CreativityLife
A Numbing Diet
A few months ago I decided to go on a diet. It was not a change in my eating habits but a change in my mental consumption. I had caught myself over the course of the pandemic reading more and more...
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CoachingCreativity
Get Shitty Done Early
The biggest barrier to getting great work done is trying to do great work. Prolific writer and blogger Seth Godin shares that for every blog post he publishes he writes at least three, and this man...
CreativitySwordplay
The Difference Between a Fighter and a Martial Artist
If you can kick butt, does that make you a martial artist? Not necessarily. The word “art" is etymologically related to the word “artisan”. To the renaissance man, something was an art because it is...
Creativity
Geniuses Are Those that Start
"The only thing that happens before you begin, is not beginning.” This is a beautiful quote from Kevin Ashton, author of How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery....
CreativityProductivity
Who Is My Audience?
It’s me. This may seem a bit conceited, narcissistic, or narrow: When I write, I write for me. When I teach, I teach for me. I started a sword fighting school because I was passionate about...
Creativity
Daily Adventures
I came across an idea the other day when browsing a book called The Happiness of Pursuit by Chris Guillebeau (a very interesting guy to look into, he’s travelled to every country in the world before...
Creativity
Getting My Mind Out of the Way
“A mind is a terrible thing, so waste it.” Brad Blanton, Radical Honesty. Between my being and the world is a filter. It’s my mind. Through its machinations I create a persona that allows me to...
CreativityRelationships
Opening Up to Anger
Anger has never been a very strong part of my emotional repertoire. At least not my outward one. Not to say that I didn’t get angry I have just been exceptionally good at anger management. Yet I have...
Creativity
Don't Be Realistic
“Be realistic”, “Don’t set yourself up for disappointment”, “Grow up and get a real job”. There will always be doubters when you set yourself on the road less travelled. If you succeed in stepping...
Creativity
Writing As Art
Do I agree with everything I write? No. Some things I agreed with as I wrote them. For some my thoughts and feelings on the topic changed weeks later and some as soon as they were done. Many I still...