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 are smaller than the eye of a needle. He couldn’t read or write and said …
Rethink your comfortable decisions. Sometimes we naturally decide things that are comfortable to us. We choose things we are familiar with. This can be counter to “innovating yourself.” Some decisions are fundamentally more important because they influence how you will operate. Think about which decision would be more innovative, provide you with new opportunities, or …
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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 me of Rocky IV and seeing that in Rochester with my family and leaving the …
To innovate yourself, learning how to learn becomes critical. As we get entrenched in the routine of our life we have fewer powerful opportunities to learn how to learn, unlike children who are constantly learning completely new things. We also become more resistant to trying new things because we are afraid to do them badly …
As you know from my last entry I like short snippets of the best research grounded knowledge. I want to know what is in the best books and how to apply it within 30 minutes. I value an interdisciplinary approach and multiple perspectives that I can integrate into my own practice as an innovator, leader, …
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Learning is certainly a significant part of innovating yourself. We learn in many different ways and from many different sources. I’ve valued finding new ways to integrate learning into my life during the moments of “space.” For instance, I had significant “space” in my life driving 30 minutes to work each day for a 3 …
During my years of graduate school I had to do a lot of reading. I discovered something important. For most academic books there was also an article that described the same research. For instance, Robert Putnam’s book about social capital “Bowling Alone” started as an article…as do most. It is research first, then an article, …
Since I’m on my “quick knowledge acquisition through web videos from prolific speakers and authors” kick, I’d like to share another favorite website. But first, one thing that is very special about being on a college campus, especially a big and great one, is the access to see amazing knowledgeable speakers and thought leaders. You …
TED, The Technology, Entertainment, and Design event is tabbed as the “pre-release version of Heaven.” I don’t know if it can live up to this billing but I do know that I really like to be able to see the videos of the speeches of some of the world’s foremost thought leaders, authors, and researchers …
We will devote energy on this website to an exciting subject…helping people find their calling. It is a career but also a life. What we’ve found is that finding your calling is more of a journey than a destination. People are continuously discovering, creating, and innovating themselves. This journey of discovery, creation, and experience gives …