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Ideas are free, execution is priceless. That’s been my mantra since day one of starting my business. It’s also the title of a book I wrote a few years back. You can download it for free here. But here’s the problem. I’m an idea junkie. Everything I look at in the world breaks down into a collection of ideas. I have about fifty new ones every day, and sadly, I…

Some people are simply overwhelming. They’re exhausting to be around. Communicating with them is not a relaxing experience. In fact, every time we interact with them, it feels like there’s this dam of what they need to say built up behind them, and we’re the one they need to unleash it upon.  Blech.  It’s completely draining. And the problem is, when we’re hardwired to fix and help and encourage…

My business has had its share of lean years.  But every time the bills start to mount the anxiety starts to deepen, my brain enters into crisis management mode.  And the internal debate is always the same. Should I reduce costs or increase revenue? Because on one hand, cutting costs is immediate and gratifying and cleansing and it has a direct affect on the bottom line.  I remember getting…

A friend of mine asked me what kind of clinical, peer reviewed research I typically conducted when writing books.  I almost fell out of my chair. After all, she’s academic, and so, she was trained in the objective, statistically rigorous analysis of scientific inquiry.  But I explained to her, I write from life. That is my research. The world gives me everything I need. And that doesn’t make my words any…

Eyes Full Of Dreams is a musical and motivational masterclass about making use of everything you are.  This film will be presented as a serialized, episodic documentary. I’m premiering each song as a stand alone chapter. Watch the movie, buy the album and download the dream journal at www.eyesfullofdreams.com. Beautiful World Progress is forgotten This most curious machine But the duty is loud and constant Beautiful world that I return to Beautiful…

Rushdie famously said that if you can’t have religion, there are big absences that you have to find somewhere else in life.  Because in addition to exaltation, religion provides people with a community, the sense of something shared, a common language, a common metaphor structure and a framework for explaining yourself to people.  And so, the fundamental question becomes, how will you fill that hole? Where will you find…

All creativity begins with the moment of conception. That little piece of kindling that gets the fire going. That initial source of inspiration that takes on a life of its own. That single note from which the entire symphony grows. That single spark of life that signals an idea’s movement value, almost screaming to us, something wants to be built here. Based on my books in The Prolific Series, I’m going…

Every school year, it was inevitable. We had to run the mile in gym class.  I hated this tradition. I was slow and doughy and noncompetitive and didn’t care. Running was stupid. I’d rather create art projects with my friends.  However, what I did appreciate about the mile run were the orange cones that marked the perimeter of the track. Because if you paced yourself strategically, you could cut corners to…

Ideas are free, execution is priceless. That’s been my mantra since day one of starting my business. It’s also the title of a book I wrote a few years back. You can download it for free here. But here’s the problem. I’m an idea junkie. Everything I look at in the world breaks down into a collection of ideas. I have about fifty new ones every day, and sadly, I…

For the first fifteen years of my professional art making career, I focused on creating things that were, first and foremost, interesting and inspiring and entertaining and honest and expressive.  Like philosophies and jokes and books and songs and movies and performances. Because that’s the story I told myself about the purpose of art. Not to solve a problem or accomplish a task, but to communicate a visible manifestation…