? There is no shortage of ...
Oddly enough, this makes sense. Typically, when one things of creative settings, one thinks of the open sea, or an endless skyline, or a blank canvas. All of these things have one common theme between them: endless possibilities. However, if we really need to think creatively, we almost need to have some boundaries. Why? Well, ...
Hot on the heels of an article I wrote for Problogger about creativity this morning, I later discovered this little nugget about the benefits of Jazz and creativity. Dee Coulter, specialist in musical patterning and neurological development finds that the jazz of Miles Davis, John Coltrane and John Cage can lift the listener into theta ...
There’s a great post by Kathy Sierra on the effects of being “always connected” with applications like email, IM and more specifically Twitter. For those of you who don’t know, Twitter is a service that allows you to tell the world what you’re doing all the time. It’s like a tiny blog letting people know ...
