Staying creative means never getting bored with the basics

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Two of the 30+ years worth of Disney Name Tags. Photo: Avalanche Lake in Glacier National Park a couple weeks ago.

 

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Stay flexible and strong, and of course, stay creative.

 

Staying creative for a lifetime means never getting bored with the basics.

Have strong beliefs.

Be flexible.

Ask others for help.

And test things, take risks – launch, learn, revise, repeat.

 

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Subtle and wise career tips from comedian Brian Reagan

Comedian Brian Reagan
Screen shot, not a hyperlink embedded video.

 

Comedian Brian Reagan
Another screen shot, not a hyperlink embedded video.

 

This 43-minute video is packed with subtle business insight from comedian Brian Reagan.

He’s spent a lifetime honing his art.

Three tips i gleaned (without intending to):

  1. Decide what you stand for (he decided to be a “clean” comedian).
  2. Make as many mistakes as you can in order to perfect your art (he worked every night at a comedy club – for 2.5 years. Other wanna-be comedians didn’t invest a fraction of this effort.).
  3. Be aware about what stirs your soul and explore it (his college speech teacher laughed at his jokes – as he walked back to his dorm, he felt special in ways he never had before).

This clip i’ve hyper-linked for you (above) serendipitously came across my path on Father’s Day.

 

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Warren Buffet documentary video and my thoughts

 

Warren Buffet documentary highlights:

  • Succesful people begin as a one-man band.
  • Read and study more than others to become the expert.
  • Identify mis-thinkings.
  • Have something that is worth the price.
  • Condense complexity into simplicity.
  • Ethics above all other motives.
  • Build and protect your reputation.
  • No committees.
  • 100% employee retention.
  • Compound interest works remarkably well with money and daily effort.
  • Celebration is part of making people feel like a team.
  • Treat employees like family.
  • Give your prosperity away.
  • Find a job you love to do even if you weren’t paid for it.

 

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Another TED Talk on Building (and rebuilding) Trust

Disney Classroom flip charts
In a few minutes, i began to understand the magnitude of the classroom punk-effort.

 

Disney Classroom flip charts
One flip-chart after another…there was a new message.

 

Disney Classroom flip charts
Even live-action character quotes.

 

Disney Classroom flip charts
Underneath, another gem. They tried to disguise it with an official-looking “Day 2” title page.

 

Disney Classroom flip charts
Underneath.

 

Disney Classroom flip charts
Different handwriting is the first clue this involved more than one person.

 

Disney Classroom flip charts
The classroom would think i drew this. i did not.

 

 

This TED Talk by Harvard Business School Professor uses authenticity, logic, and empathy as three points for her triangle model in building (and rebuilding) trust.

What was significant to me early on in her speech was a secondary message addressing being authentic.

 

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