Power of giving
During college, I spent the majority of my spare time volunteering: soup kitches, convalescent homes, half-way children homes, homeless shelters, charity drives, park cleanups, battered women shelters, tutorting kids – you name it I helped out. At some point I realized the true value of volunteering was not in what we did, but in the individual connection made with people. …
Million dollar project
A couple weeks ago, I had a thought. Wouldn’t it be grand to have $1 million in a trust fund? Not for me – but for charity, such that I could make an impact on projects that I felt passionate about. After talking to friends about what I could do to raise $1 million dollars – one me realize that …
Lifehack.org rejuvenating creativity
Recently, Lifehack.org posted 30 Tips to Rejuvenate Your Creativity submitted by their readers. Here are some of my favorites: 3. Expose yourself. Not after too much vodka. Expose yourself to new art – books, music, paintings – all the time. If you’re a rocker, listen to funk. If you’re a crime writer, read fantasy. If you’re a productivity writer, read …
Room Transformation Project – Update 5
In October, I set out to transform my room to create an inviting atmosphere. I couldn’t paint my walls, so instead I painted sheets of A3 and tacked them to my wall. As my walls are filling up, the change to the room is incredible. Things I have learned from this project: Side benefit #7: Painting is a great way …
Intuition and meditation
What can you do to cultivate your intuition and creativity? Try meditation. It is not just a spiritual practice. Meditation serves to calm the rampant mind-chatter that runs through your head. When your thoughts quiet down, truth and insight arise from within. It is from this place where creativity flows naturally. There are many techniques: pick one, try it for …
Intellect and intuition
The world we live in treasures the intellectual mind. From a young age we go to school – a structured environment where we are taught to follow instructions, process information and return expected answers in order to succeed. We are not encouraged to fail, nor are we given the freedom to define our own path. This is the same in …
Choosing Possibility
Either you can see possibility in the world, or you can see the threats, problems and dangers. If you’re really talented, you will see possibility where others see a threat. This is called turning a problem into a challenge. The magic secret is to understand that what you see is your choice. Do you notice yourself feeling defensive or mulling …
Turning Point
Life is a funny set of challenges, pushing us to grow and discover. It seems a mysterious playground at times, but at others it seems anything but in a work environment that is filled with pessimism and irritation, and surrounded with negative world news. I find myself living in a world which seems driven by a strange obsession with money …
Turning Point
Life is a funny set of challenges, pushing us to grow and discover. It seems a mysterious playground at times, but at others it seems anything but in a work environment that is filled with pessimism and irritation, and surrounded with negative world news. I find myself living in a world which seems driven by a strange obsession with money …
Communication & de Bono's 6 Thinking Hats
Edward de Bono has contributed much to business with his research into creative thinking and teaching thinking as a skill. One of his books, “Six Thinking Hats” is about effective communication. De Bono created these 6 thinking hats as a means to shift from your standard argumentative style to parallel thinking – taking all sides of an argument one at …