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The Secret Powers of Time

December 29, 2011 – 2:09 pm | No Comment | 118 views
The Secret Powers of Time

How do you value your time? Do you find yourself wishing you had an extra day in a week? In this wonderfully animated video (10 min), Professor Philip Zimbardo conveys how our individual perspectives of …

29 Ways to Stay Creative

August 14, 2011 – 12:22 pm | No Comment | 184 views
29 Ways to Stay Creative

The following video is a lovely reminder of what it takes to be and stay creative.
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Make lists
Carry a Notebook everywhere
Try free writing
Get away …

The Holstee Manifesto: This is Your Life.

May 14, 2011 – 10:55 am | No Comment | 274 views
The Holstee Manifesto: This is Your Life.

The Holstee Manifesto – a poetic homage to the art of living your passion. It is the kind of message that we can never hear too much:

Good artists Copy, Great artists Steal

May 14, 2011 – 10:08 am | One Comment | 403 views
Good artists Copy, Great artists Steal

Pablo Picasso, one of the most famous artists of the 20th century influenced the artistic world in a unique and original way. So why is he known for saying “Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal”?

The Starfish Story: Make a Difference!

May 1, 2011 – 3:25 pm | No Comment | 352 views
The Starfish Story: Make a Difference!

Adapted from The Star Thrower by Loren Eiseley (1907-1977)

Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He …

The Story of The Pencil

March 29, 2011 – 1:10 pm | One Comment | 476 views
The Story of The Pencil

A boy was watching his grandmother write a letter. At one point he asked:
‘Are you writing a story about what we’ve done? Is it a story about me?’
His grandmother stopped writing her letter and said …