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Category Archives: Creativity
Being Interesting Requires Being Interested
Seth Godin with another pithy post: Interesting and Interested . . . it helps to be both. These are the two ways you earn attention. If it’s so obvious, why is it so difficult? Everybody wants to be interesting, to … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Rationality
Tagged Interested, Interestingness, Life, Seth Godin
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Pay Attention To Get Rich
Being aware of the world around you is important. It makes life more interesting. It’s the foundation for creativity. It can also make you rich. I’m reminded of this fact by Sam Farber, founder of OXO. How did Sam, a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration
Tagged Art, Awareness, Business, Curiosity, Inspiration
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How To Reduce Stress And Look Like You Have Your Shit Together
If you’re reading this, you probably aren’t anxious or stressed out about where your next meal is going to come from, whether something or someone is going to harm you in the very near future, or where you’re going to … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Creativity, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Adam Carolla, Anxiety, Batching, Just Do It Now, Life, Stress, Together
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Why Meaningless Assignments Might Be Important
One of the aims of military boot camp is to break a person down so that they can be rebuilt in the way the military desires. This might sound insane, but it’s pretty important to know that your soldiers are … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Boot Camp, Break Down, Bruce Lee, Mental, Mind, Rebuild, Training
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How To Seem Good At Everything: Stop Doing Stupid Shit
I read this post today, which does a great job of laying out one of the best pieces of advice I had ever been given: Back in college, one of my best friends was a prodigious chess player. He’d won … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Dumb, Habits, Mistakes, Stupid Shit
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Obvious To You, Amazing To Others
I love this old video from Derek Sivers. It’s always easy to forget:
Posted in Advice, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Quotes
Tagged Brain, Creativity, Derek Sivers, Insight, Mind, Thought Process
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Relentless Self-Criticism
I was reading Architectural Digest, of all things, this evening. Cool article and photo spread about a house down in St. Barts. The architect who designed it undertook the project even though he was battling advanced esophageal cancer. Shortly before … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Better, Charles Gwathmey, Creativity, Criticism, Self Improvement
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Recipe for a Breakthrough
From the always succinct Seth Godin: The two best ways to break through a rut and to make an impact: Find things that others have accepted as the status quo and make them significantly, noticeably and remarkably better. Find things … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Break through, Innovation, Self Improvement, Seth Godin, Unbetterable
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Television Wisdom
Television gets a bad rap, which is ironic because there’s never been better things on television than there is today. A lot of people take pride in not watching TV. I’ve heard many people say “I don’t own a television”, … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Food For Thought, Quotes
Tagged Chuck Klosterman, Entourage, Grantland, Philosophy, Plato, Television
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How To Be Creative
Sebastian Marshall was kind enough to let me guest post about how to be creative over on his blog. It’s a technique I’ve used successfully for many years, and I imagine many other luminaries and creatives have used this, or … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Photography, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement, Tips
Tagged Awareness, Creativity, Curiosity, Growth, How to be Creative, Ideas, Success
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Kill Yourself, For Two Weeks
Killing yourself can be a useful thing to think about. But, instead of using it is a mid-to-long term form of regulation, what if you shortened it and made it immediately actionable? What if you had two weeks to live? … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Art, Create, Creation, Kill Yourself, Legacy, Productivity
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Best TED Talk Ever
So many takeaways: Passion Hans Rosling is incredibly passionate about statistics. He’s passionate about the underlying work he’s doing and the analysis and insights his data is generating, but he’s also passionate about just accessing and sharing data in general. … Continue reading
Posted in Aesthetics, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Persuasion, Quotes
Tagged Attitude, Data, Design, Presentation, Statistics
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No Limit On Better
Harrison Ford, carpenter turned movie star, learned early on to approach everything he did with the mindset of a craftsman. One of his earliest lessons came at the hands of an employer: “When I was a carpenter, I once worked … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Betterment, Harrison Ford, Improvement, James Cameron, Perfectionism, Productivity
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Hacking Hollywood
(Photo: vlastula) Will Smith is, at least according to legendary screenwriter William Goldman, the only real movie star left in the world. Why? Well, he’s the only lead actor who seems to guarantee a $150 million gross at the box … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Actor, Hacking, Hollywood, Loophole, Shortcut, Superstar, Will Smith
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