by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jun 13, 2013 | Leading
“He that tries to seize an opportunity after it has passed him by is like one who sees it approach but will not go to meet it.” — Kahlil Gibran An opportunity rises from an email, a blog, a phone call, a visit, or another source. Our minds whirl with the possibilities...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jun 6, 2013 | Leading
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” —Proverbs 27:17 You have a conference coming up. You harbor anxieties. The material will overwhelm you. The contacts you make will fall flat. Like past conferences, this one won’t make much difference in you or...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | May 23, 2013 | Leading
“Communicating an idea juxtaposed with its polar opposite creates energy. Moving back and forth between the contradictory poles encourages full engagement from the audience.” —Nancy Duarte You step back from your creative work and, no matter how hard you rationalize...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | May 2, 2013 | Leading
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”— Winston Churchill What are you going to do when: emails pop up about your presentation, comments appear at the end of your blog post, notecards arrive in your mailbox about your art show, mothers stop by your...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Apr 25, 2013 | Leading
“Order and creativity are complementary.”—Lewis Mumford Hello. My name is Zoe. I’m a creativity junky. If you’re like me, your creative musings and your compulsive desire to create threaten your sleep, your family and spiritual living, your house cleaning, and your...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Apr 4, 2013 | Leading
“We have met the enemy and they is us.” — Ashleigh Brilliant We want people to love our creative works, but find critics dislike them. People refuse to look at or listen to or taste our works. Sure, critics are often wrong. But not always. Here are 4 questions to...
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