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New Year is a time for looking back and reviewing the events of the past 12 months – and that goes for blogs too.
2009 was the first full year of Lateral Action, and we’d like to say a big thank you to all our readers, guest writers and interviewees for helping us to make it a rich and varied one.
So here are the highlights of the blog from the past year, as determined by a complex algorithm involving the number of comments, links, pageviews, Tweets, and raisins in the Christmas cake at Lateral Action Towers.
Pour yourself a glass of sherry and enjoy! 🙂
Creativity
5 Ways Speech Recognition Can Make You a Better Writer
Is Brainstorming a Waste of Time?
The Crucial Difference Between Creativity and Innovation
Is Lateral Thinking Necessary for Creativity?
“Don’t Try” – Charles Bukowski’s Advice to Creators
Drill Sergeant or Buddy: Who Brings Out the Best in a Creator?
Elizabeth Gilbert: Is Creativity Divinely Inspired?
The 8 Types of Creative Intelligence
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Does Creativity Make You Happy?
Productivity
How RSI Made Me More Productive
9 Productivity Lessons from the First 2 Months of Parenthood
Success
The Secret of Johnny Depp’s Success
The Led Zeppelin Guide to Creative World Domination
Are You Stubborn Enough to Succeed?
How to Sleep and Daydream Your Way to Success
Lose Touch with Your Inner Whining Artist
Entrepreneurship and Marketing
The Shakespearean Guide to Entrepreneurship
9 Ways People Respond to Your Content Online
The 6 Levels of Engagement in Online Conversations
What Family Guy Can Teach You About the Business of Creativity
Video: Marla Mentors Jack on the 5 Critical Components of Creative Entrepreneurship
Free Report: How to Become a Creative Entrepreneur
Interviews with Creative Entrepreneurs
Jonathan Fields, Career Renegade
John T. Unger, Artist and Impossibility Remediation Specialist
If you enjoyed this selection, next year we’ll have plenty more tips and advice to boost your creativity, productivity and profitability. Sign up for free updates and we’ll see you in 2010. 🙂
View Comments (7)
Great list of articles - best wishes for 2010!
Thanks Mark - and for your great contribution to our list.
Thanks for the welcome links. I missed some of these and it's great to be able to bookmark and save them. I have to discipline myself to take time from frantically active pace of IM and spend some time each day learning more. It's so basic, but I get caught up in "doing things to make money" and not enough time studying my craft. I wouldn't make half the silly mistakes and blunders if I spent more time learning.
Steve Benedict
Hey Mark,
What I like most about this site is, although it's geared toward creativity, it makes my logical brain work overtime to soak in all the information goodness. Perfect right brain / left brain immersion.
Regards,
Shane
Hi Mark,
Thanks for the list. Now I have homework for the New Years Eve.
Also, on your complex algorithm, the only part I understood was the "raisins in the Christmas cake at the Lateral Action Towers." What was that about comments, links, tweets etc.. Those were confusing ;)
Have fun and a fantastic 2010
Best,
Rajesh
Mark thanks for your posts.
Me and my left brain just want to say Thank You.
Thanks guys.
@ Steve - Yes, when I look back it's often been a struggle to prioritise learning in the midsto of urgent demands, but it has proved to be one of the most consistently valuable investments of my time.
@ Shane @ Nahum - Left-brain creativity rocks! :-)
@ Raj - They're special ingredients in a traditional British Christmas pudding. ;-)