Image by Elizabeth Audrey 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 …
RSS Creativity – Guest Article for The 99%
You might like to check out the guest article I've just written for online magazine The 99% - RSS Creativity: Routines, Systems, Spontaneity. If you like Lateral Action, you should enjoy The 99%. …
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Video Interview: Mark McGuinness Talks Creativity with Philip Patston
cm 27 Mark McGuiness Interview from Creative Momentum on Vimeo. If you've ever wondered about the faces behind Lateral Action, one of them is revealed in this this video interview I recorded with …
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9 Productivity Lessons from the First 2 Months of Parenthood
A few weeks ago I was due to run a workshop on Time Management for Creative People, based on my e-book of the same name. Normally, I arrive for presentations at least an hour early, to set everything …
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T.S. Eliot’s Path to Success
You have to be absolutely determined, otherwise you might just as well write poetry. (Sir Terence Conran, quoted in The Creative Economy by John Howkins) Terence Conran offers excellent advice …
How to Succeed in Hollywood
Sometimes surfing the web leads to buried treasure. That's how I felt when I found Lateral Action. The tag-line said it all... creativity + productivity = success It Just Adds Up My wife and I …
Are You Fit Enough to Sit in Front of a Computer All Day?
Photo by ChrisL AK There's an old saying that "the pen's lighter than the spade". Back when going to school was a novelty for families used to toiling on the land, adults said it to children, to …
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Why Multitasking Doesn’t Work
You wouldn't drink and drive. But would you drink and write? Maybe a glass of wine could be just the thing to get you started on that poem to your sweetheart. But how about a few beers before …
“Don’t Try” – Charles Bukowski’s Advice to Creators
German-American poet, novelist and short story writer Charles Bukowski consciously absorbed the world around him as he inhabited the bars and rooming houses in the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles. It …
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