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Ideas have no schedule

February 1, 2011 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

Sometimes I have a shortage of ideas and struggle to decide what to write about, like this morning. More often, I have more than enough ideas and it's just a matter of getting in the writing flow and cranking out the posts. Those are the times when I double and triple up on writing and get a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: captured, cognition, creativity, environment, idea, ideas, ideation, philosophy, schedule, scheduling, thought

Creativity the Idea Box way

November 10, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

After writing the role of coffee in blog writing I received a suggestion in the Idea Box for several future blog topics. Scroll down a bit and take a peek over to your right to see what the idea box looks like. As I read through the reader's ideas it occurred to me that a post like this would … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing Tagged With: blog, blog writing, blogs, creativity, generate ideas, idea, idea box, ideas, ideation, problem solving, the idea box, thought

The decision to act

October 26, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Filtering great ideas and making the decision to act on the best of them is the single most valuable use of your time. What does that process look like that ultimately separates the winning ideas from the losing ones? Moving ideas into action You have no shortage of good ideas, for that is seldom … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: act, acting, actions, creativity, decision, decisions, emotional, energy, idea, ideas, inspired, moving ideas, thought

Ideation ideas

September 26, 2010 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

Two quick ideas to keep your mind moving forward and thinking. When making a numbered list always add one number at the end and leave it blank. By doing so you encourage your mind to keep thinking. Instead of the "that's done" mentality, your thinking will be "what else?" When sketching or taking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: paper, personal development, Stuff I Like, Writing Tagged With: creativity, idea, ideas, ideation, number list, start, thought

What Do You Get Paid For?

August 27, 2010 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

Here's the thing, spending hours a day furiously responding to emails, tweeting, or updating your Facebook status, that's not work. It makes you feel busy, important and "loved" but it's probably not what you are getting paid for. What do I get paid for? It's a good question and this post resulted … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development, Twitter, Writing Tagged With: creative, creative thinking, Facebook, get paid, thought

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