Itâs time to decide what Christmas books to read this holiday season! The holiday season is upon us once again. I like to theme my reading, so every year I pick a Christmas book to read for the month of December. This year, as I was contemplating which Christmas book to read for 2023, I [â¦]
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WOOP is a research-based method you can start applying right away to achieve your goals. WOOP is an acronym that stands for Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan. Itâs a method for achieving goals, setting preferences, and changing habits that is based on 20 years of sccientific research in the science of motivation. The WOOP method was [â¦]
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You can increase your happiness by applying practices from the science of happiness. I came across an online course from Yale Universityâan Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticutâon âThe Science of Well-Beingâ. Itâs taught by Professor Laurie Santos, and it became the most popular class ever taught at Yale. I took the course [â¦]
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Although often overshadowed by the Ancient Greeks, the Ancient Romans also had a rich culture and produced many must-read books. As Iave mentioned before on this blog, one of my goals in life is to be well-read. Iâm making a list of the books I feel that I need to read to achieve that goal, [â¦]
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What do you do when you want to travel, but canât? People love to travel for many reasons. Here are some of them: We crave knew experiences. We may have read, or heard, of a place that sounds like it would be fantastic to visit. We want to discover new ways of doing things and [â¦]
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You need unwavering commitment to achieve your goals. A while back I wrote a post on Ten Must-Watch TED Talks for lifelong learners. One of the talks that I highlighted in that post was by Connor Grooms. Grooms is a young man who learned to speak Spanish in a month. In his talk, Grooms explains [â¦]
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Being able to cope during hard times, such as these, is an invaluable skill. Life moves in cycles. Sometimes weare up, and sometimes weare down. The upcycles are great, but the downcycles can be difficult to deal with. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, humanity is currently going through a downcycle. This makes the question, aWhatas the [â¦]
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There are plenty of ways to have fun even if you have to stay at home. Itâs mid-March, and the world finds itself in the throes of a pandemic. If thereâs one thing that most experts agree on when it comes to the best way to stay safe from the COVID-19 virus, itâs that we [â¦]
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Stop self-sabotaging your learning efforts. Iam a weightlifter. One of the most difficult weightlifting exercises to perform properlyaif not the most difficultais the barbell back squat. This is for several physical reasons, including the following: In order to squat properly you must have good flexibility and mobility. This includes ankle mobility, hamstring mobility, hip mobility, [â¦]
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Stop waiting to be picked. Pick yourself. Author, marketing expert, and entrepreneur Seth Godin explains that weare taught since we were kids to wait to be picked. When we want something, we wait to get permission from those who are in a position of authority: the Human Resources Director, the publisher, the record label manager, [â¦]
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Have you ever had the experience of getting tantalisingly close to a big opportunity in your creative career a but not quite making it? Maybe it was a pitch, or a competition, a publishing opportunity, a senior role, or a funding application. Maybe you got really positive feedback. They said you were great, your work [â¦]
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When the Covid 19 pandemic struck in 2020, human life on earth was massively disrupted. Not only the human tragedy of millions of lives lost, but also the social and economic damage caused by the virus and our attempts to control it. As a writer and a coach for creatives, I have been particularly concerned [â¦]
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Welcome to Episode 10 of the Creative Disruption season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Itas been my most ambitious season yet, with creatives from 5 continents and probably the closest Iall ever [â¦]
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Welcome to Episode 9 of the Creative Disruption season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. This week we are off to Tokyo, to meet Ichi Hatano, a wonderful artist whose work has deep [â¦]
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Welcome to Episode 8 of the Creative Disruption season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Have you ever had the idea for a creative project that youave never quite got round to starting? [â¦]
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If you work on your own a in your office or studio, or your bedroom or at your kitchen table a it can feel like no one is watching. So it doesnat matter whether you show up. If you skipped a day on your novel, who would know? If you didnat go to the studio [â¦]
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Welcome to Episode 7 of the Creative Disruption season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Today weare focusing on a creative sector that is close to my heart, which was massively disrupted but [â¦]
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A few months ago I was listening to the DavidBowie: AlbumtoAlbum podcast, a terrific show about Bowie hosted by Arsalan Mohammed. In Season 3 episode 11 Arsalan spoke to Donny McCaslin, the leader of the jazz band that Bowie discovered in a New York club, and asked to work with him on what turned out [â¦]
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Welcome to Episode 6 of the Creative Disruption season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Today we are off to Australia in the company of Charlotte Abroms, a music manager based in Melbourne [â¦]
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Last week I suggested that if youare serious about achieving your creative ambitions, you need to think in terms of projects, not tasks. Because if you get up every morning and ask yourself aWhat should I work on today?a you risk making decisions based on what feels urgent right now, rather than what will make [â¦]
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Welcome to Episode 5 of the CREATIVE DISRUPTION season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Today we are going to look at one of the biggest challenge for many people during lockdown, whether [â¦]
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When we think of productivity we typically think about tasks and to-do lists, working habits and routines. We focus on how to make the most of our time on a daily or at most a weekly basis. All of which is great, but if this is all we focus on, thereas a danger of getting [â¦]
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Welcome to Episode 4 of the CREATIVE DISRUPTION season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Today we meet Amrita Kumar, the co-founder and CEO of Candid Marketing, an innovative marketing agency in India. [â¦]
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Marketing is a word that strikes fear into the heart of a lot of creatives. Itas an area where a lot of us feel we donat have a natural talent a weare far more comfortable making work than telling the world about it, let alone trying to get people to buy it. One reason for [â¦]
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Welcome to Episode 3 of the CREATIVE DISRUPTION season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Today we are looking at the world of film and TV production, which was massively disrupted by the [â¦]
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A lot of creative professions involve submitting work to gatekeepers of various kinds: agents, editors, publishers, gallerists, funders, producers, studios and competition judges and so on. Yes, the 21st century gives us plenty of options for creating things without gatekeepers a you can sell direct, build your own platform, launch your own event, self-publish or [â¦]
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Welcome to Episode 2 of the CREATIVE DISRUPTION season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. This week we are off to South Africa, to hear from Earl Abrahams, an artist and filmmaker who [â¦]
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aEat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.a This quote is often attributed to Mark Twain. Apparently thereas no hard evidence linking it to him, but that hasnat stopped it from concentrating the minds of many people when they ask themselves [â¦]
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Today we kick off Season 6 of The 21st Century Creative, the podcast that helps you thrive as a creative professional amid the demands, distractions and opportunities of the 21st Century. The theme for this season is CREATIVE DISRUPTION. Every episode will feature an interview with a creator whose work was disrupted by the Covid-19 [â¦]
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Sony Music Group is sending more than 700 letters to tech companies and music streaming services, calling on them to not use its music to train AI without authorization from the label.
Zach Brian and podcast host Brianna Chickenfry were in a 'traumatizing side-by-side car crash' during the country singer's Quittin' Time tour, she says.
Pop superstar Billie Eilish's new album 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' is due Thursday night. One breezy track already feels like a hit.
Lizzy McAlpine's song "Ceilings" went viral on TikTok last year. Her new album "Older," coming to the Greek Theatre, sounds nothing like it.
Rapper Lil Baby is believed to be the artist who was filming a music video near where three men were shot Tuesday in a commercial area in Atlanta.
Ahead of dual performances at Saturday's Just Like Heaven festival, Ben Gibbard talks about his overlapping careers with the Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie.
Estevie spent her early teenage years as a singing show contestant. Now, she's ready to take over the world with her brand of cumbia pop.
John Barbata, the classic rock drummer for the Turtles, Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, has died. The 'Happy Together' performer was 79.
New coaches Snoop Dogg and Michael BublA(c) aren't strangers to 'The Voice': The rapper was a Season 20 mega mentor and BublA(c) was a Team Blake advisor on Season 3.
Kelly Clarkson gets candid about her weight loss, revealing she's on a medication that 'aids and breaks down the sugar' in her body a and it's not Ozempic.
David Sanborn, the influential saxophonist who collaborated with Stevie Wonder and David Bowie, has died from prostate cancer. He was 78.
After Diddy's son Christian 'King' Combs name-checked 50 Cent on a diss track, he roasted the young Combs and rehashed allegations against him and his father.
Childish Gambino (a.k.a. Donald Glover) released the 'finished' version of his 2020 album '3.15.20' on Sunday as 'Atavista' and will take the music on a world tour.
He's written massive hits for Morgan Wallen and Post Malone. But Ernest's new album takes a longer view of Nashville tradition.
Shaquille O'Neal dropped a diss track about Shannon Sharpe as part of the beef between the two star athletes-turned-broadcasters that started with a Nikola Jokic interview.
A second alleged trespasser paid a visit to Drake's Toronto home two days after a security guard suffered a gunshot wound in a shooting outside the mansion.
Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber are not having twin babies, despite what the singer's mom, Patti Mallette, led some fans to believe Thursday.
Pisano's career spanned seven decades and included sharing the stage or recording studio with many jazz luminaries, including Chico Hamilton, Herb Alpert, Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra.
Ahead of band's performance at the Cruel World festival this weekend, singer, songwriter and guitarist Jim Reid spoke about sibling rivalry, reunification and his hatred of streaming.
Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys was put under a conservatorship Thursday in Los Angeles following the January death of his caregiver wife, Melinda Wilson.
Before releasing new memoir "Down With the System" on May 14, Tankian spoke about why he's optimistic about Armenia, and whether we might see another album from System of a Down.
Hailey Bieber is expecting her first child with Justin Bieber, the celebrity couple announced Thursday. The 'Baby' singer and the model were married in 2018.
The musician and engineer famed for his collaborations with Nirvana and the Pixies died Tuesday at age 61. Hear some of his most important work.
Cardi B explains why she referred to her Met Gala gown designer, Sensen Lii, as 'Asian and everything' instead of by his name upon her arrival at the event.
An L.A. County judge orders Frankie Valli's eldest son, Francesco, to stay away from the Four Seasons singer and brother Emilio for the next three years.
Rapper 50 Cent has filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex Daphne Joy, who accused him last month of rape after he trolled her for being labeled a sex worker.
Known as a giant of punk and experimental rock music from the 1980s to the present day, Albini produced and engineered records for Nirvana, the Pixies, PJ Harvey and others.
Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong created a template for what it means for a musician to be 'on tour.' How much of their accounts was pure myth?
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