Bluntness is information-centric communication. Sharing only the feedback without the social wrapping is high value communication. Lots of content packed into a short space of time. However delivered without the right structure and blunt information can destroy receptivity and lead to a low level of information transfer. Bluntness is not demeaning or personal. It is not about hierarchy, position, or Read More …
It does’t matter how much something costs you to do, you need to consider the value of your time when making your decision to participate. When considering going to a course, instead of simply looking a the courses cost I also factor in my own hourly rate. Will the course be worth that amount of value to me? When giving Read More …
Sometimes life can become rather overwhelming. The todo list can seem to stretch for miles with no apparent way to the bottom of it. The top priority items calling for your attention seem to battle with one another for supremacy and the will to keep going is hard to find; overcome by the constant fear of taking the wrong course Read More …
Almost every project I have worked on needs more emotion. We’re a culture deprived of healthy emotional expression and connection. Much of what we produce is flat and devoid of true passion and colour. People are hungry for it, our work is hungry for it. Let me make a distinction: Emotional expression is the healthy and natural feeling of anger, Read More …
It’s easy to jump right to solutions when we intuitively experience a problem. The challenge is that it’s easier and more effective long term to accurately describe the problem first before proceeding. Here’s why: 1. Solutions do not always lead to resolution. If you want a solution that truly fits the problem you’re dealing with you need to know what Read More …
To do great work on a team every member of that team must be committed to being truly present. When you are physically together, the more that that physical togetherness can equate to emotional and spiritual togetherness the more meaningful the experience, the more profound the creation. When I refer to emotional and spiritual togetherness, I don’t mean something squishy Read More …
On the way home from a big fencing tournament last year, one of my students who was riding shotgun, feeling suitably exhausted, turned to me and asked “How are you so awake still? How do you have so much energy?” There are many reasons I believe that I have a lot of energy but one of them is simply that Read More …
The thing I hate about New Year’s resolutions is that they only come once per year. If you set some meaningful change for your life and fall off the wagon by February it takes an entire year before you get to try again. This year make a resolution to make resolutions. Put goals into a central place in your life. Read More …
People often ask me how I have accomplished so many different things in my life. There are of course many different aspects, disciplines, and qualities that I believe help me do this but one of them is jumping on inspiration when it comes. Sometimes a particular project or idea comes percolating to the surface of your consciousness and it demands Read More …
I wrote recently about striking while the iron is hot. Today I want to consider a related idea for turning inspiration into fruit: Setting things into motion. Another key to getting many creative projects underway for me is that when I feel a creative inspiration I try to set it into motion as quickly as possible. I want to move Read More …