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Why I Never Negotiate My Salary
Never asked for a raise. Never negotiated an offer. For 25 years, fear and craft told the same story. Mindjacking at its finest.
Fear Steals Your Best Ideas
Fear isn't just an emotion - it's secretly sabotaging your success. Discover the real-world cost of playing it safe and learn practical ways to stop fear from killing your best ideas. Warning: This article might make you actually do that thing you've been putting off.
Imagining a Better Future: Keys to Human Progress
Playing it safe will lead to the decay of human progress. The way to a great future is through innovation and creativity. This may sound like something from the dawn of time, but it has never been more true in today’s world. Innovation and creativity are at the heart of our economic recovery, our en
Sharing is Caring – So Share Your Idea!
One of the biggest mistakes we make in life is convincing ourselves that our ideas are unique and ours alone. We rationalize keeping our ideas to ourselves because we are afraid that others will steal them, or worst—we believe our ideas aren’t good enough. Our ideas are precious, but they aren’t tha
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome to Create the Next Game-Changing Innovation
I was recently asked to give a talk at TEDx Boulder. The talk was based on a speech I gave in D.C. a few months past. Humans have a superpower. That superpower is the ability to convince ourselves that something is true when it is not. Seventy-five percent of
How To Overcome Impostor Syndrome And Be More Creative S13 Ep4
Download How_To_Overcome_Impostor_Syndrome_And_Be_More_Creative_S13_Ep4.mp3 During a recent mentoring session with a Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) of a major multi-national company, the executive expressed a private fear. He attributes his past success as "being lucky" .. "being in the right
Why Is Change Important For Innovation Success? S12 Ep7
Download Why_Is_An_Ability_To_Change_Critical_For_Innovation_Success_S12_Ep7.mp3 The ability of any organization to have innovation success is defined by its willingness and ability to do things differently. To change. Lets not fool ourselves - change is hard and makes everyone unconformable. In this
Innovation Requires You To Have A Beginners Mind S11 Ep15
Download To_Innovate_Have_A_Beginners_Mind_S11_Ep15.mp3 A very brilliant professor was invited to see Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912) to inquire about zen. The professor bubbled with enthusiasm sharing his research and knowledge, the doctrines he had extensively studied, the sutras he
Is the fear of failure killing your creativity and hindering your success?
If you look at any of your favorite creative projects, you will see a polished gem staring you in the face. And this is where most people stop. The final product is so amazing that it intimidates them. Fear and doubt paralyze their minds, their thoughts become jumbled. And they forget the most i
Are you afraid of innovation?
What is an innophobic? It is a person who is so afraid of innovation that they won’t even try. Have you ever noticed that when someone asks you to do something that you’ve never tried before; you immediately start hearing voices in our head trying to convince you that you can’t do it? It happens [
