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August 2009

Creativity Collage

Below you’ll find an assemblage of creativity tips, paintings, quotes, and poems chosen at random and, hopefully, put together as an interesting collage of creative inspirations. 1.Writing Prompts In her book, “The Write-Brain Workbook: 366 Exercises to Liberate Your Writing”, Bonnie Neubauer offers 366 fresh exercises so that both writing novices and experienced writers who [...]

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The Key to Success: Resourcefulness (Creativity + Determination)

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”—Ayn Rand Resources are scarce for a lot of people right now due to the current state of the economy; however, there’s no limit to our resourcefulness. Let Tony Robbins and Harry Houdini show you how to be more resourceful [...]

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My Stroke of Insight: Does Nirvana Reside in the Right-Side of the Brain?

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained brain scientist who suffered a stroke in 1996–at the age of 37–in the left hemisphere of her brain. She spoke of her experience at the 2008 TED Conference and wrote a memoir titled “My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey”.  Dr. Taylor was named one of [...]

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The Brain That Changes Itself: Good News From the Frontiers of Brain Science

“The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science” is a book on neuroplasticity by psychiatrist Norman Doidge, M.D. In it, Dr. Doidge explains that the human brain is as malleable as a lump of wet clay, not just in childhood, but well into old age. This has implications [...]

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49 Gratitude Quotes and a Poem Of Thankfulness

Here are 49 beautiful gratitude quotes and a poem of thankfulness: 1. “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” — Albert Schweitzer 2. “You say grace before [...]

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114 Ways to Celebrate Life: Free Ebook

I’ve written several posts related to the theme of “how to celebrate life”, and I’ve decided to take the best items from each of these posts and turn them into an ebook.  The ebook is free, a lagniappe (I love that word ). Simply click on the link below and download your free copy of [...]

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Need Fresh Ideas? Go Streetcombing

Richard Stomp is a Dutch innovation consultant, as well as the founder and Chief Wow Officer of “WowIdeas”.  Richard coined the term “streetcombing” (he presented his concept at the 2008 Creativity World Forum). The term “streetcombing” is derived from “beachcombing”; as we know, a beachcomber is someone who walks along the beach looking for objects [...]

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15 More Ways to Celebrate Life

“When we lack proper time for the simple pleasures of life, for the enjoyment of eating, drinking, playing, creating, visiting friends and watching children at play, then we have missed the purpose of life. Not on bread alone do we live but on all these human and heart-hungry luxuries. ” — Ed Hayes Happiness has [...]

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