Alpha waves and creativity

Alpha waves and creativity

image by 1ktruefans.com I listened to this podcast by Kevin Kaiser and Robert Liparulo and it was great. The podcast wasn't meant to be about creativity, but they talked a lot about creativity. It was great. They talked about how alpha waves are what yourRead More

Update on stand up

Update on stand up

I just wanted to give an update about how our daily stand up meetings are going. If you don't remember this experiment my family and I are doing, you can read about our daily accountability here. The jury is still out on thisRead More

5 Steps to Tackle Your Creative Anxiety

5 Steps to Tackle Your Creative Anxiety

You've likely experienced anxiety and stress while trying to be creative. Anxiety is our natural fear response. You've heard of our flight or fight reaction. Flight is our instinct to avoidance, escape, and even procrastination. Fight is directly tackling a problem and anguishingRead More

There is only one of you

There is only one of you

image by biography.com I read this post by James Clear about Martha Graham and I just have to share. Here's the quote that I absolutely loved from Martha Graham: “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translatedRead More

What does it mean to be a good engineer?

What does it mean to be a good engineer?

image by tf2wh.com This week at work I've been thinking a lot about how to determine if someone is a good engineer and how do you put someone at a certain level of ability. Next week I have to give training about this,Read More

3 great insights from Harold Shapero

3 great insights from Harold Shapero

image by latimes.com Harold Shapero was an American composer born in the 1920s and whose hero was Beethoven. I read some of his writing in this book that I'm reading and it just blew me away. Here's some of the most important thingsRead More

The Spirituality of Creativity

The Spirituality of Creativity

Today I'm going to mix in my moral compass a little bit with my ideas of creativity. I'm Christian and I believe that God created our world. I want to talk about that. That act of creating the whole universe. Imagine the sheerRead More