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Tuesday 6th December 2011
I've been reading (Kindling?) a book by Jonathan Fields called Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance. I recommend it to anyone who is struggling on the edge of their comfort zone - he is a most creative man, and the book is packed with good advice. (He's the guy who said that in order to make a good guitar, you have to make five bad guitars...)
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Tuesday 13th September 2011
A couple of weeks ago, I was awake at 3am. (This will not surprise regular readers...) I did some worrying, then decided to find something to read on my Kindle. I came across Seth Godin's latest book, Poke The Box. (I don't remember buying it, but there it was).
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Monday 12th October 2009
A few weeks ago, I did a presentation for about 180 people. It went well, and I received some great feedback on the day as well as some solid bookings for paid work. (I like that...). Last week, the 'official' feedback arrived from the organisers. Of the 41 comments on the list, 40 were most gratifying (not counting 4 references to the room being too cold, which I feel entitled to ignore...)
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Tags: thinking, creativity, failure, fear
Tuesday 9th June 2009
I went for a long walk with my dog today, listening to an old favourite on my iPod, David Whyte's quite marvellous Clear Mind Wild Heart. I reached the place where he talks of those times in our lives where we have to become bigger, where we must find a way to inhabit a greater sense of possibility than before.
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Tuesday 19th May 2009
It's easy to be fearful at the moment - the media are full of stories about hard times, doom and gloom forecasts abound, and lots of things we took for granted only a year or so ago are no longer givens.
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Tags: creativity, failure, fear
Thursday 30th April 2009
Do you know about fainting goats? Whenever they are startled, they 'faint' or freeze, and fall down.
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