Wake to make each day count.
We are here for a brief time on Earth. Why not make matter? To make a difference whether you fail or succeed, I wake each day to apply my best-self to everything set out to carry out, or asked to achieve.
The creative process is not binary.
I don’t believe that there is only one right answer to a creative-based solution. There is only good, better and best. Best is popular. Best is polarizing. By using our imaginations as humans, we can ideate, target and solve our way out of any dilemma.
Be positive not negative.
I don’t believe in “NO” as a productive answer in the advancement of ideas. The mindset of “No” shuts down the imaginations of others to actively problem solve and contribute. Instead, open the door for yourself and other to bring ideas by asking yourself, and others “what if?”
I change my mind often. Sometimes a lot!
Why? Because I believe we as people are always learning and learning is an iterative, evolutionary process. Based on this philosophy, when delivering solutions - seek excellence over perfection. Think of it as a metaphor – mountain climbing. In climbing Mt. Perfection, one seeks the summit as an accomplishment, the singular destination point. When people climb Mt. Excellence, they also climb to the top for the accomplishment, but they do it to to see what’s beyond, what else is a possible as a destination. The futility of homo sapiens, imperfect creatures seeking the purity of perfection is comical and foolish. Save the task of perfection for AI - and enjoy the surprises and discoveries that come from learning and adapting from the experiences the gift of life offers us all!