“The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanely sensitive. To them… a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death. Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create — so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, their very breath is cut off… They must create, must pour out creation.

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55 Quotes To Inspire Creativity, Innovation and Action

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I’m writing this final dispatch from NYC, after very deliberating missing last week’s dispatch. There’s a reason for that… A while back I wrote post about how an increasing number of bands were getting pissed off at fans using their cell-phones to record and share their concerts in real-time .

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Bali Dispatch #5: Aussies, Freak-fests, Train-rides and Truths

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Imagine having no last name and more than 25% of the population having the same first name as you… That’s how it works in Bali. Here, kids aren’t given any old name

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Bali Dispatch #4: Village People, Hidden Art and Selling Out

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So, remember how I said we were gonna get a house to settle into in Bali? Yeah, well that didn’t happen. This adventure is teaching me so much about being fluid.

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Bali Dispatch #3: Tap Dancing in Paradise

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Today’s post is the second in our summer guest post extravaganza. It’s from my friend and contract limitation-killer, Danielle LaPorte, the creator of WhiteHotTruth.com and The Fire Starter Sessions . You can also find her on Twitter @daniellelaporte ++++ “You can’t change the world from the rear-view mirror.” – Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop When I get a group of entrepreneurs together in a room we kick off with introductions, and here’s what I request of people: When you introduce yourself, please give us: Your cocktail line

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Cocktail Lines and True Presence: the Power of Not Relying on Your Past

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By the time you read this, I’ll be in a plane to Hong Kong… The great Bali Renegade Workflow Project has officially launched.

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21 Lbs of Technology: Behind The Bali Workflow Project

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Not too long ago I was at a small gathering of friends (yes, I really have some…well, okay, one). There were a handful of us, some of them I knew and another handful of people I’d never met before. I eventually circled around to one conversation with a new friend

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The Line Between Persuasion and Manipulation

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Back in April, I had the great pleasure of presenting at the TEDx conference at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh.

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Turning Fear Into Fuel

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Last week, my buddy, Charlie Gilkey of ProductiveFlourishing.com , asked me to share my top 3 or 4 marketing and business posts with him. I sent him a link or two from my blog, a handful from others…and a link to the below video of Stevie Ray Vaughan playing “Lenny.” My question to you is…why? Why did I include the video of Stevie?

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The Stevie Ray Vaughan School of Business

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There’s this moment every morning… After I’ve walked my daughter to school.

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Daybreak

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