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The Performance Trap: How the Cult of Success is Eroding Our Humanity

ReNew Business

In a world obsessed with chasing success and validation through performance, it's high time we confront the dark underbelly of this relentless pursuit. The notion that everything from purpose to art is only worthwhile if it's framed as a performance is not only misguided but downright dehumanizing. "I To be loved, but never LOVED.

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Corporate Training for Your Company | 3 Step Plan

Career Advancement

Encourage employees to take on new creative projects and publicly reward those who take extra initiative. Finally, a great speaker might help you lay out a game plan for how to keep your team motivated and elevate their performance to higher levels. The final ingredient to ensure that it all comes together is following up.

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The Secret of Johnny Depp’s Success

Lateral Action

The director is going to take that performance or whatever options you gave him and the editor, and they're going to do with it what they want. According to him, the exciting part is doing the work, immersing himself in the character and putting everything into his performance. From the outside, this might sound hard to believe.

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Creative Rock Stars Get Paid to Do What They Love

Lateral Action

Have you ever felt a twinge of anxiety or guilt at devoting time to a fascinating creative project with no obvious commercial value, when your Inner Boss was telling you you should be doing something more ‘productive’? But Csikszentmihalyi’s research shows that the pleasurable experience of flow occurs during times of peak performance.

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Best Jobs for Gemini Who Want More Career Fulfillment

She Owns Success

They’re great at brainstorming and can be instrumental in creative projects or when problem-solving requires a fresh perspective. However, this enthusiasm for taking on new challenges and their desire to be involved in multiple projects can lead to overcommitment, leaving Gemini stretched too thin.

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14 Ways to Increase Creativity, Backed By Research [And Why it Matters]

She Owns Success

(HBR) In a second experiment focused on creative ideation, participants were randomly assigned to one of three task-switching approaches and asked to generate creative ideas for two idea-generation tasks. Most people believed they would perform best if they switched between the two idea generation tasks as and when they wanted.

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5 Examples Of Company Culture Worth Getting Envious Over

Vantage Circle

Zappos’s great company culture arises from their long term relentless pursuit of creativeness and team building. The result is high performing employees which in turn lead to a significant increase in the company’s success. Adobe gives its employees the freedom to take on creative projects and challenges.