Kill boredom before it kills creativity

June 21, 2010

Are you bored and feel the need to be entertained? Peter Bregman wrote a thought-provoking article last week in the Harvard Business Review entitled “Why I returned my iPad.” The premise is the iPad is too good. It is an escape boredom device that distracts us from reaching a state of boredom that triggers our [...]

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What shall we do today?

June 18, 2010

I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of the same old same old. Get up, go to work, come home, sleep, and repeat. Let’s do something different. Something fun. Something creative. Something we can laugh about. Something we can share with others. Something we can be proud of. What ideas are percolating right now? [...]

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Here a Lack, There a Lack, Everywhere a Lack Lack

June 8, 2010

What are you lacking in your life? “Lack” implies something is not complete or missing from life. Is your life incomplete? Are you lacking something? Hmm….what could that something be?  What do we need in life? Needs are something we have to have. We need food, water, shelter, clothing, and some basic hygiene products. Do we need [...]

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Lights, Camera, Action…3 universal steps

June 7, 2010

We are a familiar with the catch phrase…Lights, Camera, Action. Most of us attribute this to the movies or television.  Everything in life can be translated into another domain. For instance, we can simply deploy this concept and change a pattern or situation in our life. We begin by shining a light on it; Next, we whip [...]

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The world does not care about your expectations, or mine

May 19, 2010

What are you accepting in your life? Huh? What in the world, am I asking?  Sure, I admit this is a vague open-ended question. I assure you it has a very simple yet complex answer.  Well, at least that is my expectation. Acceptance is the ability to find safety and comfort to be who we [...]

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