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6 1/2 Ways Consumerism Impacts Your Creativity
Leave it to Americans to juxtapose Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Start with a day when we acknowledge our non-material blessings and the joy of community, and follow it up with millions giving their credit cards a pre-dawn workout for what will likely distract them from everything they were expressing such gratitude for just one day [...]
Kaizen-Musings on 11/11/11
I have to admit that I am geeking out on this 11/11/11 thing. Although, as a Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coach, I specialize in creativity, which is considered a largely right-brain specialty, I am actually very whole-brained and can really rock a calculator. So my mathematical mind is in eleventh heaven today. Focusing on the significance [...]
5 Steps to Overcome Resistance to a New Habit
When my son was born, I developed a habit of being available to him 24/7/365. I had help, but for those first few years, my sense of self diminished, and he became my primary focus. My brain became accustomed to thinking in terms of his needs instead of my own. Now that he’s 8, I’ve [...]
A Field Guide to Our Unproductive Selves
People seem to get a perverse pleasure out of beating themselves up for “procrastinating.” But before you pull out your internal whip, take a moment to reflect on whether you really are procrastinating at all. Let’s identify the various species that can resemble this wretched sin so many of us feel guilty of. Periods [...]
The Inner Demon That Trumps Them All
In another post, Naked in Times Square, I listed many of the internal obstacles, or what I like to call “inner demons,” that pursuing creative work can bring out. To save you the trouble of checking it out, here’s the list again: Fear of judgment Fear of failure Fear of success Okay, lots of kinds [...]
Naked in Times Square
Starting a creative project is kind of like walking around naked in Times Square. It’s amazing how all your STUFF comes up when you’re trying to express yourself. Stuff like: Fear of judgment Fear of failure Fear of success Okay, lots of kinds of fear Overwhelm Imposter syndrome Second-guessing Indecision Difficulty staying focused Procrastination Do [...]
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