Zen and the Art of Saying No
I live on the most beautiful street in the world. Well, at least I think I do. I live on a river. There are six other houses along this river. The street feels like Hobbiton. About a month ago, the owner of one of these […]
Splattering Bad. Moodling Good.
“So you see, the imagination needs moodling – long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling, and puttering. The people who are always briskly doing something may have little, sharp, staccato ideas, such as: “I see where I can make an annual cut of $3.47 in my meat […]
Attention Splatter: The Top Ten Cleaning Solutions
Note: This post is Part 3 of a multi-part series. Click here to read Part 1. Click here to read Part 2. By now, you probably know whether or not you are prone to Attention Splatter. Here are the top ten solutions that have helped […]
17 Things I Know for Sure About Creativity
This week I’m in West Virginia teaching creativity for the Federal Government. I’ve been hired to teach as part of a Leadership Development program for people from all departments and levels of government. This program is a week-long retreat that happens here six times a […]
Everything I Needed to Learn, I Learned Randomly This Week
– Listen to Commercial Radio at Your Own Risk Early in the week, I turned on the radio in my car just for kicks. The song that was playing was “O Holy Night.” It was being sung by some four-notes-where-there-was-only-one-note-written Mariah Carey type. I was […]