Building wonderful products with great care and love is a way of expressing our deep appreciation to the rest of our human species. Book…

Looking at the horizon relaxes your brain. That's why walking outdoors oftentimes helps your thinking. Podcast: Josh Waitzkin: The Art of…

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think. — Edwin Schlossberg Quote The writer's role is to craft…

The Cathedral Effect: Higher ceilings can make us more creative by triggering feelings of freedom and encouraging people to see broader…

When we read, the author thinks for us. We can read ourselves stupid if we just repeat the author's mental process. People who just let…

"To know and not to do is not to know." - Wang Yang Ming Quote This reminds me of a line from the fantastic book The War of Art: "Most of us…

While identifying flaws triggers critical thinking, spotting potential strengths fuels our creative instincts. Therefore, arguing for…

To foster a creative culture of open communication, encourage candor rather than honesty. It's easier to be candid because it removes the…

Globalization generates monocultures that are all diverse in the same way. Free trade of cultures can lead to conformity and mediocrity on…

Write with the door closed. Once ideas are formed independently, rewrite with the door open to gather feedback. Book: On Writing: A Memoir…

The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable. Book: The Creative Act This quote from the…

No amount of technology will make a bad story good. Article: Presentation Zen: No amount of technology will make a bad story good In the…

Generative AI is to digital art as photography was to traditional art. The value of having good ideas grows when new technology lowers the…

Regarding sharing creative work, the word "release" carries a double meaning. It signifies that the work is made available to the public and…

“Language can become a screen which stands between the thinker and reality. This is the reason why true creativity often starts where…

The opposite of courage is not cowardice but conformity. Video: “No creative person I know has ever asked for a brainstorming session…

If all we have is structure, we won't have magic. What we also need is unintentionality, like a mistake. Unintentionality is the real secret…

If sleep represents the high point of bodily relaxation, deep boredom is the peak of mental relaxation. A purely hectic rush produces…

"Great writers comfort the confused and confuse the comforted" - David Perell Quote I think this applies to all kinds of creators, such as…

There’s a huge gap between being smart and having important new ideas, but most people who want to be smart might think the two are…

When it comes to idea generation, quantity is the most predictable path to quality. Book: Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World In…

Jesus, Superman, and Mother Teresa never made art. Only imperfect beings can make art because art begins in what is broken. Article: 9…

Most people like to believe something is or isn't true, but great scientists can tolerate the ambiguity. Book: The Art of Doing Science and…

Best ideas emerge when we balance the inhale of beer mode with the exhale of coffee mode. On any given day, coffee mode lets us be more…

Kill your darlings. Fall in love with the problem, not the solution. Article: Kill Your Darlings Kill your darlings usually means a writer…

When drafting, write FBR: Fast, Bad, Wrong. Podcast: Safi Bahcall — On Thinking Big, Curing Cancer, and Transforming Industries | The Tim…