Creativity

Exploring Creativity Myths

July 16, 2010
Exploring Creativity Myths

Creativity is a little mysterious, often misunderstood, and shrouded in myth. This post looks at those myths and the reality behind them.

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Happy Birthday Happenchance!

July 7, 2010
Happenchance: One Year of Creative Techniques and Temporary Insanity

One year, 5 countries, and 58 posts later, the author celebrates the birthday of Happenchance: Creative Techniques for Creative People.

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Need Ideas? Try an Inspiration Binge

June 11, 2010
The Bard went on inspiration binges.

An inspiration binge is a creative technique involving the immoderate consumption of cultural entertainments for the purpose of generating ideas. Read more…

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8 Reasons to Slow Down

March 9, 2010

Creativity doesn’t like to be rushed. Creativity likes to have ample time to explore new angles, ferment new ideas and concepts, and allow the intuition and undermind to run amok. Read more…

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What is Flow?

January 12, 2010

Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of Flow is like being focused, relaxed, and energized all at once. This article takes a look at what Flow is, why it’s important, and provides some tips for finding Flow. Read more…

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How to Manage the Fear of Failure

December 29, 2009

What’s wrong with failure? What does the fear of failure look like? How can we manage the fear of failure? To learn more about these questions, read on…

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How to Manage Your Inner Critic

December 22, 2009

The inner critic is a rotten friend to have around, like the guy that shows up at your party just to tell you your party sucks…while he drinks all your imported beer. This post shows you how to deal with this unwelcome wanker. read more…

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Increase Creativity With Mind Mapping

December 17, 2009
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Learning to use mind maps is like getting an adrenaline shot in your creative heart. This post will show you how to load the syringe. All you have to do is push the plunger. Click the title to read more.

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Removing Physical Barriers to Creating Amazing Things

December 15, 2009
Lazy Goat

The less barriers you face encounter to working on a project, the more likely you are to work on that project. This post looks at ways to remove those barriers. Click the title for more.

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32 Tips for Better Journal Writing

December 11, 2009
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Journal Writing is one of the best things you can do to improve your memory, clarify your thinking, increase your creativity, and just become a more all-around awesome person. Here’s a list of tips for better journal writing.

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