Be a Creator’s Advocate

No doubt this has happened to you. You have a great idea—or at least, you think so—and you rush to tell someone about it. Their blank expression doesn’t match your enthusiasm one bit. And their first words, “But what ...

Do you have relentless courage?

What are you relentlessly committed to pursue? Is there something that rises up to the level of importance that nothing could make you give in, even when heat of affliction is dialed way up? In 1942, at the height ...

Enlisting others in your idea

“They don’t get it. They’re a bunch of idiots.” That was the report from my new client upon her return from a visit with a high-level prospect. I listened, dumbstruck, as she ranted on for several minutes how stupid ...

Are you a possibility thinker?

Are you a possibility thinker? There’s power in thinking purposefully about possibilities. Often it takes the seemingly impossible awaken it. Consider the heroic efforts by the Apollo 13 crew and the NASA engineers who worked tirelessly to jury-rig a ...

Use chaos to fuel creativity

When I worked at the supercomputer manufacturer Cray Research we had our share of challenges. During one particularly stressful time, one of my colleagues declared sarcastically: “I eat chaos for breakfast!” I sure hoped he was hungry, because we ...