Leadership
Eat, Pray, Love
If you know the book or movie about Elizabeth Gilbert’s year long journey – you know that she went to Italy to eat, to India to pray and then to Indonesia to love. I’m doing my own version – albeit shorter.
If you know the book or movie about Elizabeth Gilbert’s year long journey – you know that she went to Italy to eat, to India to pray and then to Indonesia to love. I’m doing my own version – albeit shorter.
When we are failing to make progress in a goal we’ve set or a vision we are bringing to life, we often blame others. Most often the enemy is within.
Those who know me know how much I love quotes – those profound, pithy, concise nuggets of wisdom and provocation. Today I share some with you that I also love that are done by 3rd graders, just for fun!
Seth Godin’s new book arrived on my doorstep in late December. Once I heaved the package into my house, I discovered a 16 pound book, with 800+ pages measuring 11½ x 18. Was this a stroke of creative insight or a bad marketing play?
Socrates mastered the art of asking the right questions to enable a shift in thinking. Here’s a great list of just those types of questions.
I love to collaborate – but there are times when it is not the best way. I’ve outlined when to use and when not to use collaboration.
Problem solving works great if there is a solution. Is awesome for technical problems. Is wonderful if what you had before needs a tune-up and not an overhaul. However, it does not work at all for situations which have no immediate fix, for which there is not a known solution and that requires new fresh thinking.
This month’s blogs have focused on renewal – but too often we only think of renewal in the physical sense. Today our guest blogger, Dr. David J. Waters, shares his thoughts on intellectual renewal and how that spurs creativity.
I’m a lucky duck – I am surrounded by friends, coaches and colleagues who help me think better.
The ratio of time spent creating vs. problem solving is 1 to 50. I’ve been to problem solving training, learned
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