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Innovation and Creativity Articles and Videos on Facebook and Twitter

Be sure to connect with me on Facebook and Twitter where I share excellent innovation and creativity articles and videos. I’m always reading articles from great sources like FastCompany and Harvard Business Review. I’m also scouring YouTube and TedTalks for … 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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Teach Creativity, Not Memorization & The Creative Campus

The Chronicle of Higher Education has done what many other publications have been doing. They are publishing articles that are shining the light on the need to teach creativity and innovation to students in our educational system. This October 2010 … 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

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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

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Inspiration for Personal Innovation at Ironman Wisconsin

Ironman Wisconsin happens each September in Madison, Wisconsin. Thousands of competitors converge in this great city to do one of the ultimate physical tests of the body and mind. It is like an all you can eat buffet of personal … Continue reading

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Thoreau Inspires Self Innovation

Quotes can sometimes inspire me to innovate myself…or at least to think about it more intentionally. Henry David Thoreau is a definite favorite. He said “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the … Continue reading

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How do you Innovate Yourself?

Have you been playing defense and no offense? Or maybe you feel you aren’t even on the playing field, you are on the sidelines watching. Maybe you aren’t even on the sidelines watching, you are a spectator in the stands. … Continue reading

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Small is the new big

I saw the most inspiring segment on ABC News about someone who is innovating in a very creative and inspirational way. ABC profiled an artist in England named Willard Wigan who creates microart. This artist creates amazing painted sculptures that … Continue reading

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Learning to Innovate Yourself from Rocky

You want to see a good movie about Innovating Yourself?  Go see Rocky Balboa.  Rocky stirs very old memories for me of going into the basement with my Dad and punching the pillow after seeing Rocky II.  It also reminds … Continue reading

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