11 Jul How to Explode Creativity: The Conscious Rider and the Subconscious Elephant
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Explode Creativity by understanding the power of the mind using this metaphor to describe the conscious and subconscious...
30 Apr 8 Powerful Steps To Declutter, Let Go and Renew
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With so much stuff filling each part of our lives it can be a challenge knowing how, or where, to begin clearing. Learn to let go and renew....
06 Jan The Selfish Act of Kindness
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Are you a kind person? Do you like to be treated with kindness? Why should you be kind?...
17 Aug Hack Your Brain To Shift Your Perspective
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Shift your perspective and challenge assumptions to change the meaning of what you see and add to your life experience....
09 Mar How to Hack your Brain to Explode Creativity
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Our brains are wired to survive and – to survive – you must be creative....
05 Mar In Search of Solitude by James Mapes
Posted at 17:50h in James Mapes Blog
“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.” -May Sarton (1912-1995), American Poet and novelist. Solitude is a rare but necessary commodity in today’s hyper-connected world. Whether you are aware of it or not, everyone needs a bit of alone time for their...
02 Feb Creative Lessons from the Super Bowl
Posted at 20:12h in James Mapes Blog
The great director, Steven Spielberg wrote. “The most amazing thing for me is that every single person who sees a movie, not necessarily one of my movies, brings a whole set of unique experiences. Now, through careful manipulation and good storytelling, you can get everybody...
21 Jul Create Mental Space for Creativity
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If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind ...
16 Mar MINDFULNESS, MEDITATION AND MALARKEY
Posted at 17:47h in Articles
If I guaranteed you would lower your anxiety, calm your mind, renew, recharge, think more clearly, reduce your fear response and enhance your creativity – just by investing two five-minute periods of time, twice-a-day - to meditate - would you commit to do...
03 Mar 6 Ways to Enlarge Your Imagination with Wonder by Mark Sanborn
G.K. Chesterton was a writer who lived large—both figuratively and literally—and who was wildly in love with life. He said, “The world will never lack for wonders, only wonder.” ...