Creative Success Depends on Long View
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Go Ahead. Be Like A Kid In A Candy Store. Go For It All!
But how?
Isn’t it just too tough out there?
Aren’t there just too many competitors?
The trick is to not to look. Don’t see what’s standing in your way. That’s called a brick wall and will surely stop you from bothering.
But see [...]
How Creative Are You?
Are you creative in business?
There are a lot of successful businesses but all businesses do not flow out of the creative model. There are innovators -the creatives. And there are improvisationalist – the copiers. Both have a place in [...]
Podcast: 7 Tools For Unleashing Your Creative Self
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Patti Clark is an accomplished speaker and workshop leader dedicated to helping people through various life transitions on their journey to an extraordinary life. For more than 20 years, and over several continents, Patti has been [...]
Are You a Star Quarterback on a Winning Team?
The position of your team members is a part of your plan that you need to carefully define.
Team roles are important to fulfill accurately so you have all the coverage you need for the abilities you desire. Each step of your action plan will [...]
Four Personal Keys to Kick Off Your Year
It’s easy to kick off your year focusing on the big stuff you want to accomplish.
You’ll find plenty of encouragement to make vast goals so you can attain great things, but as a coach I know that making big goals alone usually ends up [...]
What Sports Taught Me about My Business Plan and Yearly Goals
You’ve probably read plenty of headlines hawking that you need to plan your year wisely with success in mind.
You’re told to make new resolutions that fix challenges, and you’ve heard the pumped up messages intended to inspire change [...]
Do You Love Doing It? Are You Good at It?
To be good at doing something, you must be fully entwined in the actions that produce your finished creation.
You need proficiency and resonance.
To be in love with something takes an enormous amount of energy on all levels of your being. Ask [...]
Podcast: Inspiring Creativity For Positive Change
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CathyAnn Sarra is the Principal & Managing Partner of SOCii Media Marketing and co-creator of The Prayer Mitten Book Series with Daryl Lynn O’Connell which is designed to bring learning to children, inspire creativity and [...]
Podcast: Using Your Fringe Hours to Do What You Love
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Jessica Turner is a married mother-of-three who works full time, runs a popular lifestyle blog and still finds time to take care of herself and do the things she loves. Her first book, The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You releases [...]
Unleash The Daring Dance Within You
Sometimes in life, no matter your stature, success, sartorial dress, rich or modest home, friends and magnificent job—you may come to a point of getting down on yourself.
If you live by modest means or in poverty, you may come to the conclusion [...]
Podcast: Notice! Change Your Life Without Changing Your Routine
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Margery Leveen Sher is the author of the newly released book The Noticer’s Guide to Living and Laughing: Change Your Life Without Changing Your Routine. Margery has divided the world into three parts – Amazing things to Notice, [...]
Podcast: Let Your Creativity Work For You
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Heather Allen, MBA, is the author of Let Your Creativity Work for You: How to Turn Artwork into Opportunity. She is a business and marketing consultant who helps creative people create business, empowering visual artists with business [...]
Podcast: How To Effortlessly Maximize Energy & Performance
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Helen Marie Loorents is the Founder and CEO of Fastrack Wellness Corporation, is a certified health & life coach, wellness consultant to Fortune 500 companies and author of the new book Fastrack to Wellness: Good Health, Good [...]
Give Gratitude With Attitude
Creative people are called upon to find ways to make change.
After all we’re change makers. But how do you create the cause and effect that makes a meaningful difference?
Use grace in everything you do.
This isn’t simple, it’s actually [...]
Podcast: Social Media For Boomers
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Social Media Consultant, Chuck Hester, is the author of the new book, Social Media for The Rest of Us: A Boomers Perspective, a practical guide for Boomers on how to use social media. In this podcast, boomers will learn how to [...]
Artist: Once Upon A Time
There’s a fairy tale we tell ourselves about our artistic and creative pursuits.
We say, “I’m an artist.” Then boldly forget to back that statement up with real, consistent and meaningful art work. Are you really an artist if you don’t [...]
Chocolate, Puppies & Dirt Help Avoid Creative Catastrophe
By: Sandy Nelson
October 6, 2014 | Comments Off on Chocolate, Puppies & Dirt Help Avoid Creative Catastrophe
For me they are all linked in their ability to ground my creative fires.
You can’t whirl around on the fumes of creative energy all the time. Sooner or later you’ll fly smack into a wall and crash. The graveyard of artists who have is vast. [...]
Labored Days And Skipping Creative Work
Fall brings the annual day to celebrate hard work, by not working.
If you’re a working artist you know you’ll pay for skipping studio time. Creative work is hard work. Dancers who miss daily practice will need to stretch harder the next [...]
Blogging Beneath The Sway Of Creative Bliss
I’ve been blogging for a while and just discovered another layer of techno skill I need to master.
Part of me feels surprised and a little dismayed at learning some simple things that seem obvious now, but clearly didn’t really register [...]
Don’t Let Your Creative Tank Run Empty
Creativity needs constant fuel to produce its wonders.
If you’re a creative type you probably know all about how you need to feed your artistic flair, but sometimes we run out of energy and we need a fast juicing.
Here’s how to fill up your [...]
Gear Up Your Creativity
The artist’s calling can be a helpful muse when she yells, but sometimes she whispers and it’s hard to hear her suggestions.
Seasonal shifts can bring creative chaos. In spring my own projects move from inside to outdoors. Painting by the [...]
Pacing Your Playtime Offers Creative Payback
Learning to pace how we play is as important as making the time to play.
Are life’s challenges something we must solve quickly, or can we unite with our playful spirit and find creative paybacks?
While some creative projects are driven by [...]
Will Your New Year Be Full Of Kindness Or A Kind Mess
It’s important to think about kindness in relationship to creativity because creativity thrives in a positive environment.
Already well into the New Year it’s time to insure the kindnesses surrounds your creativity. I’m not suggesting [...]
Igniting The Creative Dynamo In You
Six decades ago, a Swiss hiker named George de Mestral hiked through autumn colors with his dog.
He crossed fields covered in milkweed, purple thistles, burrs, thorny branches and floating dandelion parachutes.
In the autumn, all plants release [...]
Trading With Creative Currency
Name three forms of currency that could pay for your creativity.
Currency is the medium of exchange and usually has a form of circulation. We circulate coins and bills when we shop. We slide plastic which moves money electronically. However [...]
Always Accept Your Muse’s Invitation
Does it seem that your inspirations and ideas come out of nowhere?
Perchance they are the invitation from your Muse.
Muses can be a bit flighty, air-headed and flippant; and they will take you, their charge, on amazing journeys.
As a creator [...]
Podcast: How To Be Creative On Command
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Jennifer Blanchard is a Creative Wellness and Writing Coach and author of the upcoming book, Creative On Command, where she talks about how to nourish your creativity so it’s always ready to come out and play.
In this [...]
What Can A Creativity Coach Do For You?
Through the powerful skill of listening, a great creativity coach offers encouragement, and who doesn’t need more of that?
They can also educate about general creative matters, and how you can be creative in your life, which includes the [...]
Podcast: Unleash Your Creativity!
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Sandy Nelson is a JenningsWire blogger, artist and certified Creativity Coach who will discuss how to unleash your creative potential with her 5 Easy Tips to Use Your Creativity Every Day.
Unleash Your Creativity!
What makes [...]
Two Important Steps To Complete A Creative Work
Every creative individual has a process that helps them gain perspective on their work; and a specific audience they work to please.
Quilters use binoculars backwards to see their large masterpiece at a distance, all the while thinking about [...]
Why Your New And Creative Idea Isn’t Welcome At Work And What You Can Do About It
By: Margaret Ross
July 29, 2013 | Comments Off on Why Your New And Creative Idea Isn’t Welcome At Work And What You Can Do About It
Bob, in the cubicle next to yours at work, just got a promotion and a raise.
Bob has been at Con-Soft-Drink-Co for only a few months, whereas you have been there for almost 5 years.
So, you decide one morning at 3 am (while devouring Oreos because [...]
Podcast: How To Use Creativity To Turn Your Life Around
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Michael Douglas Bandy (also known as Hollywood) is the author of the ebook Storytellers, who has an incredible story of redemption to share.
In this podcast, Michael discusses how creativity can be used to turn your life around, [...]
Music For The Soul! Beauty To The Eye! Words And The Spirit!
Creativity at its highest peak!
I’ve been fortunate to attend one of the most delightful events last Friday in Hollywood,California, at the famous Morrison Hotel.
It was simply spectacular and dedicated to the latest album “Everything changes” [...]
Three Rules To Making Great Art
Play. Play more. Play harder
I’m not kidding. Play is perhaps the most important thing you can do in order to create.
I will go so far to say that it may be more important than taking lessons or earning degree in any form of art. Why? Because [...]
What No App For This?
Creators need stuff in order to make their magical ideas come to life, but managing all that material can be overwhelming, and your IPad won’t help.
The way you keep all the things that inspire your ideas, is as important as having the supplies [...]
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