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Are You Ready for Sixth Sense Technology?

Photo by Broma Imagine walking down the street and seeing a poster for a new film at your local cinema. It looks interesting, so you stop. With a wave of your hand, you conjure an image of a web browser, projected onto the poster from a camera you’re wearing as an earpiece. You snap your [...]

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Two New Wishful Thinkers!

Photo by Tambako the Jaguar Firstly, sorry Wishful Thinking has been a bit quiet recently. I’ve got some new articles lined up shortly, and I’m working on a brand-new free e-book for you — watch this space. Secondly, I don’t write much about my personal life on this blog, but I hope you will indulge [...]

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Is Burnout Inevitable in the Creative Industries?

Photo by J R Guillaumin How would you like to work 15-20 hours unpaid overtime a week? What about doing it for weeks on end because of unrealistic schedules? How about a 65% chance of damaging your health from the stress of overtime? And what if someone told you these were just occupational hazards, to [...]

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Video Interview: Mark McGuinness Talks to Philip Patston

cm 27 Mark McGuiness Interview from Creative Momentum on Vimeo. I recently recorded this video interview with Philip Patston, an entrepreneur, consultant and comedian from New Zealand. Philip did a great job of drawing out my thoughts, and we covered a lot of ground in the 30-minute conversation. Here’s Philip’s summary: we caught up with [...]

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Free E-book – ‘Defiant! Practical Tips to Thrive in Tough Times’

If you’re feeling daunted by the challenges of the recession – or if you could simply do with some inspirational and practical advice, then I suggest you download Defiant: Practical Tips to Thrive in Tough Times. It’s a new e-book from Rajesh Setty, successful entrepreneur, respected author, columnist for Lateral Action – and a thoroughly [...]

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Meanwhile…

Photo by edastrauch If you like Wishful Thinking, you might be interested in some of my other projects — here’s a sample of my recent online activities. Lateral Action This is the site I co-create with Brian Clark and Tony Clark, about creativity, productivity and creative entrepreneurship. Here are some of my recent articles:

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Are You Looking for a Job in Advertising?

If you’re looking for a job in advertising in London, you might like to pop along to The Good Agency next Wednesday evening 24th June — they’re having a ‘talent evening’. I’ve been doing some training for The Good Agency recently — they specialise in work on good causes, in business, government and the charity [...]

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Creative Momentum Workshops in London

This series of Creative Momentum workshops has now sold out. To be first to hear about future workshop dates, join my events mailing list. Photo by jurvetson Boost Your Creativity — Accelerate Your Business — Meet Other Creatives This summer I’ll be running a series of Creative Momentum workshops in London. The workshops are for [...]

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How I Kept My New Year’s Resolution

Photo by Criss! At the beginning of 2008, I posted my New Year’s resolution on this blog: I will sit still for five minutes every day. The aim of the resolution was to establish a regular habit of sitting meditation first thing in the morning. The result? During 2008 I practised meditation every day … [...]

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Blogging for Business – a Talk for 26 on May 28th

On 28 May I’m talking about Blogging for Business at an event organised by 26. I’ll be joined on the panel by fellow bloggers Rachel Clarke and John Dodds, to talk about the pros and cons, opportunities and bananaskins of business blogging. Questions we’ll address include: How can you find the time and motivation to [...]

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