Welcome to my cozy corner where I share
thoughts on creativity as a soft woman with a hard shell.
Hugh, thank you so much for explaining the background for your forthcoming book, your meandering career decisions, the significance of the internet to your life (and business) and
thoughts on creativity.
Building upon his earlier work, Hugh MacLeod brings together his collective wisdom of
thoughts on creativity.
Not exact matches
If your business depends
on the engagement,
creativity and free
thinking of your teams, you must do your part to move the creation of a culture of conversation from abstract ideal to cultural reality.
A culture that rewards both
creativity and efforts to try new things — without punishing the misses — fosters the development of savvy problem - solvers who can
think on their feet and be energized vs. paralyzed by new challenges.
«Today, our default assumption about
creativity is that it's the result of serendipitous exchanges, of brainstorming, of ideas building
on each other rapidly and spontaneously — not a result of hard
thinking that requires serious concentration.»
And I
think that native feet
on the ground, virtual feet
on the ground, so early allowed me to see avenues to getting
creativity out there that were just emerging
on the Internet.
You've heard this advice before, including right here at Inc.: Studying improv comedy is a great way to boost
creativity — and it forces you to
think on your feet.
Out of the box
thinking skills,
creativity, and ambition are all qualities that may not be listed out right
on a resume, but they are nevertheless important to possess if a candidate is going to fit the mold.
What watching Rozovsky
on the show made me
think more about was the role not only in leaders asking great questions to make sure they have complete information but also the role in team members feeling safe in being able to contribute and the fact that having safe teams produces better results because it fosters
creativity, risk - taking, personal ownership and motivation.
The full guide is packed with 36 pages of information
on how
creativity works, how to overcome the mental blocks that all artists face, and how to make creative
thinking a habit.
[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell
on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years
on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush
think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite
creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing
on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your
thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus
on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with
thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?
Recently ranked as Futurepreneur's «Most Entrepreneurial» City, our city and our students thrive
on fresh
thinking and
creativity.
Working
on a study with Liminal Research, the retailer found that such faith and trust is important to critical
thinking,
creativity and imagination in kids today.
As I
thought about his statement, I realized that there were two future Haitis — One rebuilt
on the foundation of
creativity and the other built
on the foundation of utility.
Associated with this parallel between brahman and
creativity concerning the one and the many, there is still another similarity between the
thought of Ramanuja and Whitehead
on the relation of substance and attribute.
Nicholas Berdyaev the Russian philosopher was most critical of the traditional Christian ethics which confined itself to the ethics of law and ethics of grace and ignored the ethics of
creativity, while secular modernity to which Christian modernism succumbed, elevated the human vocation of
creativity as supreme and as capable by itself of solving the problem of destructivity within it without the need of grace and even of law in the long run Anthropology got perverted
on all sides by converting Creation into an order of static laws which are only to be obeyed and perfected by grace in Catholic
thought and by getting validated for collective existence without criticism but to be rejected as totally irrelevant in the realm of existence in grace in Protestant
thought.
maybe i should paint my body and roll over and over
on a big piece of white paper... its about all i could muster for
creativity right now... tired, exhausted really, sad, and unemployed...
think i could make some bucks with it?
The process - relational model of God as the most extensive exemplification of primordial
creativity, with every worldly occasion in its own process of becoming; the process - relational concept of God as the principle of order channeling the world's becoming toward ever richer and more harmonious experience (the primordial nature); and the process - relational concept of God's preservation of every worldly occasion in God's own everlasting becoming (the consequent nature), with each such occasion evaluated and positioned for its greatest possible contribution to the divine life — these perspectives
on divine reality which process - relational
thought claims to find exemplified in the very nature of things are separately and together congruent with and supportive of the biblical images and events which describe the «already» in inaugurated eschatology.»
Just as Cartesian
thought had exorcised nature of any intrinsic mentality, existentialism, the humanistic tradition of sociology, and the theologies based
on them, expel from nature its intrinsic
creativity.
And Heraclitus can be read as commenting
on the intimate connection between
creativity and the perceptual aspects of process.10 Consider the famous fragment (Diels 101) which reads (according to Luigi Romeo): «The lord, who has the Oracle in Delphi, neither discloses nor hides his
thought, but indicates it through signs.
It must be said that many texts
on creativity in Modes of
Thought can be read also as stressing mainly the
creativity of the concrescing occasion itself.
In short, whatever advantages for theodicy that are inherent in process
thought's traditional separation of God and
creativity remain available
on my revisions.
The insistence of process -
thought on the ongoing movement of
creativity, with the new emergent occasions and the accomplishment of good in every part of the world in spite of (and even in a way because of) the lags, the backwaters, and the maladjustments, would suggest that there is in fact no end.
Science can't explain the
thought process, time commitment and
creativity that went into this girl learning how to play the famous Star Wars «Cantina Theme» song by writing with her pencil
on a piece of paper.
Since teleology has been
thought of as unilateral
creativity on the part of deity, unshared in any appreciable degree with the creatures, indications that the world had far reaching potentialities for self - creation were naturally startling.
I've had my eye
on making your pecan pie for a while now, but I
think I'll make this one first as it contains chocolate Seriously Ella your
creativity with your recipes always amazes me, I'm so excited for your book in January.
Or
think about the success of the Lay's potato chip «Do Us A Flavor» campaign that invites
creativity from consumers — it's been going
on so long, the flavor chemistry is getting really interesting, and unexpected.
wow what a
creativity, hats off to you... i
think i have to take classes
on this from you... your really so good at it... very nice recipe too, easy and delicious
It's like I have my own personal
think tank so that even in the moments where my
creativity level is at ZERO, I have bunches of ideas to fall back
on.
In creating our sustainable manufacturing initiatives, we look to the
creativity and ingenuity of our people who carry it out, and, in turn, carry
on a new way of
thinking.
I
think wenger should get him a proper DM who does the marking for him and let the guy continue to work
on his
creativity.
Well the team might not have played to their best but I
think the midweek game took its toll
on the team plus we missed Carzola's
creativity a lot at the middle and Girouds presence up front..
I tell you from a footballing point of view scoring 8 goals you got have players that know where the goal posts are it takes energy and
creativity to score 8 yes I agree vikings changed their players because their league is starting i
think tomorrow so yes they were not a big team team but to say that Arsenal were not strong thats a bit to much and I say it again you need energy and
creativity to score 8 I was very happy they did that Arsenal are well known for creating chances yesterday they converted them chances into Goals this should be the norm and I hope this will give them a lesson
on how to win a game as they did nt dwell about with the ball it was goal after goal and that tells me that they went for the goals directly and I hope and wish the young guns all the best and to do well in the next season
I was
thinking same thing,
thought wilshere was gonna come
on but damn, the boss knows more, we did not need any more
creativity and brings
on Elneny, the guy who just runs around doing nothing except run around chasing for the ball like a shadow and passing sideways
Truth is we were so energetic and solid collectively and this shows that if we play with teams where everyone needs to work hard and fight then ozil should not start but i
think if he comes
on second half in this games his
creativity can surely kill this teams.
Iwobi hasn't got the
creativity of Ozil and I would say it was noticeable, it was highlighted more for me when Flamini couldn't support the attack as good as someone like Ramsey may off, I
think he would of done better
on the right... Campbell didn't have a bad game but he did lack sharpness in the final third during open play.
I guess we know what we get with the Egyptian and he did make a couple of forward runs, but we were very reliant
on Auba and Lacazette to combine well for
creativity and whilst they did that for the goal, in the second half I
thought both were not quite sharp enough.
He placed an emphasis
on tactical acumen and individual
creativity in a soccer culture that traditionally
thought bigger and faster meant always better.
Drawing
on input from business leaders as well as the science of learning, Golinkoff and Hirsh - Pasek suggest six core competencies that will create the «thinkers and entrepreneurs of tomorrow»: collaboration, communication, content, critical
thinking,
creativity, and confidence.
Since your home will be different than my home or anyone else's home, it will take some
thought and
creativity on your own part to create the perfect baby play area.
They'll be quick to
think on their feet, and their
creativity will shine.
I know Lego are supposed to be good for my daughter's developing brain and future problem - solving and
creativity, but right now I can't stop
thinking how much safer my feet would be if I could just give her some soft blankets and put
on the TV.
Decline in imagination and
creativity — TV shows such as commercials tend to talk about their creative works
on us and impart their
thoughts and opinions
on us that isn't favorable and may cause a decline in our imagination and imagination since we can't
think on our own because creative stuff are easily accessible and contributed to us.
; it is weak in science and technology education often mass producing ill - educated or barely literate graduates in arts and humanities; ignores the critical role of economics, management and entrepreneurship education in the context of developing nations; destroys innovation and
creativity through outdated teaching methods instead of focusing
on fostering the student's own independent learning and creative
thinking; and is insufficiently focused
on adult, vocational and technical education.
And, if your business model depends
on being able to control the physical copies of a digital file, you might want to
think about some other ways to make money off of human
creativity.
The Chief of Army Staff, Nigerian Army, Lieutenant General TY Buratai,
on Wednesday 20th September 2017, launched 3 books
on Critical
Thinking written by Colonel Charles Dalo Nengite, as part of efforts to enhance the capacity of Nigerian Army's personnel in
creativity and innovation in the application of Critical
Thinking.
«For the state to give standardized tests, which many people
think are developmentally inappropriate, put all sorts of pressure
on kids, don't measure
creativity, critical
thinking, and all the things we
think are important.
When I plan my days, I group my desired results into two categories: 1) major results that require a lot of
creativity and concentration (e.g. writing, working
on presentations) and 2) minor errands that require little or no
thinking (e.g. scheduling appointments, paying bills).
«The key is to develop programs that focus
on minimizing and effectively mitigating the threat without limiting
creativity and unconventional
thinking, or creating a risk - averse environment that might be detrimental to scientific advancement,» the report says.