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You Are Not Your Identity (Fear, Love, & Creativity Series)
Curt Mercadante
  • Aug 3, 2021
  • 2 min

You Are Not Your Identity (Fear, Love, & Creativity Series)

You can listen to the full podcast on Apple or Spotify or at this audio player: We hear a lot in the media about "identity" these days,...
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Back Porch Session LIVE (6.26.21) — Fear, Love, & Creativity
Curt Mercadante
  • Jun 26, 2021
  • 1 min

Back Porch Session LIVE (6.26.21) — Fear, Love, & Creativity

Listen to the audio version here: SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEW FEAR, LOVE & CREATIVITY PODCAST BY CLICKING HERE. Do you make your most creative...
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Is Yours an Inputs-Oriented Workplace?
Curt Mercadante
  • May 1, 2021
  • 2 min

Is Yours an Inputs-Oriented Workplace?

Do you have an Inputs-Oriented Workplace... Or an Impact-Oriented Workplace? What the hell is the difference? My agency once had a client...
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When we dam the flow of creative energy
Curt Mercadante
  • Apr 3, 2021
  • 2 min

When we dam the flow of creative energy

Sometimes it feels like the noise in my head is overwhelming. Thoughts coming at a thousand miles per hour. When I try to read a book,...
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What did one rock say to the other rock?
Curt Mercadante
  • Apr 1, 2021
  • 1 min

What did one rock say to the other rock?

The punchline... Wait for it... "I want to go on the ROCKing chair with you." My seven-year-old son tonight made up that joke on the fly...
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The creative power of "Yes, and..."
Curt Mercadante
  • Mar 24, 2021
  • 5 min

The creative power of "Yes, and..."

This morning, my three sons came downstairs, sat on the couch, and engaged in their commonplace routine of telling absurd stories. It's...
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The Effortless Action of Creative Flow
Curt Mercadante
  • Mar 22, 2021
  • 4 min

The Effortless Action of Creative Flow

Your body tingles. Though your eyes are closed, you begin to "see" shapes, figures, and visions in your mind. One minutes goes by as you...
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Reprogram Yourself to Let Your Creativity Flow
Curt Mercadante
  • Mar 20, 2021
  • 4 min

Reprogram Yourself to Let Your Creativity Flow

Our sons love broccoli. They've been known to request broccoli over french fries when ordering at restaurants. Don't get me wrong, I...
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The Simple Cure for Imposter Syndrome
Curt Mercadante
  • Mar 18, 2021
  • 1 min

The Simple Cure for Imposter Syndrome

Want a simple cure for imposter syndrome? Here it is: CREATE. Too simple for you? Okay, add these caveats: Create without the expectation...
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Poachers vs. Creators
Curt Mercadante
  • Mar 16, 2021
  • 3 min

Poachers vs. Creators

In 2012, then-President Barack Obama dove into hot water during a campaign speech in Roanoke, VA when he said, "if you’ve got a business,...
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The myth of the 'subject matter expert'
Curt Mercadante
  • Feb 25, 2021
  • 1 min

The myth of the 'subject matter expert'

Earlier this week, in our Freedom Inner Circle group, we had lively discussion about "subject matter experts" (SMEs) Some members of the...
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You don't have to be an artist, a poet, or a musician to be a creator
Curt Mercadante
  • Feb 24, 2021
  • 2 min

You don't have to be an artist, a poet, or a musician to be a creator

An old back injury flared up this week, and so I went to a local chiropractor here in Ellijay, GA to get an adjustment (and will be back...
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Creativity is freedom. Freedom is creativity.
Curt Mercadante
  • Feb 24, 2021
  • 4 min

Creativity is freedom. Freedom is creativity.

Why did the Soviet Union crack down on its artists? Why did Hitler insist upon tight control over the arts in Nazi Germany? Why does Cuba...
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