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May, 2012

• Marilyn Monroe; Killing or Enhancing Creativity: Too Noisy Sent Sunday, May 20, 2012 Developing Talent Information and inspiration on creativity and personal change Posts and more from my various sites Killing or Enhancing Creativity and Innovation in Business Business environments and cultures can encourage or stifle creative thinking - just like our own creative minds.Tom Kelley, general manager of award-winning industrial design firm, IDEO, writes about a common form of response to creative ideas in a "pivotal […]
• Doubting and Creating; Multipotentiality Challenges Sent Sunday, May 13, 2012 Developing Talent Information and inspiration to enhance creativity and personal change Think Outside the Box and Other Metaphors of Creativity An article in Fast Company magazine notes the advice by consultants to think outside the box is about as cliched as it gets, according to Jesse Sheidlower, editor-at-large of the Oxford English Dictionary. It may be an overused, cliched expression, but it can still be convenient shorthand for divergent […]
• Activating The Best Within Us; Nurturing Our Creative Nature Sent Friday, May 4, 2012 Developing Talent Information and inspiration to enhance creativity and personal change Activating The Best Within Us "The greatest achievements in life are only possible if we can activate the best within us." Brendon Burchard This is a theme of his upcoming book "The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives that Make You Feel Alive." There are already enthusiastic testimonials including these: "The Charge is an inspiring guide to the one thing we all […]
• Activating our drives to achieve and feel more alive Sent Wednesday, May 2, 2012 Developing Talent The Charge <="" span=""> Brendon Burchard is releasing his new book, called The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives that Make You Feel Alive. If you sign up quickly to his list, you can get a free copy of the hardback [you pay postage]. Here are some of the testimonials from the back cover The Charge is an inspiring guide to the one thing we all want: more life in our lives. Brendon Burchard proves that we can harness our emotional […]

April, 2012

• ‘I’m a Fraud’: Gifted and talented with insecurity Sent Friday, April 27, 2012 Developing Talent Information and inspiration to enhance creativity and personal change Blind Creators of Visual Art A number of blind or visually impaired artists have created sculptures and music, but what about visual art and design? Here are two examples of blind artists who have persevered to follow their creative talents, and are working in fashion design and photography. Embracing Our Creative Abilities and Inspirations as Gifts - Part 2 […]
• Pinterest; Entrepreneur At Nine; Unleashing Creative Potential Sent Friday, April 20, 2012 Developing Talent Information and inspiration to enhance creativity and personal change Pinterest - A content sharing service that allows members to pin images, videos and other objects to their pinboard. Also includes standard social networking features Over the past few days, I have been having fun setting up my account and adding stuff. Take a look at my 11 Boards (collections of images and links). This service is reportedly third in […]
• Reclaiming Our Creativity; Embracing Our Creative Abilities and Inspirations Sent Sunday, April 15, 2012 Developing Talent Information and inspiration to enhance creativity and personal change Books for the Creative Mind "I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything." - Steven Wright "There is creative reading as well as creative writing." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Here is a brief list of books that can enhance our creative thinking, and help develop creativity and innovation. [Photo: Marilyn Monroe reading Death of a Salesman.] […]
• Improvising; Creativity & Disappointment; Polls; Review of my book Sent Friday, April 6, 2012 Developing Talent Information and inspiration to enhance creativity and personal change Here are a few recent posts that a number of you have opened - in case you missed any of them: Multiple Talents, Multiple Passions, Burnout - Part 2 Getting Into Flow For More Creative Thinking Myths of Creativity and Creators - How They Hold Us Back Famous Creators on the Fear of Failure [TalentDevelop/Facebook Post - links to brainpickings.org] Embracing […]
• Myths of Creativity; Kristen Johnston; Getting Into Flow Sent Sunday, April 1, 2012 Developing Talent Information and inspiration to enhance creativity and personal change Here are a few recent posts that a number of you have opened - in case you missed any of them: Multiple Talents, Multiple Passions, Burnout - Part 2 Making good use of your quarter-life crisis Neuroscientists Creating Art Kristen Johnston on overcoming her love affair with chemicals Kristen Johnston is one of my favorite actors. She reminds me of exuberant […]

March, 2012

• Suzanne Collins on The Hunger Games; Mood swings & creativity Sent Friday, March 23, 2012 Developing Talent Enhancing creative expression and personal change Making good use of your quarter-life crisis "At twenty-five, I was a television literary agent.. I had an office with a view, an assistant, an expense account, power lunches, clients, and business cards... From the outside, my life looked great... There was just one problem: I was absolutely miserable." Christine Hassler The big questions of vocation, identity, relationships, how we use […]

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