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Category Archives: Personal Development
The Awesome Things Story Video from TED
Neil Pasricha started the 1000 Awesome Things blog. It is a great visual blog that helps us to have the right perspective–a perspective that lets us see that there are many awesome things in our world–and we can focus on … Continue reading
Reflect, assess, & innovate this year by creating a “year in review report” for your life
You may have to do a “year in review report” for your job, department, or organization at the end of each year. Why not do one for your own life? What if you were to take assessing and improving your … Continue reading
Sleep, Dream, Shower, & Exercise for Solutions: Subconscious Ideation
If I really want solutions, decisions, or insights I will sleep on the challenge, dream on it in the morning while half awake and half asleep, shower on it, bike to the woods with it in mind, and then hike … Continue reading
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Ideas, Insights, Decisions, & Direction. Learn about yourself. Take a road trip.
Put the rubber to the road and experience life and this amazing land for yourself. In a plane you don’t get to stop along the way. We need more “drive” in our lives. Driving allows you more control than flying. … Continue reading
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Experiment on achievement: Small daily goals or big ongoing goals?
What works better for achieving something important? A big goal over a long period of time or smaller daily goals? My vote is for smaller daily goals because they help you take consistent action…and you have daily achievements to savor … Continue reading
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Start a mini hero’s journey to innovate your life: Reflections on a 30 day yoga challenge
I’m fascinated with “The Hero’s Journey” from mythologist Joseph Campbell. The Hero’s Journey has also become popular in Hollywood, with movies like Star Wars, The Matrix, and Avatar building the path of the main character in the film consistent with … Continue reading
Innovate your life with new ways of moving, thinking, and learning
When we want to innovate our own lives, trying something new can help. We should do more than just TRY something new, we should stick with it and integrate this something new into our lives on a consistent basis. This … Continue reading
Go to the people with the tools you have! Innovation lessons learned from NYC subway musicians.
This video really struck a chord with me! New York City band Atomic Tom is trying to make it big. They are trying to get their music out to the people. Problem is…their instruments were stolen! Did that stop them? … Continue reading
Inspirational Speeches from Movies
Ever get motivated by a fictional movie to do something for real? There are some great movie moments out there. Movies have motivated us to all sorts of different things. We live vicariously through the characters. The best speeches come … Continue reading
10 Inspirational Quotes for Personal Innovation, Creativity & Action
We have a page with a number of motivating quotes at InnovateYourself.com/quotes. Here is a selection of 10 inspiring quotes for creativity, courage to act & personal development: “You can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not … Continue reading