3D Nail art Ideas

Some Awesome 3D Nail Art Designs and Ideas for your inspiration

Seize the Day - Power Up Creativity

C Carpe Diem - Seize inspiration and
R Run with ideas to see where they can take you
E Explore and play, never stopping...
A Angle your line for hours as a person who fishes
T Talk with creatives and people outside your field till your brain's abuz-z-z-z-z
I Initiate from within - unleashing your potential
V Vacuum cobwebs - relax and  refresh your spirit
I Idle the motor - simply daydream when you feel like it...
T Touch your soul - Thank God and be grateful
Y Yes, yes, yes.

Look at creativity through another viewfinder to see the action in your brain

C Curiosity and discovery can increase rewards to brain through dopamine, a natural drug
R Rewire brain by doing creative acts & your brain builds neuron pathways for creativity
E Engages amygdala where brain processes emotional information that feeds zeal & novelty
A Adjust speed of brain waves by selecting music that enhances your creative activity.
T Target your working memory to try new skills
I Insightful thinking increases activity in temporal lobes, which enable applications you try
V Vary work activities to tap your brain's multiple intelligences
I Improves focus and problem solving through brain's natural serotonin
T Tap into sensory information stored in parietal lobes to enhance visualization of places and events
Y Yield to a sense of improvisation and self-expression that originates in the brain's frontal lobe

Try Brainwriting

Brainstorming sessions work successfully for many. But, what happened at your last brainstorming session? A reality check comes when brainstorming's used in toxic meetings or is led by a poor facilitator. Note that Sara Superstar vies with Paul Peacock to impress the leader while Jimbo doodles and Mariah slams her fist to catch attention and contribute. Works like clashing cymbals. Ever see it in action where you work? Here's an alternative to consider or even to mix sessions up a bit...

Try Brainwriting Ideas come thoughtfully... one bounces off another, everyone has voice, and many folks work well in a quieter setting. Best part is you don't necessarily need a leader and it improves superior idea generation, according to Peter Heslin, business professor at SMU.

Brainwriting offers many variations... A theme for the session might be written on the board. Underneath a two-footed question's listed, linking each participant to the theme.

Write - Folks sit around a table each with a slip of paper, a different color pen or even different color sticky notes. Each person writes an idea on the note and passes it to the right.

React - Once each person reads what's written, each one writes a reaction that comes to mind. If a person can't think s/he leaves the paper blank so there's no pressure.

Review - When each note's brimming with about five ideas, place it in the middle of the table. When slips are complete everyone analyzes. Review leads to a "systematic consideration of each idea," according to Heslin.

Select - Each person makes a list of favorite ideas and the most popular are recorded. Result- Lots of surprises that can make a difference.

Benefits -

• ideas spark quickly and people don't lose best thoughts since they can write them down immediately
• people can contribute equally - no chance for personality clashes
• ideas generated simultaneously so can be judged by merit
• people gain confidence in their contributions
  
• community builder
  

Brainwriting variations you would enjoy

http://www.mycoted.com/Brainwriting

http://creatingminds.org/tools/brainwriting.htm

http://litemind.com/brainwriting/

http://ezinearticles.com/?Brainwriting,-A-More-Perfect-Brainstorm&id=510585

How Does Writing Make Things Possible?

Writing a blog opened the world of others' ideas, leading me to reflect, sharpen, and place "two-bits" in a shining, moving and expanding Social Media galaxy.


Writing makes things possible.

Thoughts?

Is Your Brain in Gear at Work?

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up and does not stop until you get into the office. Robert Frost



How do you get your brain in gear at work?

Conversations Polish Your Brain!

It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)

Where did conversations take your ideas this week?

The Brain on Inspiration

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of men [and women], or they are no better than dreams. Ralph Waldo Emerson


Inspiration for today...

The brain is a muscle/
of busy hills, the struggle/
of unthought things with things/
eternally thought.

Joyce Carol Oats

Tease Your Readers' Senses!

How do you entice folks to read your blogs? That's the million dollar question and recently someone asked me that. Hmmm.... I put the noodle to work on this...

Challenge your readers. The human brain's intrigued by challenges and puzzles. It thrives on what is out of the ordinary. So with this in mind here's some appeteasers...

Tip Ideas Upside Down Seth Godin's a maestro at this... Fire the Customer... Small is the New Big...

Poll or Survey Recently Valeria Maltoni polled readers about trends coexisting in our lives. She wanted to know which ones interested me and why. By including a poll you value reader's input and they feel like they count. You honor readers' input even more if you analyze and show results in a later post...

Or, you might enjoy seeing how addicted to blogging you are. Try Jeremiah Owyang's challenge to see if you are more of an addict than he...

Visualize Ideas for Readers An image is worth 1,000 words... Today's readers enjoy a quick snack and they're gone. The average reader stays but 17 seconds... Try finding just the right image to capture the essence of your post.

OK, what would put the icing on the cake? The challenge is here...

First here's Chef Mike Sansone's feast for your dining pleasure SCAMPER tactics...

SCAMPER can a creative thinking technique to jump-start your blog posting:

Substitute - Remember the Z-List? Sandy substituted text for images and extended its viral life.

Combine - Consider combining text and audio (sound bytes) in a post.
Adapt - I've written before about emulating an idea to make it your own. Recently, I was inspired by Adam's brilliant post to toy with this scene about RSS feeds.

Modify - Todd Andrlik modified the idea of the Z-List, created the Power 150 and recently partnered it with AdAge

Put to Other Use - One more example from the Z-List: Gavin gave it permanent life on the Z-List Wiki

Eliminate - Television. You'll find more time to blog.

Rearrange - Turning statements into questions could be one way, right?

Michael Michalko, author of Thinkertoys, stopped by to share two more SCAMPER tactics to play with...

Magnify Unique close focus

Reverse Start at the end and rewind... see where this takes you!

OK, your turn... Scratch your noodle... and add your tactics to Tease Your Readers' Senses...

Two-footed Questions Spark Surprise

Ever noticed some questions have ready made answers? If I ask, "Who was the first man on the moon?" there's an expected answer. Questions with expected answers bore people, unless you're in the hot seat on The Millionaire. Here's why...

Questions that deal with facts and information, have little affect on the person asking or the person questioned. People's minds fly a million miles away, because their interest is simply not captured. Did you experience that at school?

On the other hand, some questions are all about people, their ideas, feelings, opinions... If I asked, "How are you feeling today?" the question is very subjective and can change between morning and evening or from day to day. And, even worse, you run the risk of hearing an organ recital. Since it's one person's experience, it does not necessarily involve me or anyone else but that person. When we don't connect, we tend to lose interest, too. So what kind of questions really spark peoples' juices?

A two-footed question bridges facts and folks' interests, and sparks surprise as folks respond thoughtfully...

Here're some starters that begin with you directly...

How might I adjust my day to do ... differently?

In what ways could I assist my manager with ...?

What strategies might work for me to engage my children in ... following school?

Note how your interests link directly to a topic... and if you ask the question just before you go to sleep your brain works on it while you get your zzzz's... Or, ask it in the morning and mull it over during the day. You'll be amazed that a great answer comes when you least expect it...

Consider two-footed questions that draw out others' thoughts and experiences...

Who has influenced you most at work, and in what key way did he or she help boost your leadership?

What contribution could you make to... and how might it impress the boss?

How do you get your teens interested in ...?

Or, maybe you'd like to try two-footed question strategies to draw from others' smarts.

When you use this strategy to inquire of another person, you show respect for their knowledge and experience. Your respect inspires, and folks jump to the challenge of providing you a very thoughtful answer.

When you ask two-footed questions of folks on your work team, with clients or with family, you'll be amazed at unexpected answers and deeper conversations that develop.

Dr.Ellen Weber, CEO of the MITA International Brain Based Center developed two feet for questioning as a way to spark deeper ideas, thoughtful discussion and interactions, based on many years of research. For additional insights, check Ellen's posts:

Two Footed Questions for a Flat World

Questions without Watertight Answers Increase Wonder

A Cat Covers Its Material, but Humans Question

Recapture the Power of a Question

And for your upcoming Thanksgiving table, Ellen advises...

Start your dinner by inviting each person to give thanks for one thing in the last week. Such a two-footed questions keeps the tone fresh. People tend to piggy back off one other’s insights from thanks, so cortisol diminishes, that horrid hormone for stress and negativity.

Ready for surprises and depth of thought as you communicate? Try asking a two-footed question at one of your next meals. Figure out a great question in advance... Come back and share results...

Ever Had a Braincramp?

A grad student in a class I taught said, "I have a braincramp." What picture comes to your mind? I don't know about you, but at first I had a real belly laugh since the expression was new to me.

Just for fun, how would you define a braincramp?

What would you suggest to overcome a braincramp?

Have some fun and let's see what develops. If you create a post at your site to show your answer and it's not "R" rated, I'll give you a link from my site and announce it here at Brain Based Biz.