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What You Don’t Know You Don’t Know

What You Don’t Know You Don’t Know

21/08/2016
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Living Well, Opinion

Humour me and draw a big circle in the air.  Now, imagine that this circle represents all the knowledge in the world.  All of it….

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Looking Upside Down

Looking Upside Down

15/05/2016
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Creativity

A favourite trick of proof readers is to read text from the bottom up to the top.  You are more likely to catch an error…

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Back to the Drawing Board

Back to the Drawing Board

01/05/2016
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Creativity

Every once in a while you need to go back to the proverbial drawing board — meaning, re-evaluate your best laid plans.  Sometimes a business…

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Are You a Late Bloomer?

Are You a Late Bloomer?

24/01/2016
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Creativity, Life

The phrase “late bloomer” usually refers to children whose physical development lags their peers.  The term is also used to refer to adults who come…

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Your Mortgage or Your Art

Your Mortgage or Your Art

01/11/2015
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Creativity

Life sometimes can interfere with creative pursuits. Artists, writers, and other creatives who began their careers early and stuck with it, clearly had the belief…

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Life’s Erasures

Life’s Erasures

18/10/2015
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Behaviour, Life

Annulments could be considered erasures for a marital mistakes. Golf has it’s ‘mulligans’. Baseball and hockey have their video reviews. We’ve all had times in…

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Swiss Cheese as Time Management

Swiss Cheese as Time Management

16/08/2015
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Creativity, Writing

Last week I wrote about shortcuts and whether or not they are worth it.  Shortcuts, and anything to save time is on my mind these…

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Learning from Andy Warhol

Learning from Andy Warhol

12/07/2015
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Creativity

Pittsburgh is home to the Andy Warhol Museum, http://www.warhol.org.  I recently spent an afternoon touring the museum and learned a thing or two.  I thought…

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Gaining Perspective

Gaining Perspective

28/06/2015
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Creativity, Writing

Learning to draw in perspective has been a challenge for me.  I think I need a grade nine drafting class.  One point, two point, and…

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Good Enough

Good Enough

21/06/2015
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Behaviour, Creativity

Is being a perfectionist a virtue?  I don’t think so.  It is one thing to work at a project or task to the best of…

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