We arrived at the port on Ios after a day and a half on the water. As the ferry ramp lowered like a giant whale opening its mouth, I could see the village rising from sea level all the way to the top of the cliffs. I took in my first view of the iconic,…
Creativity
Leave Home
Happy lovers know that distance makes the heart grow fonder. Successful and creatively-expressed entrepreneurs know that it also gives you an enormous amount of essential, healing perspective, as well as new insight and ideas. From the moment I load suitcases into my car and push the button to lower the hatch door, I exhale and…
Leading the Creative Team
Leaders of enterprises, great and small, are charged with numerous responsibilities that drive innovation, set the tone and tenor of the organization, foster memorable customer experiences, as well as produce bottom-line results.On the surface, it may appear that each of these responsibilities compete for attention separately; however, it turns out there is a skeleton key…
Be a Creative Rebel (No Regrets)
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain There are many aspects of divorce that are deeply…
The Creative Vision Quest
I had three people tell me last week that because I remind them to play (by both my words and actions), their lives are now filled with so much more joy. They are now deeply conscious of taking time for themselves, are seeking magic in the everyday, and are turning down the volume of the…
Creative Incubation & Our Identity
โYou must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you donโt know what was in the newspapers that morning, you donโt know who your friends are, you donโt know what you owe anybody, you donโt know what anybody owes to you. This is a place where you can simply experience…