Monthly Archives: October 2009

Less is More

I recently heard a sales trainer wrap up a day long work­shop with a review that included the fol­low­ing: 6 OBJECTIVES listed at the begin­ning of the meet­ing. 5 PRIORITIES for win­ning. 4 BUSINESS DRIVERS for mak­ing busi­ness hap­pen. 7 … Con­tinue read­ing

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Winner of Karate Dottie

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Ran­dall for win­ning the auto­graphed copy of “Karate Dot­tie.” For every­one else make sure you take advan­tage of this spe­cial dis­count offer to read­ers of Obser­va­tion Paper. You can save 20% on price of “Karate Dottie”!

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Karate Dottie Discount Code

To help wrap up this series on Cre­ativ­ity, Sam Var­ney is offer­ing a spe­cial dis­count to read­ers of Obser­va­tion Paper for his book, “Karate Dot­tie and the Treach­er­ous Tree­house.” Go to this link at Cre­ate Space, order the book directly … Con­tinue read­ing

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Social Media Interview on NPR with Gary Vaynerchuk

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5 Movie Quotes about Creativity

1. BLAZING SADDLES HEDLEY LAMARR: “My mind is a rag­ing tor­rent, flooded with rivulets of thoughtcas­cad­ing into a water­fall of cre­ative alter­na­tives.” 2. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY SARAH CONNOR: Men like you built the hydro­gen bomb. Men like you thought … Con­tinue read­ing

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Getting Serious about Creativity

I was read­ing this inter­view with Paula Scher on Psy­chol­ogy Today’s web­site about the impor­tant role of fail­ure in the cre­ative design process. Here she explains her approach to recov­er­ing from fail­ure: There are two dif­fer­ent ways this thing works. … Con­tinue read­ing

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7 Creativity Quotes

7 Cre­ativ­ity Quotes View more pre­sen­ta­tions from Todd Chan­dler. I com­piled the quotes I’ve been shar­ing for this cre­ativ­ity series into the above slide pre­sen­ta­tion. Only 13 days until the draw­ing for a free auto­graphed copy of “Karate Dot­tie.” Enter … Con­tinue read­ing

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CREATIVITY | Thoreau Quote

Remem­ber to enter your com­ments on CREATIVITY PROFILE | S. F. Var­ney in order to win an auto­graphed copy of “Karate Dot­tie and Treach­er­ous Treehouse.”

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