Looking to get your entrepreneurial / off-the-corporate-job business in order? This cheap, compact home office and studio setup will take the computing power you already have and turn it into an efficient home command station. Here’s a quick video where I proceed to bore you to death, and maybe inspire you to make your own […]
"If-" | Rudyard Kipling's Gem of Creative Self Discovery
Photo by: crowt59 I know I must be hiding under a rock. I have read over 180 books this year alone and this is the first time I’ve run across this gem. This wonderful little poem by Rudyard Kipling, titled “If-“, is a masterpiece. I find myself reading it often, now that I’ve found it. […]
Business Idea Giveaway (BIG): Shopping and Eating Out!
I have a gigantic list of ideas running through my head at any given time. It’s not a problem and I enjoy it very much. By the way, it’s a great idea to keep these kinds of things in an idea journal. There is one problem, though. I just can’t do every single one of […]
Can Paradoxes Help You Find Life’s Meaning?
Did you ever her something that just made you scratch your head? You rolled it around inside but never really came to any definite conclusion? It seemed like no matter how much you tried to figure it out, you came up with a new argument? You know… a paradox – usually defined as a statement […]
How to Find Your Passions and Purpose in Life Just By Using Your Brain
Here’s another ideation exercise coming your way! I call this one the FRUIT ROOT TREE brainstorming method. It presents a fun and natural (har har!) way to take some drilled-down base characteristics of your issue, challenge, or problem and combines them into an idea-filled meal of possibilities. Let’s dive right on in and see what […]
Forgiveness, Closure, Catharsis – Give Me 5 Minutes & You’re Done
Sometimes we hang on to assumptions or decisions from the past that are not useful to us anymore. And sometimes, when we’re really not paying attention to what our life is telling us, these things can continue to keep doing what we wanted them to do in the first place… whether or not this is […]
New Tools Library Added – Making Life Easier, One Template at a Time
Tools: devices that make doing things easier. No need to check the official dictionary definition on that one. You run through several tools every single day just go get stuff done. When’s the last time you threw together a spreadsheet or word doc that you use quite often and made it an official “hey I […]
How to Find Your Life Purpose by Being Negative
The more and more I do these “Finding your life’s purpose” or “discovery your passion in 6 easy steps” type exercises… the more and more I get focused on one conclusion: I’m tired of doing them! :) But seriously, they really are great ways to get your mind churning and keeping the squeaky, “I want […]
"Chunk Around" Brainstorm (CAB), New Creative Idea Method
Difficulty in creating new ideas can be frustrating at times and I have been REALLY struggling with this type of task in the recent past. I know I should probably just consult with existing materials and used some good old tried and true method, but something struck me as interesting one day when I was […]