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How to get motivated when you are not

March 7, 2011 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

Are you wondering how to get motivated when you are not? Take a nap. Run to the coffee shop and grab a cup of coffee. Go for a run. But - and here's the key part in how to get motivated - set a hard stop time for the activity you are choosing to do, instead of what you feel like you should be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation Tagged With: behavior, coffee, coffee shops, cup of coffee, cups, get motivated, grabs, head, hours, how to get motivated, human interest, motivation, nap, psychology, Running, walking, when you

Creativity and Coloring

November 27, 2010 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

When you were young how did you color? Did you color inside the lines? Did you color the grass green and the sky blue? Did you color the background or just the object? How would you color today? I believe we can find answers to our creative outlook in questions like these. Photo Credit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: personal development Tagged With: cognition, color, coloring, colors, creativity, outlook, problem solving, psychology, questions, sky blue

Creativity and drawing: skill or mindset?

September 18, 2010 By Jim Raffel 9 Comments

The following are notes I captured at a recent Translator lab hours session. It's not the drawing that's creative, it's the thought. Sketching isn't drawing. Drawing or sketching is the output of the creativity. ...and that can be applied without the sketch. how "good" or "bad" is talent or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: personal development Tagged With: cognition, creative, creativity, draw, mindset, problem solving, psychology, sketches, skill, translator

Consistency and Reliability Gain Readers

August 17, 2010 By Jim Raffel 5 Comments

Right after publishing daily, there is no single change I've made to increase readership more, than to publish at the same time every day. The consistency of being able to set your clock by Jim Raffel's blog post at 4:30am central time every day leads to a reliability people like. Reader gains as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, WordPress Tagged With: blog, consistency, feedburner, psychology, readers, reliability, starbucks, tactics

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