Celebrity is just another way of saying “personal brand” and there’s no more powerful way to build a personal brand than on YouTube–at least for regular folk. Hollywood stars might have giant movie screens, red carpet premieres and chat show interviews to build their brand, but for people who never went to acting school, YouTube […]
Teresa Amabile, a social psychologist and Harvard Business School professor, has been conducting studies about creativity in the workplace for years in her quest to open up the “black box” of creativity. Some of the most profound insights uncovered by Amabile and her team of researchers have come about from analyzing thousands of daily journal
All of us need ideas. We need ideas for blog posts, new products or services, and even ideas of what to eat. There are times when inspirational bolts of lightning strike us, when we have unexplainable hunches, or when we simmer on an idea for years. Now, when it comes to having an idea for
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I have always believed that your output in this world is only as great as your input. You need to always be striving to learn more, and consuming as much as you can so that you bring more value to whichever table you are sitting. Information is the strongest currency you own. And your ability
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One in four shoppers would rather have a root canal than undergo a Black Friday line. Millennials probably comprise a good percentage of that number, which makes it no surprise that Cyber Monday is much more appealing. Peruse excellent deals online whilst pretending to be back at work after Thanksgiving break? Yes please, thanks. Here are
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I haven’t posted an article in over three weeks. For someone who promised himself an article a day no matter what, that’s pretty crap. I gave myself excuses… “My time has been consumed by other things.” “I went out too much and glugged one too many beers.” “I need to feel great to write a great
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It’s human nature to be inquisitive. It’s natural to want some justification on things. It actually helps us to learn and be analytical to question why. I would like to share with you my spin on why I think the “five whys” analysis technique of problem solving is a great tool for entrepreneurs to employ when making a
Nathan was a guy at school who always finished his homework hours before everyone else. I went to an English boarding school, and they’d put twelve boys in the same room to do homework (prep) every evening. Nathan would race through his work so that he had time to read his beloved novels. I’d look over
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Creativity can be effortless in some moments and a nightmare in others. At times, it flows, like a catamaran gliding over glassy waters in a persistent gale. At others, we feel like weary explorers battling through the thick, grasping vines of our jungle minds. Often we try to start our work when we are scattered. We
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Companies around the world celebrate all kinds of holidays, but in the United States, Halloween is probably one of the most wasteful. In fact, in 2016, Americans spent an estimated $650 million on Halloween pumpkins, most of which we tossed into landfills. If you’ve got some of these orange squash on your porch or hanging
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