September 1, 2017

Your invitation to Create to Lead

The Create to Lead Workshop is a "creative thinking bootcamp" for leading your business. In one day, you'll get some practical tools to help you escape reactive mode and engage more consistently in creative and strategic thinking.

July 29, 2016

Review: “The Shallows” by Nicholas Carr

"The Net may well be the single most powerful mind-altering technology that has ever come into general use," asserts Nicholas Carr in his book, "The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains."

June 7, 2016

Review: “The Path of Least Resistance” by Robert Fritz

The creativity classic, "The Path of Least Resistance" by Robert Fritz will help you identify the structures you need to create the outcomes you desire for your life and business. Here's my review.

January 15, 2016

Strengths, disruption, and serendipity. [Venture Kindlings for January 15, 2016]

This week I’m introducing a special post format that I plan to issue on Fridays. Venture Kindlings will feature short bits of information I’ve tripped across or developed that can help you light a fire or revive a fire for your venture. ...

February 19, 2015

How to unleash your creative power [podcast]

Julia Cameron wrote, “Creativity is God’s gift to us. Our use of it is our gift back to God.” If so, some of us are not very giving. We don’t intentionally cultivate our creative power. In the latest episode of ...

May 14, 2014

Your most impressive creation

You’re creative. You may not call yourself a creative type, but don’t think for a moment you aren’t. Sure, you may not be artsy. You may not be a painter or a pianist or a writer. But you create ...

March 14, 2014

Do you know your job’s hidden fees?

Every job is a transaction. Your work in exchange for a paycheck, benefits and, hopefully, a meaningful assignment. But every job also extracts hidden fees—hidden only our inattention to their presence. In this week’s episode of the Reinventure Me ...

December 16, 2013

A simple daily habit to reduce distraction

Are you prone to distraction? Will you even be tempted to interrupt your reading this 437 word post? If so, you’re not alone. A lot of highly creative people are easily distractible. But that’s not to say we are ...

August 2, 2013

Give distraction a time-out

Are you easily distracted? If so, your distraction may be a shadow of something else. A gift. If you’re prone to distraction, you may also be harboring something very powerful; an energetic creative spirit. It has many interests and ...

June 19, 2013

If money were no object

Here’s a question you’ve likely been asked before: If money were no object, what would you do? If that question stumps you, good! It’s a stupid question and you shouldn’t answer it because it’s built on three rather faulty ...

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