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Writing since 2010, I explore and share ideas around personal growth, creativity, design, branding, business, strategy and technology.
How to Pursue Goals that are out of Your League
It is important to have goals, or at the very least an intention of where you want to go. It is vital still to always keep them in focus, reminding ourselves of and reinforcing our true desires. It is how we cultivate burning desire. It is how we stay on track...
How To Raise Your Vibration
In my last post, I mentioned that 'raising your vibration' was one of the key things you have to do to break through to your next level. But what does that really mean? if you are not a woohoo, hippie, sandal wearing, new age spiritual kinda person who is familiar...
How to Level Up
It is something that we all strive for. We want to improve, be better. We would love to radically improve our lot if we could. That is why we chase the products, the programs, the latest book or fad. We seek the insights that would change the game. Sometimes we...
5 Tips for a Super Productive Work Session
Over the past two weeks, I have shared some ideas I've learned around time management. But now let's turn our attention to the actual time we spend working. How can we supercharge those sessions so we get the most out of them? In his book Deep Work, Cal Newport...
How to Manage Your Time as a Creative Pt 2
In part 1, I shared some ideas on how to manage your time as a creative, or even as any working professional. These were more principle based - high level concepts to consider, ideas like making the time, managing energy, and using time blocks. This week, I'll go a...
How to Manage Your Time as a Creative Pt 1
Looking over the past few weeks, a theme is emerging in regards to what I have been thinking and writing about. That theme seems to be around the subject of creativity - from reconnecting with passion, to reclaiming creativity for ourselves, to the different levels of...
The 6 Levels of Creative Thought
I came across this podcast, 'Make Art Not Content' a couple weeks back, and it's pretty great. The channel sports these short but dynamic and pithy clips that are hard hitting, provocative and fun. There was an episode that stuck with me so much, I knew I was going to...
Why you should always be creating
The other day, I came across this interview with Pharrell Williams & Steve Stoute, and among the many gems they dropped during their talk, there was one that stood out for me. It is an idea that I have heard before but this was a great reminder. At about...
Build your stack
In the tech world, there is the concept of the stack. This is the combination of technologies a company or entity uses to build and operate an application or project. It is all the different pieces that come together to give the final solution. It is also a concept...
Reclaiming your inner fire when everything feels so bleh 😪
How do you reclaim your inner fire when everything around you feels so bleh? When you feel creatively uninspired. How do you spark the flames of passion and get excited about what you do, about life again? It is the question a lot of creatives, and people in general...
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