Creativity is a word that comes to mind as I stand on the corner of the world’s most famous star studded sidewalk at Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Near the spot where Lana Turner was discovered in The Top Hat Malt Shop in the 1930’s, and can feel the energy… Continue reading A Canadian At The Creativity Crossroads in Hollywood, Los Angeles
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The Teething of Writers
What would happen if we quit every time it was hard to learn a skill? Like writing. When my writing is stuck, I feel frozen. If at first I don’t write something good, I try,try, again, like a masochist who keeps going to the dentist for the pain. I stress out that my writing won’t… Continue reading The Teething of Writers
Optimizing Yourself – Week 17 – Setting Constraints as Big as Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel) was the master of setting constraints. He once made a bet with a publisher at Random House that he could write a book using 50 words or less. His power to set limits paid off when Green Eggs and Ham sold more than 200 million copies and was Seuss’s best- selling… Continue reading Optimizing Yourself – Week 17 – Setting Constraints as Big as Dr. Seuss