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Check out my new article in Greater Good magazine: 6 ways to break your creative block.

August 7, 2022

“Creativity is an intelligence. When we respect its needs—for freedom, not knowing, beauty, a big vision, intrinsic motivation, and space—it will flourish.” 1. Creativity needs space, both internal and external – How can you give yourself internal space? If something is on your mind, take care of it before diving into new creative work. – [ Read more … ]

Learning requires a pleasurable environment – my article with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

March 19, 2022

  “It would be difficult to see how a species as dependent on learning as we are could have survived if we didn’t find the process of making sense of our environment pleasurably rewarding.” ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Kim Hermanson ~ From the article “Intrinsic motivation in museums: Why does one want to learn? by [ Read more … ]

Why it’s OK to switch directions.

February 1, 2022

A creative life is not linear. It has twists and turns. But that doesn’t mean those pieces and experiences don’t come back around. In my twenties, I worked as a computer scientist for two Fortune 500 companies. At the age of 27, I broke my back in a head-on collision on the highway and was [ Read more … ]

Excerpt from an article I wrote with my mentor, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

December 9, 2021

“One often meets successful adults, professionals, or scientists who recall that their lifelong vocational interest was first sparked by a visit to a museum. In these accounts, the encounter–with a real, concrete object from a different world an exotic animal, a strange dress, a beautiful artifact–is the kernel from which an entire career of learning [ Read more … ]

Losing my mentor, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

October 25, 2021

My mentor, advisor, and the father figure in my life, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, passed away this week on Wednesday, October 20th. I met Mihaly (Mike) soon after my father died unexpectedly at the age of 57. I asked him to be my academic advisor and he took me under his wing. He was only a year [ Read more … ]

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