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How to Succeed at Anything New — Fast
To accomplish anything well, especially something you’ve never tried before, having talent helps, but other factors may be even more important. Some time ago, I ran across a British reality TV show...
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Go Back to School to Upgrade and Enjoy your Talents
School’s out for summer – but for someone with neglected talents they want to pursue and enjoy, summer may be the perfect time to go “Back to school” and let those skills come out to play. The pace at...
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For love or money: Should your talent be your job?
A career satisfaction study by CareerBuilder.com came out a couple of years ago with a depressing statistic. It stated that 84% of people not only were not in their dream job, but hated their work. A...
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Au Revoir, Paris – or, Committing to Your Talents
I didn’t plan to write this post. It’s only marginally about creativity or managing one’s time as a DaVinci. But it’s all I can think about right now. It’s pretty personal, but I have the idea it can...
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Lessons from Disneyland – 9 Ways To Enjoy Your Talents More on the Job
……Lisa R Rocks it Out at Paris Disneyland Enjoying your work, even if it’s creative, can be challenging. If we’re perfectionists (or we work for someone who is) we can be so stressed out about looking...
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Give Yourself the Gift of Guilt-Free Play Dates
In an earlier post about The Unschedule from the book The Now Habit by Dr. Neil Fiore, I touched on the idea of “Guilt-Free Play”. This is the pre-planned recreational activity that Dr. Fiore says...
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Is Talking About your Goals A Bad Idea?
Wait…isn’t talking about your talents and goals with others a good thing? Doesn’t it make you more accountable, and more likely to achieve your dream than if you keep it to yourself? Maybe. Maybe not....
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Putting the “prod” in Productivity – how to beat procrastination at its own game
If procrastination is a chronic issue for you (and I’m not judging; this blog post was scheduled to go up yesterday), rather than trying to beat procrastination, a smarter solution might be to learn to...
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Twitter Hashtags Let Creative People Unite
When working on a creative project, isolation can be a problem. No one like-minded to talk to or bounce ideas off of? Not so on Twitter. Lest you think Twitter is a random jabberwocky of of Tourette-...
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The Problem with “Purpose”: You Have More Than One
image via commons.wikimedia.org The prevailing wisdom is that to be happy, fulfilled and successful, one must discover and pursue one’s “purpose” in life. There are no shortage of self-help books and...
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