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Image by Hugh MacLeod Of all the painfully funny cartoons on Hugh MacLeod's Gapingvoid blog, for me this is the funniest and most painful. It's painful because I know exactly how Eric feels. A …
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Daniel Pink has been one of the presiding spirits of Lateral Action from day one. Specifically, his book A Whole New Mind provided inspiration for the very first article we published - Innovate or …
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When Australia's version of the Wall Street Journal takes notice of a local artist, it's a pretty good indication of a reputation on the rise. Three years ago, as nearly every Australian newspaper and …
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Have you noticed there's an epidemic sweeping the globe? I'm not talking about swine flu. I'm talking about the wrong kind of ideavirus. The kind of negative thinking that's highly contagious - and …
Photo by Leonski Have you ever walked into an art gallery and thought "I could do better than that!"? Or are you a contemporary art enthusiast, tired of hearing people criticise things they …
Rajesh Setty's columns for Lateral Action have been a big hit with our readers - so you're in for a real treat with his new free e-book Defiant: Practical Tips to Thrive in Tough Times. Raj is …
Photo by nicogenin Did you realise you probably know Johnny Depp's films better than he does? That's if we can take this interview at face value, where he claims not to have seen his latest …
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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 …
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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 …
Of all the writers I know, I have learned the most about how to be a productive creative person from Mark. His tips are always realistic, accessible, and sticky. It’s not just talk, this is productivity advice that will change your life.
~ Jocelyn K. Glei, author, host of the Hurry Slowly podcast, and Founding Editor, 99U