Creativity
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Is Your Life in a Rut? This Simple Morning Activity Will Change Everything
If you’ve ever experienced a creative rut, been stuck with writer’s block, or simply believed you aren’t a creative person, Julia Cameron’s book, “The Artist’s Way,” will change the way you think about the creative process forever.This wildly popular book, which Cameron self-published in 1992 after ...
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5 Surprising Benefits of Learning to Draw
You might think of drawing as an artistic endeavor pursued by a select few who chase dreams of artistic greatness, but it’s actually much more than that. Anyone can draw, especially if they start with a simple training program like this Fundamentals of Drawing Bundle -- available in our store for $3...
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Richard Branson Says His Best Ideas Happened In These Super Strange Locations
Creative ideas tend to strike in the oddest places. In the shower, on the commute to work, or precisely when you're supposed to be asleep. Creativity doesn't occur in a specific location, although sometimes it certainly helps to have a safe hub where you can sit and dream up your wildest plans. For ...
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A 9-Step Guide For Dealing With Creative Overwhelm And Too Many Ideas
Almost anything that initially appears desirable becomes unpleasant in excess. Think of your favorite dessert, such as a chocolate brownie. Following a nice meal, you might be tempted by its sugary sweetness, the smooth texture, the feel-good hit of chemicals. But if you were forced to eat that brow...
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How to (Actually) Finish A Creative Project
The rush of a new idea is exhilarating; from the electricity of their arrival, to the waves of inspiration that carry you to the land of dreams. Ideas are fun and exciting, encoded with a sense of adventure, breadcrumbs for mind-made trails of discovery. But how often have you had a new idea, one th...
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My Soul Awoke: How Art Healed Me, and Can Help You Too
I remember the day in March 2011 when I was told to pack my bags and get ready to leave the country in a couple of days. It is still chilly and gloomy in Belarus, the country of my origin, in March. Those last days felt charcoal dark despite my long-awaited dream coming true. I was finally moving to...
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4 Common Hobbies You Can Turn Into a Business Endeavor (and How)
You are reading this because you are probably looking for additional income to supplement your day job. Well, you stumbled on the right place. This article will show you the earning potential of different hobbies and passions, and provide tips on turning something you love doing into a business ende...
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How Sylvester Stallone Got The Idea For Rocky
"Stand up to life, and take one shot." - Sylvester Stallone
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How To Write The Perfect Speech To Wow Your Audience
For professionals in the media industry, speech writing is an essential part of their job. It may be a movie star, a popular celebrity, a politician or a public figure, drafting a written speech is not only crucial to the orator’s personality but for your career too. But, drafting the perfect speech...
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Should You Turn Your Creative Hobby into a Career?
Many of us have a creative hobby that we explore on the side, and maybe you've even thought about pursuing it as a career. But have you taken the reflection further? Or have you just kept your passions as a pastime, afraid or unsure about what it would take to succeed? There's a massive difference b...
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The Power of Writing to Heal and Improve
Words have power. Writers, intellectuals and influencers have known about the power of ideas for centuries. The written word has enabled people to record events, pass down traditions and has aided us in developing complex reasoning. Writing, in fact, helps us to discover what we already know; it's t...
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Creativity Hacks for When Your Muse Is on Holiday
Whether you're an entrepreneur, freelancer or employee, maintaining inspiration and creativity is vital for your business and professional growth. Inspiring employees, creating content for clients, and problem-solving are all essential to becoming a successful entrepreneur or professional. Unfortuna...
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How Daily Writing Shapes the Whole Plot of Your Life
If only some of us who love to write daily could take some time, sit back and evaluate our lives, we would be surprised to see the tremendous improvements we have made. Writing daily shapes our lives. It acts as a mirror for us to see and express our inner-most self. A close look at how writing dail...
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How to Design Your Life for Maximum Creativity
If you’ve lived a creative life by any measure, whether you use your creativity professionally or not, you know how fickle it can be.One day you’re flowing with ideas and inspiration to fill a month’s worth of work, solving problems that have stumped you for weeks, and creating things you can hardly...
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How to Find Your Purpose Through Creativity (and Why It Affects Everything)
Have you ever considered what creativity actually is? And the importance it has on your life?Albert Einstein, outside of what he’s best known for, is noted for valuing creativity and imagination higher than most (if not all) other traits. During his lifetime, Einstein commented about both on several...
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4 Times Companies Dealt With PR Disasters In an Inspiring, Refreshing Way
When it comes to business, public relations are critical. If the public doesn’t look too fondly on you, you’re probably on the downswing– unless you do something about it. Sometimes, though, companies get slammed with PR crises that threaten to steamroll the entire business straight into bankruptcy ...
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The Strange Daily Habit Spanx Founder Sara Blakely Uses to Spark her Creativity
Creativity works in mysterious ways.It strikes when it wants, disappears at random, and plays a vital role in some of the most important processes in the world, including everything from the simple artist attempting to express how they’re feeling through their work to the CEO working to solve billio...
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How Netflix's CEO Uses this Ancient Greek Philosophy Concept for Success
What do Barack Obama and Stranger Things have in common? Soon, they’ll both be sharing places on a Netflix navigation menu near you. Netflix just announced that former U.S. President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama will be producing films, series, documentaries, features for the st...
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Mark Cuban and Elon Musk Agree This Is The One Skill AI Will Never Replace
Automation is a big part of the work force right now, and it’s just going to become more of an issue – and lead to more job elimination – in the next decade. But are workers in the U.S. ready for this impending shift? Maybe not, says billionaire investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. In an ...
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Feeling Stuck? Here Are 3 Simple Habits Steve Jobs Used to Supercharge Creativity
Some days your brain might as well have an "out of order" sign. You feel about as creative as a bad pun, and no amount of coffee seems to make a shred of difference.It's infinitely frustrating and can happen to the best of us. But that doesn't mean there's nothing you can do about it. There are actu...
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