The First Few Hours of Your Day Have a High Impact on Your Life

The alarm clock goes off and what do the majority of us do? Grab our phone and get the day’s updates in email, news and social media. Whether we realize it or not, we’ve just give over our most valuable time to responding to demands and thoughts of others.  Even if you’re not a very early […]

Happiness research shows the biggest obstacle to creativity is being too busy

From Vincent Van Gogh on through Kanye West, the figure of the broody, tortured artist looms large in the popular imagination. But research suggests that the key to creativity has little to do with angst. In researching my book The Happiness Track, I found that the biggest breakthrough ideas often come from relaxation. History shows that […]

Need a Creativity Boost? Go For A Walk

What’s better? Working harder or working smarter? I’d vote for the latter, and with more creative thinking, you may be able to find better solutions and do just that. A new Stanford University study reveals the best prescription to stimulate creativity: walking.  Safer than nootropics and better for your overall health, walking outperforms other mental […]

Crayola Gets Edgy With Art

Crayola’s “Art With Edge” social campaign helped the creative brand experience some of its largest growth online during the three-week initiative. Developed with Red Interactive Agency, the concept was designed to relieve stress for college students during finals and mid-terms by creating “surprise and delight moments.” After students expressed their feelings across social media, Crayola […]

Storytelling advice from Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa was one of the masters of cinema. Below is a six-minute interview where Kurosawa offers advice to aspiring filmmakers, but the advice can be applied more widely to other creative disciplines as well. If you want to make a film today, you don’t need expensive equipment necessarily. Even a smartphone and a good […]