The Creative Life TV: Creativity, Innovation and Inspiring Ideas | James Taylor

Watch the Video How would you like to be paid to travel the world and share your message? How would it feel to get paid $5,000, $10,000 or $50,000 to travel first class and stay at an incredible 5 star hotel in an exotic location. All you have to do is give a 60 minute talk […]

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Watch the Video We live in a time where we are all told that to do great work we must focus. Focusing techniques such as to-do lists and blocks of scheduled project time are the norm in business while we are also encouraged to practice mindfulness exercises in order to quieten the mind and develop a […]

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Watch the Video Have you ever noticed how politicians and celebrities use the same phrases over and over again when being interviewed. In fact politicians are actually trained to keep repeating set phrases because of the belief that repetition is what works. The danger is they end up looking robotic and not really connecting on a […]

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Watch the Video How do you discover what kind of creative work you want to focus on? There is a piece of advice I heard recently for aspiring authors. That they should try writing in the style of 100 famous authors. So one one day you might try writing in the short direct style of Hemingway […]

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Watch the Video How many times have you heard phrases like "A Jack of all trades but a master of none" or "Do one thing and do it well". Since the industrial revolution our society has valued and rewarded specialisation. As creatives we are often pressurised to be a specialist rather than a generalist. However technologies […]

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Watch the Video Are highly intelligent people more creative? Is there even a link between creativity and intelligence. In his seminal study 'The Creativity Crisis', academic Dr KH Kim looked at this link and also why creativity levels are declining in America. [Listen in iTunes] [Listen in Spotify] [Listen on Stitcher]   Are Highly Creative People More […]

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Watch the Video As I was flying to speak at a conference the other day a fellow passenger asked me about 'how to be more creative'. In today's episode of The Creative Life TV Show I share my answer to her. [Listen in iTunes] [Listen in Spotify] [Listen on Stitcher]   How To Be More Creative […]

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Watch the Video I spend much of my year as a creativity and innovation keynote speaker attending global conferences and creativity workshops in various parts of the world. I've also been fascinated by the differences in terms of how creativity is thought about in the West versus the East. When I ask an executive in New York […]

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Watch the Video Some of the most creative and innovative people have been risk takers, but calculated risk takers. In today's episode of The Creative Life TV Show I share the story of what a doctor in Enlightenment Edinburgh can teach us about taking risks. [Listen in iTunes] [Listen in Spotify] [Listen on Stitcher]   Creativity […]

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Watch the Video Do you get some of your best ideas in coffee shops? Well you are not alone. Creativity and coffee has a long history and some of most innovative minds including Freud, Klimt, and Mahler valued the importance of coffee shops as a 'third place', not home and not work. In today's episode of […]

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