What does it mean to be vulnerable? Why is it so crucial to the creative process? What can being vulnerable do for CEOs and managers? How does one be vulnerable? Isn’t vulnerability a weakness leaving you prey for corporate takeovers and total destruction? Can you create without being vulnerable?

We will discuss the editor and how he gets in our way and gives us excuses to avoid being creative. We’ll also look at ways to keep that editor at bay and why he shows up even when we think we have this creative thing down.

At the core of this flood and the dream is the American immigration system, the great melting pot. The notion is that all the people from every nation that come to this country are like various metals, and when they come here, they meld and blend with the rest of the nation, which makes us stronger.

For some, failure is a way of life, part of the process; without failure, success could never be achieved. So when is failure a welcomed part of the process, and when is failure not an option?

Email marketing is not an easy endeavor; there are moving parts, precise timing needed, and engaging copy to share with the world. And sometimes, it’s not going to all click together and come out perfect.

Creative. There’s a word that sparks all kinds of imagery and debate. Companies sell themselves as creative; they promise clients a creative new look at things, and brands will promise creativity, and yet, no one seems to be able to pin down precisely what it is.

Without going into detail, the topic of legal and illegal has been in the news lately; with that in mind, we did some digging and have discovered there are things folks do in their everyday lives that are actually legal. Also, there are some things we’ve all come to believe illegal that actually aren’t.

In 1889, Scientific American interviewed the great inventor (and thief of other people’s ideas, look it up, Edison was a dick), in which the famed lightbulbist stated that sleep was a waste of time. He claimed he only needed about four hours of sleep a night. It delighted readers and made Edison seem even more miraculous and superhuman.

The tricky part is that burnout and depression share some similar symptoms. Butt hey are not the same, and treating them is not the same either.

That attitude carried us through the long months. Making the best of it meant being excited to work in pajamas. More time with family, less stress from office politics, or dealing with the dude who cooks fish in the microwave. So, making the best of it was okay.

The idea of acting our age, or growing up, seems to only put blinders on us. We have a job, and we do that job, and then on the weekends, we recreate. We “play,” but the freedom we had as kids playing is gone. We play organized sports; we enter competitions; there are rules and jerseys with numbers and names. We’re expected to play a certain way; when we don’t, we’re not team players.

As the fear of Covid-19 started to subside, we have witnessed a new side effect of this pandemic, mass resignation, or the great quit. But why have people decided to leave their jobs in such numbers, and what does this migration from work mean to creatives and the future?

Words are still vital in business. Words are ammo; words are direction; words are the story that makes the consumer stop, think, and buy. No matter how big the business is, it still needs words to help it survive.

First off, to be clear, we do not condone nor condemn using drugs or alcohol; that's a personal choice. This piece is not about saying yes; by all means, get drunk or high before you take on any creative endeavor. Neither are we saying that you're a terrible person if you use drugs or alcohol and should be put in a small hole. This article aims to examine the question and the facts on both sides of the coin.

We've been taught to believe that creativity is some kind of magic that only a select few have been blessed with. Because of that, we often let people behave badly and avoid questioning their work ethic if they have the elusive creativity in them. If you're creative, you can work as much or as little as you like; you're special.