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All Hard Work
It can be easy to get caught up in daydreams. To be stuck in ideation. Proverbs 14:23 describes it well. All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. An antidote is to put into practice small, daily efforts. Gretchen Rubin describes it well in her chapter of…
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David Kelley
An interview introduction of David Kelley and what he’s trying to do: David Kelley believes that everyone is creative, but we have a tendency to hide from that word as we get older. His mission is to help all people recover their problem solving abilities – their creative confidence. Several years…
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In which the finding is the solution
The essence of business: The problem and solution find each other. Think about it.
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The Efficacy of Meetings
This is an area where I have to be careful. I love to think about ideas and possibilities. I could dream about things and find a bit of fulfillment in merely imagining what could be accomplished. Yet dreaming about doing is vastly different if action is never taken. So this is me telling myself…
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Start with a question
I came across a post by Kathy Sierra about her approach to presenting. This part stood out to me: Open with a question they would very much like an answer for. That’s it. Pose a question. You don’t have to announce you’re going to answer it, just… start. If you’re looking for…
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A category of one
I could also call this “leverage,” because that’s what it is. It beckons the questions: What are you doing? Why? Why or how is that any different from anything or anyone else? I’ve heard both Hugh MacLeod and Seth Godin make the challenge to differentiate. It’s also a challenge to…
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The gatekeepers wear no clothes
This first image represents the hallmark of the way things used to work in most industries just a few years ago. Some examples: If you were a musical artist, you would need to be picked by a label. If you were an author, you would need to be picked by…
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Starbucks wants you to think of them fondly
Starbucks is pretty smart with how they engage you. I think it all comes down to this: They want to build a habit in your life of buying coffee from them. 1. It starts with good content. Ok, coffee divas, you might not consider it good, but you probably agree…
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The Hard Part of the Hard Part
[This is often the case] The hardest part (and the part with the most payoff), is the decision to do the hard part.
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Lorde, Josephus and a Missing Ear
Act One If you occasionally turn on the radio to any of the top 40 pop stations (which is more and more becoming any commercial station that plays music), you might have heard the song “Royals” by Lorde. Here are the pre-chorus lyrics: But every song’s like gold teeth, Grey…
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