creativity
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On The Sacred Act of Distraction Free Writing
I am back from my three-month sabbatical; an amazing benefit Automatticians receive every 5 years. I spent a significant portion of that time reading and writing (distraction free writing that is). After some accounting I put the count north of 100,000 words. Some went towards a thriller I’m writing. Others went to journal entries, reflections…
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It’s only a mistake if you make it twice
I used to encourage my teams and colleagues to ‘Celebrate Failures.’ Otherwise, we hide shared learnings from one another when we sweep mistakes under the rug in shame. The truth is, we all know this, we all fail from time to time. What’s important is learning and adapting. My idea behind celebrating failures was to…
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A Note on Ego
Recently I have been more in tune with, and listening to the impact of Ego on our imagination. Our early childhood was Ego-less. We felt no shame running naked through our backyards, waving our arms, and singing songs. As children we also experience no limitations in our imagination. We were in tune with nature and…