Posts Tagged ‘inspiration’

Building a Hothouse for Your Dreams

Posted on July 23rd, 2010 by by Barbara

Dreams are extremely fragile—especially in their early days. Dreams need to be nurtured and surrounded by support. Unfortunately, there aren’t many parenting manuals for dreambuilding.

Here are a handful of easy  ways to get your dreams…

Inspired By

Posted on July 21st, 2010 by by Barbara

Last week, my six-year-old granddaughter Zoe came for five days. It was my great pleasure to take her to see Mystere, her first Cirque du Soleil show. For the next three days, the music from the show played…

Steven Pressfield Talks About Resistance, Inspiration & Fear

Posted on October 16th, 2009 by by Barbara

At the end of every year, I pick my favorite books from the ones I’ve read in the previous twelve months. When I came upon Steven Pressfield’s The War of

IdeaStarter #7 Motivation vs. Inspiration

Posted on January 12th, 2009 by by Barbara

At last night’s Golden Globe Awards, Steven Spielberg spoke eloquently about the need to nurture inspiration and not make decisions based on what’s easy or popular. I don’t hear people talking about that much. No wonder inspiration is…

IdeaStarter #6 Create a Garden for Your Mind

Posted on January 9th, 2009 by by Barbara

Look up from the computer you’re reading this on. What do you see? Reminders of places that inspire you? Books worth rereading? Does it matter?

You probably know what I think the answer is to that…