Inspiration – The Caneelian – Leadership, Creativity, Startups, Organizational Culture https://www.caneelian.com The personal blog of Caneel Joyce PhD, executive coach & culture builder. Work is a spiritual journey and sometimes a total cluster. Thu, 24 Aug 2017 04:32:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 33319490 I Should Not be Different: The Radical Practice of Self Love https://www.caneelian.com/2017/08/23/ode-to-imperfection/ https://www.caneelian.com/2017/08/23/ode-to-imperfection/#comments Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:11:29 +0000 http://www.caneelian.com/?p=866300921 “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” C.G. Jung One of the most transformative practices we know of is conscious self love. All of our self-parts deserve love and our whole self flourishes with his integration. Especially the “shadow” parts of ourselves that we have …

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]]> https://www.caneelian.com/2017/08/23/ode-to-imperfection/feed/ 1 866300921 Fall in love with your purpose https://www.caneelian.com/2017/07/20/fall-in-love-with-your-purpose/ https://www.caneelian.com/2017/07/20/fall-in-love-with-your-purpose/#respond Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:49:34 +0000 http://www.caneelian.com/?p=866300905 What is your purpose? The question is one to step into as a journey. It can be easy. Here’s how: Be curious. Be open to being surprised by what you discover. Gently raise your purpose to your ear and listen. Your purpose lives and changes just like you… savor each fleeting moment. Carry your purpose …

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]]> https://www.caneelian.com/2017/07/20/fall-in-love-with-your-purpose/feed/ 0 866300905 Creative Constipation, Pt. II https://www.caneelian.com/2017/07/14/creative-constipation-pt-ii/ https://www.caneelian.com/2017/07/14/creative-constipation-pt-ii/#respond Fri, 14 Jul 2017 13:38:17 +0000 http://www.caneelian.com/?p=866300882 I’ve had a huge shift in my creative output and relationship with my own creativity since I first drafted my first post on Creative Constipation (about a month ago). Turns out all I needed was to start drinking more coffee to get things moving. Just kidding. Jokes aside, that post was a catalyst for committing …

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]]> https://www.caneelian.com/2017/07/14/creative-constipation-pt-ii/feed/ 0 866300882 Creative Constipation https://www.caneelian.com/2017/07/10/creative-constipation/ https://www.caneelian.com/2017/07/10/creative-constipation/#comments Mon, 10 Jul 2017 20:39:40 +0000 http://www.caneelian.com/?p=866300876 Once again, I woke up in the middle of the night flooded with ideas of things I want to do, make, and write about. A familiar voice deep inside of me said “This is too overwhelming, there are too many ideas here to possibly even capture, you will spin out of control and create an …

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]]> https://www.caneelian.com/2017/07/10/creative-constipation/feed/ 1 866300876 Children are such geniuses. https://www.caneelian.com/2010/11/09/children-are-such-geniuses/ https://www.caneelian.com/2010/11/09/children-are-such-geniuses/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:58:58 +0000 http://caneelian.com/?p=866300305 3-year-old Jonathan conducting to the 4th movement of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony.  The most joyous, unbridled creativity I’ve ever seen. I wonder: Will colleges start demanding YouTube proof of early artistic talent in their admissions applications? How great that Jonathan will be able to watch this when he’s a teenager, wondering if any of the glowing …

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]]> https://www.caneelian.com/2010/11/09/children-are-such-geniuses/feed/ 1 866300305 Make Your Readers Love You: 5 Lessons from Pixar https://www.caneelian.com/2010/07/27/866289448/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +0000 http://caneelian.tumblr.com/post/866289448 Link: Make Your Readers Love You: 5 Lessons from Pixar This post from Copyblogger describes five clever “rules” derived from Pixar for “making readers love you.” I think they’re rock-solid recommendations for managers, bloggers, writers, and commercial artists of all kinds: 1. Be consistent and build trust 2. Take the time to do things right …

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]]> 866289448 Periodic Table of Mad Men https://www.caneelian.com/2010/07/24/853493090/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:28:30 +0000 http://caneelian.tumblr.com/post/853493090 I am obsessed with the fantastically feminist phenom show Mad Men.  Don Draper is cool as can be and Joan is a sort of anti-hero (I love her to death but I am so glad I don’t have to be like her to be strong in the workplace).  I love this periodic table (found at flavorwire – link …

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]]> 853493090 Designers: Think you have a good eye for color? Get proof… https://www.caneelian.com/2010/07/20/835964599/ https://www.caneelian.com/2010/07/20/835964599/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:50:02 +0000 http://caneelian.tumblr.com/post/835964599 How good is your color vision?  Arrange these tiles by hue to find your score – http://bit.ly/by7gz8 (based X-Rite’s official FM100 Hue Test). Brag: I got a perfect score (a zero), which pretty much made my week.  Guess the Color Theory class I took in the UC Extension design certificate program a few years ago …

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]]> https://www.caneelian.com/2010/07/20/835964599/feed/ 2 835964599 Business cards (old school) https://www.caneelian.com/2010/07/16/819512362/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:09:20 +0000 http://caneelian.tumblr.com/post/819512362 These DIY business cards made using a custom rubber stamp and cut-outs from second hand books. From Sidekick Studios, London. “I like the fact each one is unique and feels a bit flimsy.  They seem a bit more precious and people seem to take more care with them.”

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]]> 819512362 Dimensions of the User Experience https://www.caneelian.com/2010/07/14/811132119/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:15:05 +0000 http://caneelian.tumblr.com/post/811132119 Info graphic – The Overlapping Disciplines of User Experience

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