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The Big Picture made Little

‘It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.’ (John Wooden, American b.1910) Small Details Matter Most. A dream is made of moments. The many pixels upon a page. To realise a multi faceted vision is to commandeer your resources – creativity, time and money. Attention to detail (despite the rising […]

Savvy Blog Commenting

‘Art is commenting on what’s going on around you in your life.’ Al Jourgensen Blogging can seem a highway to nowhere. When lots of work equals only a few visitors the blog-road can seem long indeed. The Big Boys How to use the power of popularity to build a following. There are many A+ blogs […]

How to Become a TimeLord

‘A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life.’ Charles Darwin The successful management of texts / emails takes times. Yet when our devices form the centre of our business process, a conflict may emerge wherein our productivity, management and other relationships suffer. Electronic communication or electronic […]

Get Motivated by Completed Tasks

‘I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.’ (Helen Keller) A completed action. A task well done. Ticking every box (at least once). Maslow’s Theory finds essential motivation to be purely a physiological one – we bear […]

Social Marketing and Manifestos

The Assurance of Significance All marketing actions are best performed when inspired by a genuine enthusiasm for real benefit. Real Value vs The Value of Illusion A lack of self importance may be the most valuable marketing asset today. Why? Service to others before self. An intrinsic value placed upon social service is a noble […]

Walden – Episode 3

Here continues our winding path through the book ‘Walden’ by Henry David Thoreau. Walden is a densely versed book and is best read with a slow and contemplative eye. It is a poem of prosed form. Freedom, truth and a meaningful life lived in the balance are the earnest themes of this book. Find below […]

Too many ideas?

Ideas are a process. The fresh pursuit of new ideas is something all creatives relish. Examining combinations, alternatives and potential outcomes is a joy unto itself. The process of possibility. Yet, idea addiction can be fatal. Too many unproven ideas and unfinished projects is no good thing. At all times, the creative process benefits from […]

Walden – Episode 2

Here continues our winding path through the book ‘Walden’ by Henry David Thoreau. As stated last week – ‘Walden’ is a poetic review of the simple life courtesy of Thoreau’s personal experiment in living as a semi recluse on Walden Pond. For Thoreau, simplicity through self-sufficiency promotes a keenly progressive self awareness. Life is best […]

Walden

Here begins an weekly series that is a leisurely look at the book ‘Walden’. Walden is the famous ‘great work’ by American author Henry David Thoreau The book’s full title is ‘Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience.’ It was first published in 1854. It is widely regarded as a seminal American text – […]

How the Swiss Style Conquered the World by Design

How the Swiss Style Conquered the World by Design or When the Swiss Style Became the International Style ‘I haven’t changed my mind about modernism from the first day I ever did it. It means integrity; it means honesty; it means the absence of sentimentality and the absence of nostalgia; it means simplicity; it means […]