Creative Thinking
My New Book: Productivity for Creative People
My new book, Productivity for Creative People, has just been published. You can pick up a copy of the ebook…
My new book: Motivation for Creative People
After 18 months, four drafts and countless cups of coffee, my new book Motivation for Creative People is finally complete.…
Kabuki: Lessons from 400 Years of Creative Tradition
Kabuki star Ebizo Ichikawa XI in action, from Ebizo's YouTube channel Last Christmas I visited the Kabuki-za theater in Tokyo…
Is Inspiration a Thing of the Past?
The Nine Muses Once upon a time it was taken for granted that the source of creativity was not the…
Unlock Your Creativity (and Win Pitches) by Starting at the Finish Line
Image by digitalista via BigStock When I teach my workshop on 'Fundraising for Artists,' we play this game: I give…
How Interrupting Your Sleep Can Silence Your Doubts and Boost Your Creativity
Are you the type of creative person who only generates ideas and solutions when you've had your full eight hours…
Why You Need to Ask More Creative Questions
I love crime dramas, especially ones where the protagonist appears to have a psychological edge over everyone else, such as…
You Don’t Need to Look for Inspiration
Image by Albund via BigStock You're smarter than a simple snake, right? You rarely start your sentences with, "I wish"…
How to Unlock Your Creativity with Visual Thinking
After a terrorist attack destroyed New York’s World Trade Center and left lower Manhattan a shambles on September 11, 2001,…
Four Ways to Reinvent Your Life and Business (with an iPod)
Image by Dennis Jarvis Three years ago... I was trapped in a job I no longer loved, struggling to get…