doug smith training

Situations, processes, designs, conditions, relationships -- so much up for grabs. Working together to solve a problem fixes far more than just the problem. Why not work together? -- doug smith

We are all deeply flawed people constantly choosing between improving or deceiving.  You are not fooled when you improve. No one else is fooled when you don't. -- doug smith

Identify the vision and the goal is easier to see. -- Doug Smith

We don't need permission to live creatively. -- Doug Smith

That feeling that we get: "is that all there is?" is just a sign to set a better goal. You are never done. There is always more. -- Doug Smith

The quality of your goals changes the quality of your life. -- Doug Smith

We don't have to solve every problem to be successful, but it's hard to be successful without solving some problems. -- Doug Smith

What if we talked about our goals instead of what we do for a living? -- Doug Smith

The conversations we avoid are the conversations we most need to create. -- Doug Smith

Your wings won't work until you make room to fly. -- Doug Smith

How you achieve your goals matters as much as what goals you achieve. -- Doug Smith

Creative inspiration can come from any emotion. -- Doug Smith

Few things are more confusing than living with competing goals.  Find some clarity and direction, then weed that garden! -- Doug Smith

Blue Static Be careful of embracing the feeling without considering the cause. -- Doug Smith

Where we sit changes our perspective, and that changes everything. -- Doug Smith

Training in action -- another successful workshop!

Have you ever been stuck in a routine? It happens to me sometimes - I get really comfortable doing things in a certain order, eating certain types of food (I'll never get tired of pizza) and working at certain jobs. These little ruts are comfortable but not where I want to live. To live creatively we do better to break out of those routines. We need a change of scenery. We need to meet new people. We need to rock our own world enough to get off center long enough to know what our center really is. But it doesn't need to be earth shaking. We don't have to turn our lives upside down. We could even be happy with the way things are. That still leaves plenty of opportunity to see new, hear new, feel new, experience anew what may have been right in front of us all along, but brings a breath-taking newness to our life. There is something completely new about this moment in time. It's unique. No matter how familiar it seems, we've never lived this moment before...

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe What would we do without creativity? Life would be so much less colorful. Songs would not be sung. Pictures would not be painted. And leaders would use the same old strategies that irritated people before. Creativity helps us grow. Creativity IS growth, and we must never stop growing. Creativity is a necessity. The next time someone implies that you don't have enough time to be creative, ask them how they'd feel without the things that make life worth living - joy, celebration, examination, and love. Yes, even love - for how much can we love without getting creative?  What creative work of art (or commerce!) are you working on today? -- doug smith doug smith training: developing creativity

What are you afraid of? Just kidding. I'm afraid of lots of things. Losing my phone. Falling over a cliff. Wandering naked in the street. Just kidding. But, aren't we all afraid of some things that are irrational to be afraid of? Don't we all hold ourselves back far more than we need to in order to protect ourselves from embarrassment, from harm, from making mistakes? We will make mistakes. We will hurt feelings. We will stub our toes. That's part of the creative life. That's part of living. Creativity needs a certain fearlessness. We must be able to let go and let loose. We must be able to laugh at the fear that paralyzes our impulses and push through those walls of warning. Full speed ahead! Imagine what we'll learn! Developing Creativity: Talk to someone who scares you just a little. Not an actual criminal or dangerous person, just someone who scares or intimidates you a little.  See a scary movie, whether or not you like scary movies. Not ...