Category Archives: Creativity

EP 10: Detours, Potholes, and Great Alignment

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https://media.blubrry.com/theworkbench/content.blubrry.com/theworkbench/EP_10-Detours_Potholes_and_Great_Alignment.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHi all, and welcome to the final episode of Season 1 of The Workbench! Looking Back | Looking Ahead In 2007, our family moved back to San Diego from Connecticut, and after packing up the house, we drove ourselves out across this great nation to our new and next […]

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EP 08: Muse | Inspiration | Catalyst

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https://media.blubrry.com/theworkbench/content.blubrry.com/theworkbench/EP_08_Muse_Inspiration_and_Catalyst.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHi all and good morning! I hope you enjoy this conversation that Lyn and I had back in June of this year. The featured photo is of Lyn’s office – a labor of love and a vision finally realized. Many people contributed to this build, but it was Lyn’s […]

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Hey! I’m Launching a Podcast!!!

Or, Standing at The Intersection of Start and Finish I am getting ready to launch my podcast, The Workbench this week.  To be more specific, the launch is tomorrow, Monday, August 19th.  I’ve been burning hot to work on this gorgeous summer weekend because I see the finish line, and this project has been a […]

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Ebb and Flow: Making Peace

Intellectually, we may understand that our energy ebbs and flows, and that this impacts our goals, our presence with others and things we want to accomplish.  Flow is great fun, what we aspire to, what inspires us.  What is hard to remember in the moments of ebb is that this is ok, acceptable, normal, part […]

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Using Questions for Effective Brainstorming

Build | Create Field Guide #3:  Questions Lead to Clarity The last blog post discussed some of the dynamics of identifying, pursuing and abandoning goals, as well as introducing the process of inquiry as a tool when building or creating something new. As I read about brainstorming, idea generation and selection, there is the reminder […]

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Mid-Week Kick #2: All Ideas Welcome

Does That Idea Give You Butterflies? It’s likely that if you are on to a good idea, it will give you butterflies and make you uncomfortable.  If you are feeling that way about something, and it’s preventing you from trying your idea, I invite you to watch the Dance It Out video of the week.  […]

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