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I am stuck. I am resisting writing new articles for my blog. In an interesting twist of synchronicity, I found myself reading The Little Rules of Action from Zen Habits. The opening quote is “The shortest answer is doing.”
In the interest of doing, I am presenting Zen Habits, rules to get unstuck:
1. Don’t overthink. Too [...]
Andy Dooley sends out some great art/messages that are meant to inspire you, or at least get you thinking. Last week, I got this message in my inbox, from his blog:
A blueberry muffin is something that I don’t ever buy or eat. Even
though I think they are yummy, the sugar is too much for me.I visualized the muffin [...]
From Productive Flourishing, I was led to Seth Godin’s Blog: Chai Wallah, which says
It’s so tempting to do a little bit of everything. All the tools are there, a click away. You can be the designer, the copywriter, the head of customer service. Hey, you can even do the manufacturing or easily outsource it to [...]
I was reading Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird and I related to the idea of writing on what is directly in front of you. Then this blog post from Charlie at Productive Flourishing that brought the world into perspective through a one inch frame:
At one point, I happened to look up. Above me were some [...]
As usual, I find the most remarkable insights following the trails that others leave for me. When I received the feed from Michael Bungay Stanier of Find Your Great Work regarding Chris Guillebeau of The Art of Nonconformity, I figured it would be an interesting path to follow (Michael rarely steers me wrong).
In Chris’s treatise [...]
Henry David Thoreau had me question my work this morning. I am reading Walden. To write this book, he left behind modern conveniences and found life. In his chapter on Economy, he wrote
But men labor under a mistake. The better part of the man is soon plowed into the soil for compost. By a seeming [...]
A couple of stories have been getting a lot of press around here this week. There is also a story about an infant who might be able to save the life of another. And certainly, there is no mistaking the bad that is continuing to evolve in Italy from the earthquake on this past weekend.
Both [...]
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It was my daughter’s birthday. I now officially out of the childhood years with my kids. There are so many memories and so many wonderful times. It is incredible to watch them grow. I watch them learn and realize that they have taught me many things as well.
Edward Mill of Evolving Times illustrates this perfectly [...]
You never know where you are going to find a great example of creativity.
I wonder about all the time my kid’s spend watching YouTube videos. Maybe it can enhance their creativity.
As Kevin Kelly of Lifestream says (where I found this video):
The internet is the world’s greatest waster of time, and that is its chief benefit [...]
