Praise you. Adapted from
“We’ve come a long, long way togetherThrough the hard times and the goodI have to celebrate you, babyI have to praise you like I should“ Praise You. Fatboy Slim Or is it…? Original is an spectrum. A first level comes to things that are only new to you. A next one comes from adapting things under a […]
Simple and repetitive
“The power of playing simple and repetitive:It doesn’t take long for people to get it.” Victor Wooten https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruMW7gsuFb0 He’s got a definition of how music needs this naturality so that you stop listening and start feeling. Once you get it, you can be pulled where the other cool, more nuanced (or sophisticated) stuff is. Same is […]
A push
As creatives, entrepreneurs or soloists, there’s this mix up to believe that creativity and productivity are opposites. They’re not. Creativity. The ability to see opportunity. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Productivity. Ratio between the maximum output and the smallest effort. Peter Drucker. They’re different playgrounds, not ends of the same spectrum. Would your clients describe you as Rick […]
Empowerment
“We empower our clients.” Take a moment from how things go and let’s rethink of this word. If you run a team or work with clients and you empower them, it means you give them power. And just as you can give power, you can take it away. Best control model. Ever. And if you’re in control, […]