How Seinfeld's Productivity Secret Fixed My Procrastination Problem. Social Media Tools and Platforms in Learning Environments. (30150 unread) - miloin - Yahoo! Mail. Joey Goebel. Adam Joseph "Joey" Goebel III (born 1980) is an American author whose work centers around the peculiarities of culture in Middle America.
He was raised in Henderson, Kentucky, a small town on the Ohio River across from Evansville, Indiana. His parents, Adam Goebel of Louisville, and Nancy Bingemer Goebel of Henderson, were both social workers and met in Frankfort, Kentucky. His older sister CeCe is also a social worker. Goebel's books have been published in over ten languages and have found their largest audience in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Goebel currently lives in Kentucky, with wife Micah. Education and careers[edit] Goebel attended Brescia University in Owensboro, Kentucky, where he received an English degree with an emphasis in professional writing.
Novels and nominations[edit] MacAdam/Cage Publishing of San Francisco published Goebel's first book The Anomalies in April 2003. Music career[edit] The Mullets[edit] Novembrists[edit] Bibliography[edit] Other work[edit] Nine Ways To Create Creativity. Do you consider yourself to be "creative?
" Chances are, the answer is "No" or "Well, sometimes. " Why is that so? I work with educational leaders and got this from a long-time school principal: If you ask first-graders how many of them are "creative," pretty much all of the hands in the class go up. They smile. What happens when the same question is asked of the same kids a few years later? The responses drop to nearly zero.
Fast forward to your business meeting. Whoa! We've got little kids who are convinced they are creative. Surrounded by geniuses. What's the Best Book on Creativity You've Ever Read? - Creativity, Etc. The media world has beenabuzz about Wired and New Yorker contributing writer Jonah Lehrer's new book Imagine: How Creativity Works.
No wonder, as it's a mind-rejiggering read that sheds light on the many factors that go into nurturing creativity, the importance of which, of course, has been obvious to the ad industry, but whose value increasingly has been recognized in the larger world of business and marketing. The book is rife with examples illustrating the alchemy of science, chance, intention, risk-taking and persistence that contributes to innovation. Some of his most telling stories include how Bob Dylan, drained of creative juices, was on the verge of ending his musical career before he had the breakthrough moment that led to "Like a Rolling Stone," and how Dan Wieden came up with Nike's famous "Just Do It" tagline--after thinking about a murderer named Gary Gilmore. UPDATE: Lehrer's book turns out to be full of even more surprises--but not the good kind.
Flow The Opposable Mind. 10 Essential Blogs for Creative Entrepreneurs. Creative entrepreneurs are driven by a passion to create remarkable things and meaningful relationships.
They come in various types: Artists and creatives who make a living from their artworkEntrepreneurs who take a creative approach to their businessIndependent-minded individuals who want to create a unique lifestyle for themselves and their families. Creative entrepreneurs don’t necessarily follow the traditional entrepreneurial path – like Marla, many of them eschew VC funding and have no interest in scaling their business beyond themselves and a few co-conspirators (although they are very open to scaling it in terms of profitability and impact). By definition, creative entrepreneurs think and act differently to most folks around them. They were the odd one out at school or when they had a day job. 1. As the name The Art of Nonconformity suggests, Chris Guillebeau marches to a different drum. Danilling: пожиратели мотивации. Что бы мы не делали, мы это дело делаем в рамках представлений о том, как нужно и должно что-либо делать.
Например, человек научился составлять годовой отчет - в институте или на первом месте работы. Составляя отчет, он вроде бы руководствуется конкретными навыками и знаниями о том, как это делается. Но кроме этих знаний на него могут влиять другие знания - о том, как нужно делать что-бы то ни было. Tyler Durden’s 8 Rules of Innovation. We all want to do remarkable things, and lead remarkable lives.
No one wants to spend the day engaged in mundane productivity in pursuit of a meaningless consumer existence. Certainly not you, right? So why do we find it so hard to break out of our rut and do truly innovative things? Because it’s hard. Because it often requires us to significantly alter our perspectives and step outside our comfort zones. It’s almost like becoming another person. I Know This Because Tyler Knows This… If you haven’t seen the movie Fight Club (or read Chuck Palahniuk’s excellent novel), I won’t spoil the fantastic plot twist where we come to understand who Tyler Durden really is.
At its core, Fight Club is about living the life you truly want to live, and the hard path to getting there. Luckily, Tyler says a lot of things that apply directly to innovative action.