Location, location, location
Today, I am writing from a different place. I have become accustomed, for better or worse, to writing during my morning coffee at my...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Aug 14, 2019
- 1 min
Aiming somewhere
There’s usually a direction. Generally, we have at least some vague idea of an endpoint we want to, need to, or are going to reach....
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Kirsten Johnston
- Aug 11, 2019
- 2 min
Telling jokes
I used to have a friend who worked on the theory that the more jokes he told, the more likely it was that one would be funny. Now, to be...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Aug 6, 2019
- 2 min
Creating
I have been doing a spot of editing and proofreading – not that I am specifically trained in that area but, having been a teacher of...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Aug 1, 2019
- 1 min
Greatness
Good is the enemy of great. So said James C. “Jim” Collins, American author, consultant and lecturer in business fields. Now, let’s be...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Jul 29, 2019
- 2 min
Momentum
Momentum can be defined as the impetus gained by a moving object, or the force of an object in motion that keeps an event developing...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Jul 21, 2019
- 1 min
Question everything ….
…. but don’t forget to listen to the answers. Perfect and timely advice, brought to my attention by Mark McGuinness, poet and creative...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Jul 17, 2019
- 1 min
Friends
I have had a warm reminder that, no matter the time, it is certainly possible for years to slip away and connections remain as they were...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Jul 2, 2019
- 2 min
Laterally thinking …
I listened to a book (or half, anyway) the other day by Edward de Bono called Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step. It was a bit...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Jun 27, 2019
- 1 min
A question of quantity, not quality
Sometimes you hear something that turns your thinking upside down. We are often told that ‘it’s quality, not quantity’ that matters....
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Kirsten Johnston
- Jun 17, 2019
- 1 min
Leap or step?
I am thinking of making an approach to an outlet. There are three ways it could go; it could be unsuccessful, which is fine; it could be...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Jun 13, 2019
- 1 min
That great finger from the sky
I waited for a long time for that great finger from the sky to come down, through the clouds, touch me on the forehead and label me an...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Jun 13, 2019
- 1 min
That great finger from the sky
I waited for a long time for that great finger from the sky to come down, through the clouds, touch me on the forehead and label me an...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Jun 10, 2019
- 1 min
So here’s a great concept
The Adjacent Possible In 2002 Stuart Kauffman, theoretical biologist who studies the development and evolution of organisms, introduced...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Jun 10, 2019
- 1 min
So here’s a great concept
The Adjacent Possible In 2002 Stuart Kauffman, theoretical biologist who studies the development and evolution of organisms, introduced...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Jun 6, 2019
- 1 min
Solving problems
During one of my recent long-distance drives I was listening to a interview with writer and marketing guru, Seth Godin. Although not what...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Jun 6, 2019
- 1 min
Solving problems
During one of my recent long-distance drives I was listening to a interview with writer and marketing guru, Seth Godin. Although not what...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Jun 3, 2019
- 1 min
My painting is an introvert
I do a bit of thinking and reading about introversion and extroversion – the particular ways that people operate, the value society...
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Kirsten Johnston
- Jun 3, 2019
- 1 min
My painting is an introvert
I do a bit of thinking and reading about introversion and extroversion – the particular ways that people operate, the value society...
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Kirsten Johnston
- May 30, 2019
- 1 min
A bit too subtle
One of my current works in progress is of a stand of trees, developing in a style somewhere between realism and abstract. I’m liking it...
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