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Video: John Cleese Discusses Innovation

April 30, 2013 by I Done This Support Leave a Comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGt3-fxOvug

The hilariously creative John Cleese shares how interruptions and busyness are the biggest barriers standing in the way of innovation.

If you get into the right mood, then your mode of thinking will become much more creative. But if you’re racing around all day ticking things off your list, looking at your watch, making phone calls, and generally just keeping all the balls in the air, you are not going to have any creative ideas.

His solution? Make boundaries of space and time.

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Filed Under: The Science of Productivity Tagged With: Creativity, Productivity, Time Management

The Struggles of Creativity

April 3, 2013 by I Done This Support Leave a Comment

The painful and inevitable struggle remains to create in a childlike and openhearted manner, but to be un-wistful and cruel when judging one’s creation.

Artist Christoph Niemann writing for the New Yorker about the process of making his first app and the “most important struggle at the center of all creative pursuits: being the artist and the editor at the same time.”

Filed Under: The Progress Principle Tagged With: Creativity

Productivity Secrets: The Best of the Internet

March 29, 2013 by I Done This Support Leave a Comment

Get BetterHappy Friday! Catch up with the best of what we’ve shared on the interwebs this week! 

Dare to say “YES, AND”!

Having the audacity to ask (or say “Yes, and”) opens doors. Waiting for permission leaves you hanging.

Harness the Productivity Power of Automation.

Create with an open heart. Edit with a critical eye.

Productivity secrets for startups.

What will our digital etiquette be in the age of Data Darwinism?

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Filed Under: Lifehacks Tagged With: Creativity, Intrinsic Motivation, Productivity

Dare to Say “Yes, And”

March 28, 2013 by Janet Choi Leave a Comment

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The skills cultivated in improvisation — communication, creativity, teamwork, taking risks, and resilience — are ones you’d want to see on a résumé. Business schools are taking note and even teaching improv. Robert Kulhan, adjunct professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business explains, that at its core, “Improvisation isn’t about comedy, it’s about reacting — being focused and present in the moment at a very high level.”

One of the most fundamental principles of improv which produces that mindful reacting is “Yes, and”. You accept and agree with what someone has said, and you’re not done until you build upon it, which requires listening, understanding, and insight.

That “and” generates possibility, and as Tina Fey writes in Bossypants, responsibility. For her, “Yes, and” means, “[D]on’t be afraid to contribute. It’s your responsibility to contribute. Always make sure you’re adding something to the discussion. Your initiations are worthwhile.”

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Filed Under: People Management Tagged With: Creativity, Productivity, Work Engagement

Beware the Doubt Ghost!

March 25, 2013 by I Done This Support Leave a Comment

Shoo that doubt ghost! You can do it!

Filed Under: Lifehacks Tagged With: Creativity, Intrinsic Motivation

Steve Jobs and Customers: The Best of the Internet

March 8, 2013 by I Done This Support Leave a Comment

MargeHappy Friday! Catch up with the best of what we’ve shared on the interwebs this week!

How leaders & employees can power up happiness at work.

Luc Levesque, of TravelPod & TripAdvisor, on how to lead your team to excellence and how he uses iDoneThis.

The science of shower creativity.

Why Steve Jobs never listened to his customers.

5 ways to standout performance.

When leaders don’t have time to lead and fear accountability.

imageDundee’s Tip of the Week:  Hey iDT team users, have you noticed that links are now clickable? Include links in your dones to show ALL the things!

 

Filed Under: Company Culture Tagged With: Creativity, Customer Service, Leadership, Work Happiness

Charlotte Perkins Gilman on The Yellow Wallpaper

February 25, 2013 by I Done This Support Leave a Comment

I … went to work again–work, the normal life of every human being; work, in which is joy and growth and service, without which one is a pauper and a parasite–ultimately recovering some measure of power.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, on why she wrote The Yellow Wall-paper, after a specialist had told her to refrain from intellectual life, “never to touch pen, brush, or pencil again,” — words which led her to near “mental ruin.” Indeed, it is heartening to remember that there is the possibility of power, joy, growth, and service in work.

Filed Under: The Science of Productivity Tagged With: Creativity, Growth Mindset, Management Writing, Productivity

Don’t Stand Still

February 20, 2013 by I Done This Support Leave a Comment

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

—Chinese Proverb

Untitled by c_ambler, on Flickr
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c_ambler

Filed Under: The Progress Principle Tagged With: Creativity, Growth Mindset, Intrinsic Motivation, Productivity, Progress

Be Confident, Don’t Give Up!

January 30, 2013 by I Done This Support Leave a Comment

Great advice from artist Marlo Meekins. Stay confident, and keep going, step by step!

Filed Under: The Progress Principle Tagged With: Creativity, Intrinsic Motivation, Progress

Simplify and Get Productive! The Best of the Internet

January 11, 2013 by I Done This Support Leave a Comment

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Happy Friday! Catch up with the best of what we’ve shared on the interwebs this week! 

Don’t fall into the Vanity Work Trap – good for feeling awesome, bad for real progress.

Great humane productivity tips.

Create with constraints.

Learn how to ask better questions.

Simplify, simplify, simplify.

 

 

Filed Under: The Science of Productivity Tagged With: Creativity, Management, Productivity

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