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Making Ideas Happen at MYOB 2010
Scott started off by saying that most ideas never happen. Period. It seems like such a depressing statement, but it’s true. It’s a statement that rings true with me, personally, as I have a long list of ideas (good and bad) that I’ve accumulated over the years and most of them have never seen the light of day. So why is it that we rarely act on the ideas we have? It seems our creative tendencies get in the way. We (as creatives) are constantly looking for that creative “high”––that next great idea––and when we get one, we want the next. It’s an intimidating proposition to be confronted with all of the tasks that must be completed in order to execute an idea. It’s easier to think of the next idea and get that high that we love than to execute the previous idea.
Read moreMYOB Conference 2010
While it’s easy to dismiss conferences purely as fun, the 2010 MYOB conference was one of the most enlightening and challenging times of my career. The conference offered a unique opportunity to gather with professionals of a similar nature and discuss our relative businesses.
Read moreMind Your Own Business Conference 2010
Two of FORGE’s partners, Chad Mullins and Jeremy Loyd, just got back from the Mind Your Own Business Conference 2010 in New York City. Presented by Bryn Mooth of HOW Magazine and David Baker of ReCourses, Inc., the management conference was October 12th through the 14th.
According to the MYOB site, the conference contained “3 days of close-up, [...]