Barbies & Styrofoam: Ingenuity in Action By Sheryl Green My family was pretty poor growing up. We received Food Stamps, my mom made most of my clothing, and I even had a few dolls that she sewed for me. I’m not complaining, plenty of kids have it [...]
Ingenuity in Leadership By Andrea Swenson The Art of Ingenuity and Effective Communication are the keys to Successful Leadership. Leadership encompasses a wide range of skills to be mastered and used effectively in the right situations and at the right time. Your thoughts and actions must be [...]
Sheryl Green: An Interview By Judi Moreo This year’s recipient of the Judi Moreo Achievement Award which is presented to a member of the Las Vegas National Speakers Association chapter was presented to Sheryl Green for her outstanding service to the chapter and its members. Sheryl Green [...]
How to Disrupt Your Competition By Shep Hyken When your customers can buy what you sell from others, that’s called competition. That also makes it a commodity. If they’re selling the same thing, why should I buy from one company over another? Is it the quality of [...]
Being Unique vs. Being Original: Is There a Difference? By Judi Moreo People like to think of themselves as unique, and they will even interchange the word unique with being original. But are they the same thing? Can you be unique without being original? Someone who decides [...]
Acknowledging Our Own Genius By Joan S. Peck We all love heroes or heroines of any type; we applaud their cleverness and ingenuity and are blown away if the hero or heroine is young in age. For example, who wouldn’t be impressed with Gitanjali Rao, an 11-year-old [...]
Creator Activator: Aluminum Foil Sculptures By Holly Duckworth I’m not creative.” he would tell me, as he put down the piece of aluminum foil I had handed him. “I can’t do this.” she would say as she would storm out of the room. “What are the rules? [...]
All Thought Matters By Anthony Burnside I have always appreciated innovative thinking or creativity. It is this kind of thinking that allows us to live in such an advanced society today. But what exactly is ingenuity? What are the components and how does it work? Well, let [...]
Mindful Meditation Leads to Ingenuity By Judi Moreo Mindful meditation is the most common form of meditation in the West because it is easy to do and gets rapid results. It can also be done any time anywhere, as often as you like. It can best be defined as a [...]
From Yard Sale to Table By S. L. Gore I’ll confess to a distinct heady thrill that comes only with rummaging through a good yard sale to uncover discarded treasures for next-to-nothing prices. It might be the sheer adventure of finding something new (to me) or the idea that [...]
