Are you trying to define work and living your life by the same principles as those days of snail-mail, and zero to minimal global… — Are you trying to define work and living your life by the same principles as those days of snail-mail, and zero to minimal global connectivity?! If you are not pushing your mind to create and go beyond the norm/status quo, you are not working hard but being lazy. It is…

Create…”yes, sure, I want to…but how do I find my Muse?” — Create…?! “…yes sure, I want to…but how do I find my muse?” As you search for/wait for/seek that perfect muse — a venture or art idea or concept that you can completely immerse in and commit to creating, think and ask: (1) What do I already know? Go back to and deep dive into what you…

Why can your job be not automated? Creativity will be the only refuge and the last bastion of the humans, as the machines take over (no… — “Software is eating the world…” - Marc Andreessen Why can your job be not automated? Easier the work, faster & easier it will be to replace you or automate your job. Advanced artifical intelligence is already enabling it. …

“Cat: Where are you going? — “Cat: Where are you going? Alice: Which way should I go? Cat: That depends on where you are going. Alice: I don’t know. Cat: Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Ideas first! If you don’t know where you are going or if…

Why do I seek to create? — Why do I seek to create? What is the central concept? What is the big idea that I want to express? What inspires me? What is the purpose? Focus on the essence - the central idea, the concept. Ask yourself the above questions before you start creating. Never lose sight…

Structure and process can kill creativity, and suffocate the creative soul — Structure and process can kill creativity, and suffocate the creative soul Trying to force fit a ‘process’ box around creativity, design or innovation? There is an inherent contradiction there. Creativity is fluid and free — it cannot be contained, let alone within a box. …

A talking mouse called Mickey, the Darth Vader and those light-saber fights in a galaxy far-far away…are all figments of someone’s… — A talking mouse called Mickey, Darth Vader and those light-saber fights in a galaxy far-far away…are all figments of someone’s imagination. Once you start generating ideas, do not stop or be content just as yet. Push further, and go beyond. Go beyond that initial idea/s that you started with. It…

Constraints or “perceived limitations” are essential and often define the direction of the creative journey. One is forced to work with… — Constraints or “perceived limitations” are essential to and often define the creative process. One is forced to work with, or rather forced to focus and work around those limitations. It also helps one get started and often leads to new solution paths. Constraints are a blessing-in-disguise that can help focus…

Less is more…more so today, in the age of information deluge and overload. The axiom transcends design and time, and needs to be applied… — Less is more…more so today, in the age of information deluge and overload. The axiom transcends design and time, and needs to be applied today, as we find ourselves and our customers being transformed into information zombies with near-zero attention spans. Oh wait! Were those birds chirping…?!