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Not All Blogs Are Created Equal

How some blogs demonstrate user-centricity by challenging long-standing best practices

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tags: Blogging, writing, User Experience, User-centricity, Audience, Creativity, Personal Brand
categories: Design
Thursday 01.06.22
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The Secret to a Flywheel of Content Creation

Create Content That Helps Others by Solving Your Own Problems

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tags: Advice, Career, Creativity, creative confidence, Knowledge sharing, Thought leadership
categories: Creativity
Thursday 07.23.20
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Don’t Give Up on an Idea That Already Exists

Why it’s often better not to be first

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tags: Entrepreneurship, Startup, creative confidence, Creativity, Ideation
categories: Creativity
Tuesday 06.09.20
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How To Balance Confidence and Humility

#humblebrag

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tags: mind hack, Reflection, creative confidence, Creativity, life
categories: Humanity
Friday 05.15.20
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Finding Your Creative Style

Taking inspiration from your own past work

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tags: creative confidence, Creativity, Art, style, self-improvement, mind hack
categories: Creativity
Tuesday 04.28.20
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How Doing Absolutely Nothing Makes You More Creative

You too can be a creative thinker who goes down in history - or, at least, feel more fulfilled and do better work.

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tags: Creativity, Psychology, Design, Reflection, Boredom
categories: Creativity
Friday 04.12.19
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To Solve Your Hardest Problems Don’t Think About Them — For a While

Take advantage of the ‘Deliberation-Without-Attention’ effect and create your own eureka moments

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tags: mind hack, productivity, Psychology, Design, Work, Creativity
categories: Creativity
Wednesday 11.15.17
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