Aug
16
“Romance is the glamor which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.” ~Carolyn Gold Heilbrun~ We fall in love with someone or something, how do we keep the romance alive? What is romance? We each have our own definition of being romantic. It could be giving someone flowers, a card, gift, or …
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Aug
09
What is Love? Have you been in Love? We each define Love in different ways based on our experiences. We can Love a person, thing, or place. We can also Love an idea. We have ideas and sometimes treat them as an afterthought. We like them but don’t love them and give them the attention …
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Aug
04
“Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.” ~Frederick B. Wilcox~ Ever had a feeling that it felt right to go a certain direction? Did you encounter several obstacles and tell yourself it wasn’t meant to be or did you defy them in pursuit of what felt right? …
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Aug
01
“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.” ~Leo Burnett~ Ever see cats in action? How they observe and become curious at the sight of movement? I have two cats that are curious and at the sight of movement they become curious. They observe the …
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Jul
28
The nudity and exposure of an idea is just a thought away. This simply means that ideas are everywhere and are often clothed by the meaning that others have given to them. Peeling back these layers and exposing the ideas can lead to discovery of new ideas. This unveiling of ideas can be seen all …
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Jul
25
Have you browsed through a magazine and saw something you liked and really wish you had? My daughter was browsing through a Girls Life magazine and she was pointing out the bags and purses she liked. She was also texting her friends about the cool stuff in the magazine. The magazine triggered a 3-way switch. …
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Jul
22
“It’s all about people. It’s about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges.” ~Mike Davidson~ Social media has drastically changed the way we network. We are just one click away from starting a chain reaction of network building. You connect with someone and they connect with you. You connect with someone they …
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Jul
19
“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.” ~Edwin Land~ Ever see the movie Message in a Bottle based on the book by Nicholas Sparks? In the movie, the message in the bottle triggered a sequence of events and intrigued someone to seek out the owner of the message. The message carried …
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Jul
14
“Never solve a problem from its original perspective.” ~Charles Thompson~ Have you ever spent minutes or hours trying to arrange the furniture in the right spot? The lamp doesn’t seem to go in the corner so you move it in different places. You may even sit or stand in different parts of the room changing …
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Jul
11
“The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune’s spite; revive from ashes and rise” ~Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra~ Like a Phoenix whose nest and bird are reduced to ashes and reborn, so to can the ideas that sit on our shelf of ideas be brought back to life. …
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