“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” ~ Archimedes I wrote my first business plan in 2005 as part of an assignment in one of my Master of Entrepreneurship courses. Sixty-five pages long and filled with charts, graphs, pro forma statements, and data, it…
Creativity
How to Find What We Need Most
How is it, then, that we make that first, crucial move? Do that impossibly uncomfortable thing?
The 3-Part Formula for Becoming Limitless
“The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from wherehe lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.” ~ Paul Strand It’s difficult in today’s world to truly accept our creative capacity. We live in a world that is constantly working to impose structure and order, when we often…
The Art of Being Seen
What’s holding you back from exploring the art of being seen? “How hidden the heart, Nance thought. How frightened we are of being known,and yet how desperately we long for it.” ~ Hannah Kent, The Good People It has taken me seven years, but I have finally figured it out. I have been trying to reverse engineer…
Trash the Teleprompter
The following is a brief excerpt from my forthcoming book,Buoyant: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Becoming Wildly Successful, Creative, and Free: I stood in front of my fellow Transformational Speaking Immersion students in a suite in Santa Fe’s Las Palomas hotel and began to tell my story. When I was three or so sentences in, Real…
The Joy of Creative Constraints
Sometimes creative constraints encourage innovation and enhance joy in the process. “If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. …It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when lovebegins. Anyway, that’s often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraidof its plenty. Joy is…
