Theory Into Practice (TIP) Get High Now. Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation. Picasso’s Top 7 Tips for Creating an Exciting Life. “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.” “Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.” Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor and creator in many creative fields. He’s perhaps the most well-known painter from all of the 20:th century.
He also had some interesting things to say about life. 1. “He can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t. This is a great quote because it doesn’t just say that you should “believe in yourself!”. The funny thing is that it’s hard to see how much your beliefs control your performance and how you see your world when you are used at looking at things from just one perspective. When you think you can do something instead of not your perception of that thing changes. 2. “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” 3. 4. 5. Preparing Kids for 21st-Century Success -- May 19, 2008. Making Sense? The Claim: Right-Brainers will Rule Tom Peters calls this book, "A Miracle! " on the book cover. There is much in the book that is pleasing and hopeful, but "miracle" seems a bit over the top, and despite the title, little is new inside the book compared to similar pronouncements made by Peters and his disciples twenty years ago.
Many of us have been working for the transformation Pink forecasts for decades, but the society hardly seems poised to make the shift, as conservative forces maintain a firm grip on many of our institutions and the workplace revolution predicted by Peters has not really materialized. While Pink cites the sales of candles across the USA and some other workplace trends like outsourcing as evidence to support his predictions, this all seems like flimsy evidence as huge corporations like Wal-Mart dominate the culture and No Child Left Behind drains creativity, thinking and invention out of many school programs. Back to the Future? "A Passion for Excellence: A Review. "