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Unexpected Therapy: Three Ways Writing Songs Improves Emotional Intelligence
Beyond IQ, emotional intelligence stands as one of the hallmarks of highly evolved individuals. Spanning the awareness of the “temperature” of a...
What Songwriting Teaches Us About Focus and Consistency
When people think of the arts, in this case songwriting, there’s a tendency to think of the stereotype of the flighty, absentminded creative type....
How Songwriting Helps Build Cultures of Innovation
Over the years, I’ve led my songwriting program across industries from banking to biotech. I can safely say I’m an expert in any particular...
Think Like a Songwriter: The Creative Discipline Behind Breakthrough Innovation
Given that the overwhelming majority of my readers are not professional songwriters, it’s understandable that you might not look to songwriting for...
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How Learning To Write Songs Makes You a More Memorable Leader
I have had the enormous privilege over the past ten years of being invited...
How Writing Songs Strengthens Culture, Communication and Influence
Over the past decade, I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time finding...
Why Every Leader Should Write A Song
In my decade of working with leadership teams from C-Suite executives to...
Three Ways Writing Songs Improves Your Confidence and Self-Expression
I’ll admit for the first few years that I wrote songs, I didn’t give...
How Songwriting Develops Our Emotional Intelligence
This might be a “which came first, the chicken or the egg” situation...
Why Songwriting Makes You More Disciplined and Productive
There’s a misleading image of “the artist” across all disciplines...
How Songwriting Trains Your Brain to Solve Problems Faster
Little did I know when I began writing songs in college that, first of...
A Few Lessons Co-Writing A Song Can Teach Us
It’s no exaggeration to say that I owe the lion’s share of my...
How Songwriting Gives Us The Skills To Think Differently
The deeper I dig into the creative process, the more I’ve come to...
The Direct Link Between Songwriting and Organizational Agility
I’m well aware that the overwhelming majority of participants in my...
The Lyricist’s Mindset: Turning Abstract Ideas Into Tangible Innovations
Although I’ve been playing musical instruments for roughly fifty years,...
How Songwriting Builds Unshakable Creative Confidence
While I’m always a bit wary of terms like “unshakable” when it comes...