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The Element of Surprise!

By on September 16, 2010 in MARKETING

Sur­prise, Sur­prise, Sur­prise! For years word of mouth has been touted as the world’s most pow­er­ful form of mar­ket­ing. How­ever, word of mouth has tra­di­tion­ally been lit­tle more than an after­thought for many busi­nesses because it suf­fered from two fatal flaws — it was very hard to mea­sure and very chal­leng­ing to scale.  Now the […]

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Surprisingly Simple Solution for Storing Surprises

By on April 22, 2009 in TECHNOLOGY

Recently I wrote a post about a sim­ple tech­nique for enhanc­ing your cre­ativ­ity that I learned from read­ing the book Cre­ativ­ity by psy­chol­o­gist Mihaly Csik­szent­mi­ha­lyi.  In a nut­shell 1. Be sur­prised by some­thing every day, 2. Sur­prise some­one every­day, 3. Write both down and chron­i­cle them over time. I thought it might be wise to share […]

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Surprise, Surprise, Surprise

By on April 21, 2009 in FEATURED, LIFE

Would you like to be more cre­ative?  Here is a sim­ple 3 step tech­nique for get­ting your cre­ative juices flow­ing from the man who wrote the book on Cre­ativ­ity, Mihaly Csik­szent­mi­ha­lyi. Try to be sur­prised by some­thing every­day. Try to sur­prise some­one every day. Write down what sur­prised you and how you sur­prised oth­ers. These three […]

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