An Explorer looks for ideas wherever they can find them. An Explorer gathers ideas and puts them together so you can use them at a later date. The idea of the Explorer comes from Roger von Oeach’s book “A Whack on the Side of the Head.” Besides the Explorer, there is the Artist who puts [...]
I read this quote many years ago and still believe it’s true today: “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive!” Gil Bailie
What makes us more creative? Is it reading creativity quotes all day long or is it doing something about it? We can read creativity quotes but I think it’s more important to do something, and at time, anything. It means writing, developing, drawing, reading, thinking, sculpting and creating. We feel a sense of creativity by [...]
Okay, you go to a nice restaurant. The table setting is beautiful and the service is impeccable. Nice lighting, good music. And then you order your filet mignon. This is gonna be good. But then you get your meal and it’s not filet mignon but a hamburger from the dollar menu at McDonalds. What’s happening? [...]
I took an improv class several years ago and one of the main principles was to take what the other person gave you and work with it. An example: Your partner says, “You have a duck on your head.” The wrong answer is, “No, I don’t. It’s a quail.” Instead you say something like, “Yes [...]
As I went for a walk last night with my daughter and dog, Strider, I ran into a woman who asked if Strider was a Border Collie puppy. Yes, he is. She told me that just the previous night she had put to sleep her Border Collie of 10 years. If you’ve ever had to [...]
I was watching Letterman tonight and heard the audience laughing. It made me remember the time I was at the show a couple years ago. You can see the picture here of the lobby. Things were pretty regimented. You weren’t allowed to take pictures in the lobby (obviously I was a bit disobedient). There were [...]
A great business cards tells a lot about you. If you skimp, it’s obvious. I get business cards all the time and I make judgments of the person and the company according to the quality of their card. A good business card says volumes about you. Take the time to get your professionally designed and [...]
The other day I made a presentation to owners of new small businesses. My presentation was about how they could use the Internet effectively to get their business going. Some of them already had sites but hadn’t yet put a lot of effort into it. I talked to Frank after the meeting, and he was [...]
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