Robert Wilson - THE UN-COMFORT ZONE

Many great ideas emerge from the bottom of companies where the employees are working closer to the problem. If you want your employees to come up with great ideas for your business, then you need to create a Culture of Creativity. The first step in doing that is to give your staff time to innovate.

The purpose I had set out to achieve was accomplished: she found my information useful and implemented it. The lesson I learned was to keep telling good stories, but give the audience something with my name on it to take home, so they could remember and recommend me to others.

Is there a business you believe you would be successful in? You would not be dreaming about it -- seeing yourself doing it -- if you didn't believe you could! Michael Jordan didn't become a basketball star without developing the skills he needed first. He took as many as 2,000 practice shots a day to imprint those skills into his mental and physical circuitry. Perhaps all you need is practice.

Recently, a reader wrote me to suggest that rather than trying to encourage someone, a better way to motivate them is to issue a challenge. So, I felt challenged to write about it.

Innovation and creativity are all about solving problems or satisfying needs. And, there are 3 times when we are most likely to think creatively. The first one is when we are forced into it.