Growth & Innovation category
Dealing with ideas
Overwhelmed with ideas, me and chris often struggle with this topic. So much could be done, only, we are only 2 heads, and 4 hands.
Which idea is good to keep, which ones are not? A pretty good conversation topic, if you feel like sharing a coffee with a stranger. I’m sure everyone has something to say on the subject.
Some interesting tips are give over here (link found via guylaine) :
1. Creative destruction. Create a weekly or monthly ritual to critically examine your pipeline. Prioritize your ideas and kill the ones that haven’t been actionable in the past year, are low on the priority scale (…)
2. Donate your ideas. Give them away for free. License them to your competitor (sounds frightening, but you might as well benefit and develop relationships in the process). If you have no intention of using your ideas, allow others to make them happen for the greater good.
3. Generate Ideas in Moderation. Our judgment is impaired when we get intoxicated. When rampant, new ideas will get you off track. So, drink in moderation and strive to make ideas happen, rather than generate more ideas.
4. Focus on Results, Not Time. Achievement should be measured by output, not by the amount of time spent on a project.
My way of dealing with ideas has changed a lot over the lasts weeks. I chose to dedicate myself only to the essential stuff : what brings me joy and a feeling of aliveness now, what sounds like music to my heart.
Otherwise, i throw out any idea which i suspect i might want to see happen only to feed my ego, in a reaction to fear, or to please others.
All the ideas i put my energy into must feed myself, and my vision. I realized lately that i can carefully choose the elements in want to play with in my life, the ideas i want to play with in my head - and the word play says it all.
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a crowd of people blogging in honesty, with the goal to inspire, share thoughts, wisdom and help empower others - add the badge if this sounds exactly like you!This week’s poll
is about multi-tasking - how do you manage it to drive your creative life with the right amount of creativity and focus? Let us know!Inspiration benevolence
There is a silent revolution going on, a guerilla of creatives, leaving their footprints around. Goodness is spreading, slowly, but surely - and we each can be a part of it, but only by taking action, even the smallest one.
The picture above is from Natalija’s flower gifting - yes, gifting. Walking around and leaving flowers for strangers to discover, on the wiper of their car, at the feet of their door. Botanical benevolence she calls it.
Amongst many other inspiring activities, there is the Hope Revolution website which encourages you to create notes with messages of hope and leave them in public places. Visit their website, and flickr group.
This oh-so-needed inspiration benevolence should be an easy and fun thing to do, and as Christine suggested, you can make the difference in someone’s day with simple gestures: using chalks to write on streets, or add little notes to car wiper - whatever how, make it easy for your message to be shared!
Keeping a diary supports personal development
Sometimes people translate the daily stuff in words that affect us profoundly.
I am keeping a diary since i’m a kid, writing mostly everyday - the good, the bad, and everything in between. Expressing silently my biggest fears and dreams is something now part of my daily routine, like a silent meditation, because i know for myself that the ability to put words on what happens inside me brings a level of clarity which nothing else can bring.
And tonight i found this, from Stefan Sagmeister’s new project, Things i have learned in my life, a website and a book of the same name, which i am sure are both worth some of your time.
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Current loved ones:
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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life, by Twyla Tharp
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**I’m in this book!** 1,000 Artist Journal Pages, by Dawn DeVries Sokol
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Traveling Mercies, by Anne Lamott
Recently loved:
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The Nature of Personal Reality: Specific, Practical Techniques for Solving Everyday Problems and Enr, by Jane Roberts
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Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field, by Barbara Brennan
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And to Name but Just a Few: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, by Laurie Rosenwald
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Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook, by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
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New York Notebook, by Laurie Rosenwald
Soon:
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