Category: creativity

Community Gardening | P. Allen Smith Garden Style

This film is only available in the US because of territorial licensing. P. Allen Smith brings a new style to his long-running series, exploring the many ways you can Grow, Cook, and Design all areas of your life! Discover ideas to spark your own creativity as the award-winning designer, gardening and lifestyle expert adds more…


Office Upgrades: Get Comfy to Boost Productivity

Super Vision Meade LX600 ACF Telescope – 16” F/8 $19,499.99 An office telescope is great for lunchtime birdwatching, but instead of a brass replica, consider this impressive model. Use the external 8x viewfinder to find the bird, then see it up close via the main lens. Add a diagonal eyepiece for “right side up” viewing….


How To Keep Your Kids Creative in a Big Tech World

Today, raising creative kids won’t happen naturally. It has to be a choice. According to teachers and experts from across America, kids don’t innovate like they used to. In a world where technology lets us live in other people’s ideas, life in school is increasingly regimented, and the last few years have made it challenging…


Creativity Is Self-Care

We are all creative. People who believe they’re not creative wrongly assume that if they don’t have a creative outlet or are not gifted in a particular artistic expression, they’re not creative. In truth, creativity is a human attribute gifted to each of us, though some have cultivated it more fully while others have abandoned…


3 Reasons Why Walking Boosts Creativity

By Tracy Tilson Some of our most constructive and creative thoughts come when we least expect them or when we’re simply taking our mind off our current challenges, if only for a brief moment. Does simply putting one foot in front of the other help create ideas that might not have surfaced if it wasn’t…


4 ‘Unproductive’ Habits That Make You More Productive

By Stacey Stratton 2020 brought new challenges to the way entrepreneurs attract customers, utilize technology, and outperform their competition. Many business leaders have been pushing themselves to the limit to adapt to these changes. Unfortunately, using that approach is exhausting for the mind and body, and counterproductive in finding the most innovative ideas. If you’re…


The High Bar of Expectations Can Crush Our Creativity

I have clients who really set high standards for themselves: They want to write amazing blog posts, create inspiring music and profound works of art, or start a thriving business that reaches hundreds of thousands of people. These are beautiful aspirations, and I love what we are aiming for. It’s amazing! And yet, if you…


Why Being Stuck at Home Drains Our Creativity

While the pandemic has caused thousands of small businesses to temporarily close or shutter for good, the disappearance of the corner coffee shop means more than lost wages. It also represents a collective loss of creativity. Researchers have shown how creative thinking can be cultivated by simple habits such as exercise, sleep, and reading. But another catalyst is unplanned…