Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time Did you know productivity can be a trap? Hey, Reader, Something as simple as asking āWhat should I DO now?ā can keep you stuck, unfulfilled, and creatively stagnant. This email is about what to do instead. I heard about this from the author, Martha Beck, in her podcast convo with Mel Robbins and it blew my mind. Instead of asking āWhat should I do?ā Beck suggests we ask: āWhat should I MAKE?ā šØ The Power of a Shift in Mindset As...
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Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time AI is changing the game in social media marketingāare you ready? Hey, Reader, As you may well know, AI is shaking up social media marketing in ways we couldnāt have imagined just a few years ago. It has totally changed how I work. If youāre not leveraging it yet, youāre already behindābut donāt worry, Iāve got you covered, and I can't wait to share these new "power tools" with you. I'm honored to team up with the National...
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Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time What Does It Take toStay Creative and Independent? Hi Reader, It's hard to believe but true: As of last month, I've been a self-employed creative entrepreneur for 40 years. Itās been a journeyāsometimes exhilarating, sometimes uncertainābut always filled with learning, reinvention, and, most importantly, creative freedom. I co-created this image with my "AI friend," Ideogram, to express the self-reflective spirit of this...
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Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time The Opposite of Anxiety Isnāt CalmāItās Creativity. Hi Reader, Iāve been delightfully pulled into Martha Beckās new book, Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Lifeās Purpose. The creative sparks are flying! Ms. Beck talks about how anxiety comes from pushing too hard and trying to control everything. But creativity (and real joy!) is ignited when we let go and allow ourselves to be pulled by curiosity. In other...
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Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time Over 50 andReady for Something New? Hi Reader, Does this sound familiar? Youāre bored with the same old routines. Retirement feels less like freedom and more like a waiting game. Youāre itching to create, connect, or explore, but you donāt know where to start. If so, youāre not aloneāand Iām here to help. š„ Hereās a quick story about how used AI to refine my mission so I'm ready to meet these challenges.One way that I play...
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Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time Here's why learning AI is becominga kind of creative superpower. The world of creativity is changing faster than everāand, even though The AI Revolution is only just getting started, AI is already transforming the creative landscape in mind-boggling ways! š And, hereās the best part: you donāt need to be a tech wizard to unlock its magic. With a playful mindset and simple tools, you can create things you probably never thought...
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Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time How to Unleash Your Creative Sparks with Powerful Collaborators Conjured with Google Labs' experimental Whisk image generator. Sometimes, following the juiceāthe energy that lights you upāleads to breakthroughs in unexpected ways. Just yesterday, I experienced this firsthand while thinking about my goal of guesting on more podcasts. AI + Creative Juice My friend Peter reminded me that I needed a media kit in order to give podcast...
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Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time Happy New Year! As we prepare to enter 2025, we are given the gift of a fresh chapter, a blank canvas. As I reflect on this, the highlight of the Holidays so far was seeing the remarkable new Dylan biopic, "A Complete Unknown." I loved it! My inspirational takeaway is to remember to have the courage to create on my own terms, no matter what. I hope you will do the same... even though it's not always easy. This year, I want to...
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Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time Happy Holidays! Conjured with Midjourney. I wish you the full expression of your innate joyous creative freedom and a bright, happy, and healthy New Year! š āØ Jon Leland, AI Creativity Over 50 Guy 113 Cherry St #92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2205Unsubscribe Ā· Preferences
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