I watched this TED talk last week and thought I would share it with you as I found it fascinating and relevant to our world of creatives. Views switch between whether we should work on one project at once or multi-task. You will find various TED talks on the matter, all with differing views. This […]
Recently Read – Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi
Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi Has your smartphone become your BFF? Do you feel bored when you’re not checking Facebook or Instagram? Bored and Brilliant: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Spacing Out explains the connection between boredom and original thinking, and explores how we can harness boredom’s hidden benefits to become our most productive selves. In […]
How Boredom Can Lead To Your Most Brilliant Ideas
Today I have a TED talk by Manoush Zomorodi for you. It’s a fascinating talk. About how boredom can lead to deep thinking and brilliant creative ideas, how the world we live in stops it and what she found when she tried to do something about it. I loved how at the end she said […]
Permission To Procrastinate!
I couldn’t sleep last night and ended up watching a TED talk – I love these, so many great talks in one place! This one about the benefits of procrastination. I thought I’d share it as you might enjoy it. Especially if you are a creative person. It kind of gives you permission to procrastinate. […]
Inside The Mind Of A Major Procrastinator
How often do you intend to get on with a task but suddenly realised you didn’t quite get done what you’d wanted to? I recognise myself as a procrastinator. I work really well to deadlines. If I’m given an unlimited period of time to do a piece of work in, I do lots of other […]
How Do You Manage Your Creativity?
I watched a great TED talk a couple of weeks ago. It was Shonda Rhimes talking about the year she decided to say yes to everything. Now, most people decide they need to say no to more things, that they say yes to far too many, but Shonda decided that as a general writer type […]