I have a lot of creative friends: writers, designers, artists. They can all attest to one simple fact: we have a lot of ideas that just aren’t that good. This truth is not isolated to creativity. Or rather it is, but our definition of creativity is too limiting. We are creating thoughts all the time.… Continue reading Throwaway Thoughts
The Language of Angels
“Laughter is the language of angels.” – Dante
In Every Problem There Is an Opportunity
The more I look the more I see in things their opposite. Assets are liabilities and vice versa. Pick just about anything and both arguments can be made for the good and the bad of it. So which to pick?Nobody wants problems. I do not want to wish problems on anyone. But problems happen; nobody’s… Continue reading In Every Problem There Is an Opportunity
The Sins of Positive Thinkers
I’m not alone as someone who— in search of spiritual growth— walked away from organized religion. The sermons repeated in my church seemed tired and not terribly relevant to me (though, in fairness, I stopped going at age 16). Words like lord and salvation seemed to be used as givens, above inquiry. I got in to positive… Continue reading The Sins of Positive Thinkers
Amy Cudy: Your body language shapes who you are
Positive Affirmations, Power or Peril?
Psychologist Joanne Wood’s study Positive Self-Statements: Power for Some, Peril for Others got a brief write up over at intentblog.I first heard of this study via Oliver Burkman’s article, The Power of Negative Thinking. Burkeman casts doubt on the merits of positive affirmations by quoting the study, “such statements make people with low self-esteem feel worse”. Maggie… Continue reading Positive Affirmations, Power or Peril?