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What Does a Coffee Cup Tell you About Yourself ?

Imagineer7

It’s just more expensive and even over shadows the quality of the coffee because by focusing on the cup we fail to enjoy the coffee. A good life is one where you savor the coffee, not the cup. The lesson is the richest is not the one who has the most, but who needs the least.”.

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6 Ways to Become a More Independent Thinker at Work

On The Job

At the same time, those who don't show a willingness to come up with creative ideas often are passed over for promotions and fail to be marketable in a competitive job market. I think a lot of us have really shut down at work," she says. But creative ideas and engagement and commitment are really things that you give to someone.

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My Life, My Career: Executive Coaching Services to Succeed

CoCaptain

They engage in a stimulating, creative, and encouraging process that challenges them to amplify their professional and leadership potential.” I will say this: it’s one of the more challenging routes because it involves a lot of time, energy, and dedication from both you and your coach.

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Mervyn Peake: How to Build a Castle in the Air

Lateral Action

For example, here's part of the description of the Ladies Cora and Clarice taking afternoon tea, at a table perched improbably on the trunk of a tree growing out of the castle wall: Upon the lit wall [the tree's] perfect shadow lay as though engraved with superhuman skill. Much better to embrace your shadow, take it out and dance with it.

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How Getting Nothing Done Can Make You More Productive

Lateral Action

So What's This Got to Do with Creativity and Productivity? Meditation is not designed to make you more creative or productive. My aim is to highlight one of the paradoxes of productivity and especially creativity: beyond a certain point, doing more or working harder is actually counter-productive. Absolutely nothing.