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The Motivation Manifesto: Definition of and Formula for Motivation
- Published in Community, Motivation, Purpose, Vision
Creativity Under Pressure: Todd Henry at TEDx at Xavier University
We often think of creativity as an uncontrollable and accidental thing that seems to happen most when we least expect it. Todd Henry is a student practitioner of creativity. He has discovered that introducing structure into our lives can make these accidents happen more often. and some more thoughts in an extended speech from my
- Published in Communication, Community, Creativity, Curated videos, Innovation, Leadership
Tom Peters’ “No Excuses” whitepaper
Getting Things That Matter Done Against the Odds and in the Inky-black Shadow Cast by the Guardians of the Status Quo– white paper “Here’s what I think I’ve learned from my many accumulated cuts and scratches—at least the bits that also seem to match up with the stories of successful people and organizations I’ve been
How to Find a Job With Meditation and Mindfulness
There could not be two less compatible concepts: the Quiet of the ancient practice of meditation and the Heart Thump of striving New Yorkers looking for the next opportunity-New York Times feature click here
- Published in Agility, Articles, Awareness, Community, Fulfillment, Meaning, Personal Satisfaction, Purpose, Self-Actualization, Vision
Jazz Legend Bill Evans on the Creative Process, Self-Teaching, and Balancing Clarity with Spontaneity in Problem-Solving
In 1966, legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans (August 16, 1929–September 15, 1980) sat down with his composer brother, Harry Evans, for an intense and deeply insightful conversation later released as Universal Mind of Bill Evans: The Creative Process and Self-Teaching. From filmmaker William Meier comes this gorgeous cinematic adaptation of Evans’s thoughts on the autodidactic
What I learned about daily rituals from the world’s greatest creatives
Wouldn’t it be great if there was a book that condensed down mounds and mounds of research on how the best creatives ever worked? Perhaps the book could describe what amazing artists,poets,writers,musicians like Joyce, Beethoven, Hemingway, Mozart, Darwin, Twain and hundreds of other great minds did each day, and what we can learn from their
- Published in Bookshelf, Community, Creativity, Excellence, Fulfillment, Innovation, Purpose