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The Importance of a Creative Mindset to Your Mental Health
by Shane Barker for DesignCuts.com In this article we are going to cover the benefits of maintaining a creative mindset during your...

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Oct 31, 20227 min read


For a More Creative Brain Follow These 5 Steps
by James Clear, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, Atomic Habits Nearly all great ideas follow a similar creative process and...

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Aug 21, 20225 min read


12 Graphic Design Truths from 20+ Years in the Trenches
GRAPHIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES 1. Less is more 2. Start with a concept 3. Make complicated things simple, and abstract things real. [...]

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Sep 26, 20212 min read


Logos: Concept to Creation
Logo Design. Concept to Creation. Before & After images. Plus a retrospective of some logo favorites over 20 years.

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Jul 20, 20211 min read


Gestalt Principles - Part 2
Three more Gestalt principles of perception that influence how we interpret abstract images in the context of their surroundings.

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Apr 7, 20212 min read


Seven Hard-Working Editing Tools to Guarantee Clarity in Your Copy
Now more than ever, it's critical to keep your writing simple, clear and relevant. Try this checklist to tighten up your copy.

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Aug 3, 20202 min read


Let it incubate, germinate, marinate…
Our language of nouns and verbs contributes to the illusion that we (the subjects) control the creative process (the object).

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Apr 26, 20202 min read


28 Ways to Find the Stillness You Need to Thrive
A guest post from Ryan Holiday

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Mar 22, 202014 min read


Four Kinds of Creative
In “The Cognitive Neuroscience of Creativity,” author and neuroscientist Arne Dietrich, Ph.D. outlines four ways to be creative,

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Mar 22, 20203 min read


The Golden Key of Persuasion
As Aristotle said about persuasion.“The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor." From Gary Bencivenga marketingbullets.com

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Mar 22, 20205 min read


A Creative Personality?
Creative people tend to fit a personality profile including these 7 traits. Based on research by Øyvind L. Martinsen.

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Mar 22, 20202 min read


Introversion & Creativity
Research findings and stories worth sharing from QUIET: THE POWER OF INTROVERTS IN A WORLD THAT CAN'T STOP TALKING, by Susan Cain

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Mar 22, 20203 min read


How Creativity Works
In his book, IMAGINE: HOW CREATIVITY WORKS, author Jonah Lehrer takes us on a ride through the creative process.

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Mar 22, 20204 min read


The Psychology of Storytelling
PROVEN WAYS TO CREATE BETTER STORIES (AND WHY STORIES SELL). Guest post by Gregory Ciatti.

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Mar 22, 20204 min read


18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently
"Creativity works in mysterious and often paradoxical ways," begins Carolyn Gregoire of the Huffington Post [...]

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Mar 22, 20208 min read


Lessons from Burning Man on How to Unlock Creativity and Think Big
Guest Post by Catherine Clifford
Entrepreneur.com

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Mar 22, 20203 min read


What John Cleese, Stephen King, Paul Simon and Anthony Trollope Can Teach You About Creativity
... about Creativity. Guest post by James Johnson.

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Mar 22, 20207 min read


Free Play and Creativity
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity." - Carl Jung

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Mar 22, 20203 min read


The Three C's of Copywriting
This guest post by copywriter Debra Jason guides us in creating a magnetic message that resonates with our ideal client.

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Mar 22, 20204 min read


The Art of "Yes and..."
"Yes and..." is one of my favorite take aways from TO SELL IS HUMAN by Daniel Pink. He says we're all selling something. Read on. [...]

Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
Mar 22, 20203 min read
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