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Psychology

Density equals energy

May 1, 2010

There’s power in connectivity. There’s freedom in constraints. Creativity isn’t a profession, a state of mind or even a type of class. It’s the answer to a problem. It’s the lifeblood that too many people toss aside as unimportant or irrelevant to their daily lives. Creativity is achieved through collaboration, whether physical, psychological or emotional. [...]

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Spread your gospel

February 23, 2010

We know you want to be heard. It’s tough to stand out. You have to be really loud, really good or really controversial. Some people, the rarest of us, are all three. We are not. We have to work to spread our message. We have to target, we have to impress and we have to [...]

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Accept, Change, Ignore

February 15, 2010

No matter what happens, we are always faced with the same three choices. We can accept, we can change or we can ignore. Accept is an easy one and often chosen, but it seldom does much good. If someone calls you an asshole, you can either take it or fight it. If you ARE an [...]

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Creativity: process AND habit

February 11, 2010

We were all creative once. We did things without asking, we colored outside the lines and we wrote paragraphs that rhymed. We did these acts instinctively. We did them out of habit. And then, somewhere along the way, we were taught another way. We were told to follow someone else’s rules. So we grew up [...]

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