Thriving too

Thank you stranger

"Dear stranger,

on the train ride home tonight, i sat close to you because you reminded me of my dad. thanks for making me feel safe, even if you didn't know it."



A new little project for all that would-be-lost appreciation.

"How about today, did any strangers make your day nicer? it feels so good to say merci. the little gestures (that seem to go unnoticed) are often the ones that mean the most."

A Very Happy Little Film

This is a 15 minute film - which is very enjoyable and 'sticky'

Via: The Chief Happiness Officer

I discovered a brilliant article on AIGA (Thanks to Randy for leading me there yesterday). The author is Steven Heller who is co-chair of the Designer as Author MFA and co-founder of the MFA in Design Criticism at School of Visual Arts.

His discussion on motivational speakers is really sharp, perhaps even a little harsh, but working in the area of personal development myself, I know exactly where he is coming from. His final paragraph reflects my own thinking to perfection . . . Steven may be talking about design, but . . .

"After reading Design I feel a bit shucked and jived. And believe me, I tried to be tolerant—really, I did! So maybe it is just me. Maybe I find it hard to believe that being formulaically told what to do will make my work, my life, better. Still, I believe that we all must find our own answers—our own blissful motivation—for ourselves. Or maybe you should take two bromides and call me in the morning."

I love this little animation from AIGA

Writing in the London Financial Times, serial entrepreneur Luke Johnson, Chairman of Channel 4 throws a life-line to anyone sapped by short-termist miserabilism:

Humankind makes progress because some people believe in a great future. Inventors, entrepreneurs and optimists initiate advances that create jobs and improve our welfare...optimists have the last laugh - history shows they are always the long-run winners.

I didn't understand this until I checked here.  Now I do and I like it a lot.  Homo Ludens succeeds through play.

Hat tip Jon Bounds. Original source Emergent Game.

Yes, this is cheesy. And yes, a little bit pious. But in this expression, French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro did capture a value that can only be called Thriving.

How Not To Be Motivated

I discovered a brilliant article on AIGA (Thanks to Randy for leading me there yesterday). The author is Steven Heller who is co-chair of the Designer as Author MFA and co-founder of the MFA in Design Criticism at School of Visual Arts.

His discussion on motivational speakers is really sharp, perhaps even a little harsh, but working in the area of personal development myself, I know exactly where he is coming from. His final paragraph reflects my own thinking to perfection . . . Steven may be talking about design, but . . .

"After reading Design I feel a bit shucked and jived. And believe me, I tried to be tolerant—really, I did! So maybe it is just me. Maybe I find it hard to believe that being formulaically told what to do will make my work, my life, better. Still, I believe that we all must find our own answers—our own blissful motivation—for ourselves. Or maybe you should take two bromides and call me in the morning."

Diversity

I love this little animation from AIGA

The last laugh

Writing in the London Financial Times, serial entrepreneur Luke Johnson, Chairman of Channel 4 throws a life-line to anyone sapped by short-termist miserabilism:

Humankind makes progress because some people believe in a great future. Inventors, entrepreneurs and optimists initiate advances that create jobs and improve our welfare...optimists have the last laugh - history shows they are always the long-run winners.

Evolve through play.

I didn't understand this until I checked here.  Now I do and I like it a lot.  Homo Ludens succeeds through play.

Hat tip Jon Bounds. Original source Emergent Game.

A value called Thriving

Yes, this is cheesy. And yes, a little bit pious. But in this expression, French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro did capture a value that can only be called Thriving.