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Flight or Fight or Creativity

Flight or Fight or Creativity

The whole world is out to get you. All the signs are there. You never get a lucky break. People always treat you like dirt. And the few people who are nice? They’re after something, obviously. Everyone else is on a life-long personal vendetta to make your existence slightly more unpleasant: the people at the […]

Posted on May 8, 2009January 28, 2014 by Samir Bharadwaj in Creative Ideas

Gung Ho Juggernaut Vs Beatific Buddha

Gung Ho Juggernaut Vs Beatific Buddha

Do you think you know what perseverance is? We all do. If you have attempted anything beyond mere survival on this planet, you have surely come across obstacles, at which point someone has advised you to persevere, universally understood as sticking to it. While that tells you what persevering involves, it does not enlighten you […]

Posted on November 27, 2008February 11, 2014 by Samir Bharadwaj in Creative Ideas

Presentation Preparation and Other Public Speaking Anxieties

Presentation Preparation and Other Public Speaking Anxieties

I have been invited to give a presentation — a presentation on digital portfolios to be precise. Dr. John Alexander Smith (with whom I’ve worked before), of the Interior Design department at my old college asked me if I would be interested in talking to a class of final year undergraduates on the subject of […]

Posted on March 14, 2008February 15, 2014 by Samir Bharadwaj in Design

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