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Be Happy, Be Creative (Part 3 of 4): Don’t take yourself so seriously.

The great music conductor Benjamin Zander has a funny story in his book “The Art of Possibility”: Two prime ministers are sitting in a room…

Be Happy, Be Creative (Part 2 of 4): “Don’t worry.”

I go to bed on most nights without worrying about anything. Even if there’s a problem that I have to deal with, I just tell…

Be Happy, Be Creative (Part 1 of 4): Don’t get weighed down.

This photo was taken in March 2019, the day I divorced my Italian mistress. She was beautiful, intense, and I gave her so much love…

Hitchcock on happiness

“A clear horizon — nothing to worry about on your plate, only things that are creative and not destructive…” “I can’t bear quarreling, I can’t…

Midjourney’s “Character Reference” feature

Meet my Generative AI dog, Poolander! Just two days ago, creating these four images of my worrywart friend with a single text prompt would not…

Should you pay for Gen AI?

I know many people who use Gen AI apps like the free ChatGPT 3.5 regularly but they’ve told me that they have never tried the…

SOTA Gen AI session

“How would we know if students are using Generative AI to do their assignments without any learning on their part?” My answer: “Start using Gen…

Writing Tips

A student recently wrote to me and asked how she could write news stories that flowed better and that were more alive. This is an…

The Catapult Concept in your career

“‘Catapult’ is one of the most overlooked concepts in career management.”“Sometimes you just have to step back (smaller role, company, compensation etc.) to amass learnings…