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My 5 Personal Rules for Success

I have had the fortune to meet a lot of successful businessmen (and women) at my time working for First State Innovation, and nearly every time I’ve talked with a successful entrepreneur I feel like I’ve walked away having learned something very valuable about pursuing my passions and making them work as a successful business.

While that may be a lesson in itself (seeking out advice from those with experience), I knew I had to take the bits of insight that I had picked up from being surrounded by successful people and use them to compile a list of my own personal “rules” that I would abide by to find my own success.

I wanted to share them with you today, along with some personal examples that were given in their telling, in hopes that you can be inspired to adopt and create some of your own rules that you will follow on your path to success, wherever it may take you. [Read more...]

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Brainstorming Is Bad For You: Tune In To The “Water Cooler” Effect

When it comes to research on the creative process, much has been said both in support of and against the effectiveness of brainstorming on creativity.

One of the biggest questions seems to be the “goal” of the brainstorming process.

While brainstorming has been shown to help increase the output of ideas, the question of the quality of these ideas has been a focus of late, especially with researchers such as Jonah Leher. [Read more...]