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Pie Piles
I looked up from my work the other day and glanced at the book a friend had recently given to be as a thank you present. She is also an appreciator of a good homemade pie, and we shared the charm and humor of this how-to book. Then I suddenly noticed that this pie...
Horsecart Vision
You’ve heard it before. Especially if you are a dreamer, a visionary, a clearly creative person, your ideas for the future can be met with wet-blanket pragmatism. “Don’t put the cart before the horse,” we’re told. Well, I think those naysayers are just hearing us...
For Good
Do you tend to save things or use them up? I tend to be a saver. After making a yummy fruit salad for a potluck today, I felt inspired to take my Grandmother's silver serving spoon. So, I did. And now I see it as a good sign of being a recovering too-good-of-a-saver....
Crabby Pointers
What’s bugging you? Trying to get creative work done can be a challenge. Tiny troubles or even big bothersome dilemmas show up. Let’s face it. It’s all not peaches and cream 100% of the time when “following your joy.” Sometimes it’s peas and screams. Sure, we...
Saboteur Antidotes
Like so many creative artists and entrepreneurs, I’ve come to appreciate the courage and strength it takes. To keep our enterprising endeavors moving forward we must clear internal obstacles, and that inner critic can be mean. It can also be obnoxiously effective at...
Intention Reset
How is it that redwoods grow so tall? One of nature's beautiful mysteries that reminds me of the power of intention. They grow up. Up towards the light, standing among other aspiring trees, withstanding the elements over time. The new year is such a natural time to...
Tuning Up
This is day 6 of a week without news. That's right. No public radio in my kitchen, in my car or in my ears for a whole week. Part of a challenge on the Artist's Way, Julia Cameron offers a tool for "Reading Deprivation" on p. 87. Despite the harshness of the name, it...
Creative Compassion
Bumps and bruises can happen when we dare play on the playground of our creative life. A painting doesn't sell, a critic jabs where it hurts or a creative plan falls apart. All of that can be an "ouch," and we wish there were someone to dry our tears, give us a kiss...
Meeting Paths
Have you ever met someone in person that you've known and admired for some time? That's what I got to do when I met Jennifer Lee, author of the Right-Brain Business Plan(R) and a genuinely amazing and creative human being. Out in the Bay Area of California, I finally...
Feeling Faux?
(Please enjoy this article I wrote as a guest post on TheRightBrianBusinessPlan.com) Leafing through the latest issue of Entrepreneur magazine, the jargon defined on page 27 caught my eye. “Fauxtrepreneur: a person who comes up with myriad business ideas but never...
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