The Creativity Project

People tend to life seriously and make situations overly complicated. Or is that just me? Does drama ever do anything remotely useful? One approach I find to be effective in combating this is Rule #6, from Ros and Benjamin’s Zander’s Art of Possibility. The story of Rule #6 is: An executive is in meeting at [...]

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 [...]

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: [...]

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: [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]