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Claudiu
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When we really break it down, creativity is made up of two parts: science and soul (left and right brain). The scientific side is that which needs to be learned and practiced. But the soulful side (which is composed of emotions) is something that can’t be taught—it’s simply the essence of who you are as a human being.
Quincy Jones • 12 Notes: On Life and Creativity
Life Cycle
All products progress sequentially through four stages of existence: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline.
All products progress through stages of existence that roughly correspond to birth, life, and death. For example, a new type of electronic device is envisioned and developed; its popularity grows; after a while its sales
Challenging negative beliefs about others using four questions and turnarounds instead of unproductive emotional venting
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And I wanted her to let me vent. Well, it turns out the research shows that venting does not work. That venting does nothing but cement the vision that you have of people, the beliefs that you have about people. It just makes them more vivid. So venting, we know, does not work, even though that's kind of the conventional advice.
So you have to blow
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Balancing disciplined professionalism with surrender to the subconscious to create intuitive, innovative work and life decisions
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You show up on time, you have an organized workspace, you treat it as something that is almost sacred. And yet, at the same time, in order to be able to fulfill your potential and say the things that you want to say, you have to make room and space to engage with the unconscious, with the organic world and the messiness of the other aspects of life
... See moreThere is a filmmaker that worked for Pixar that put this beautifully, and he used the metaphor of doing anything difficult, but for your high purposes of building a company. He says, "If you're sailing across the ocean and your goal is to avoid weather and waves, then why the hell are you sailing?" You have to embrace that sailing means that you... See more