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How To Not Feel Threatened By AI Platforms As a Creative Professional

AI tools and platforms are a massive disruptor in our professional, creative and personal lives. For instance, AI art platforms like Midjourney and DALL-E 2 have garnered raving fans and bitter enemies. Many writers feel threatened by AI tools like ChatGPT, that can quickly and accurately produce content, while photographers, filmmakers and other creatives feel similarly threatened by AI tools that can quickly generate visuals and videos. Freelancers run into issues with some clients, who try to DIY their previously outsourced (to a human being) tasks, and cancel freelance gigs. However understandable their annoyance may be - is it valid? Is AI a threat to creatives? Or is there more to the story? Can AI actually prompt (yes) an invitation to being more distinctive, and flipping the script altogether?

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How to boost your performance by exercising, and training your brain

Integrating the habit of exercising daily is vital for self-care. It benefits your performance in other areas also. Besides the widely known advantages of exercise boosting your energy, while the brain releasing happy chemicals like endorphins that trigger a positive feeling, there is also another way your performance and exercise intertwine - and you can use this to your benefit, if you’ve previously struggled to accomplish something you’ve been trying on multiple occasions, to no avail. I’m talking about a nifty combination of purpose, habits and inspired action.

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Twitter birthday: 12 years of sharing

It’s my Twitter birthday today. Iin March 2007 I was searching for Skype names and e-mail addresses of corporate bloggers in New York, for my Corporate Blogging Trip in that year. I stumbled upon Twitter, created an account, and within two days my agenda was packed with appointments with those people - and more - in NYC. I had never done anything that fast. I found it bizarre. What followed was a stormy, long-term love affair with the blue bird.

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Feeling courageous or being courageous

When you notice that you are feeling courageous, it means that you know your fears, but pursue despite of them. You are still connected with the source of fear, and use your positive energy to pursue whatever it is you want to achieve (or overcome). When you are being courageous, you are living according to your heart core story.

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Kill The Bloody Project?

What do you do when you start hating a project? When you start resenting an idea that in essence was pretty awesome, but in one way or another doesn’t really seem to work out? You’re trying and hanging on, and your other projects are also demanding your time and energy. So what do you do? Cut it loose? Keep on keepin’ on? Or is there another way?

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Unleashing Natural Creativity By 'Slow Motion Multitasking'

How do the most enduringly creative people thrive? They "slow-motion multitask," says author Tim Harford at TEDxMerck KGaA. He illustrates how innovators like Einstein, Darwin, Twyla Tharp and Michael Crichton found their inspiration and productivity through cross-training their minds, without feeling hurried. But how does this match with the concept of focusing on a single task? Let’s explore.

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