For and by gifted, talented and creative adults.
Posted in Creative, Dynamic Living, Gifted adults, Gifted women, Intellectual on Jul 3rd, 2011
Luxury and the gifted do not always sit comfortably together. We are intense. We are obsessive. Our work ethic can make us dismissive of others. Especially others whose casual ease with luxury can seem a moral insult. Yet by denying ourselves the same ease we also deny ourselves some access to love and perhaps to […]
Posted in Autonomy, Creative, Gifted adults, Social ease, Theory on Feb 18th, 2011
It is easy to write. You simply arrange words in an acceptable form and walk away. It is much harder to write authentically. Before you start you have to feel yourself inside your authenticity. You must feel an undeviating connection with universal law and know that you are presenting your unique vision of truth as […]
Posted in Autonomy, Creative, Dynamic Living, Essential information, Gifted adults on Sep 3rd, 2010
[Sorry if this is a bit rough. I accidentally published it before I’d finished editing it. Still, I guess that’s what the universe intended. cjc] “Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.” — Elizabeth Cady Stanton The truth of Mrs Stanton’s words is self-evident. And […]
Posted in Autonomy, Creative, Gifted adults, money, Theory on Jul 26th, 2010
I admit it. I was channel flipping. Suddenly, there was Suze Orman, finger pointing toward me and head thrust forward like Uncle Sam or Lord Kitchener in one of those “Your Country Needs YOU” recruitment posters. “. . . and remember,” Suze was concluding, “People first! Then money! Then things!” That brief glimpse is all […]
Posted in Creative, Essential information, Gifted adults, Personal development, Physical on Apr 20th, 2010
The treadmill’s a bore. The gym – sorry, fitness center – is ugly. The challenge of solving a complex creative problem is much more satisfying than spending time jogging. For these and other reasons, gifted, talented and creative people often find it hard to raise enthusiasm for exercise. Yet we are precisely the group that […]
Posted in Creative, Dynamic Living, Gifted adults, Personal development, Theory on Feb 2nd, 2010
I’m not a Christian but I do have a fondness for some of the parables I heard as a child. They nudge us out of complacency with their simple statements of natural truth. The parable of the sower has particular relevance for gifted adults because it highlights the vital – as in genuinely life-maintaining – […]
Posted in Creative, Gifted adults, Personal development, Theory on Nov 8th, 2009
Who was I? This is a recurring question for gifted adults because the intensity of our childhood experiencing has a direct bearing on our adult gifted success. It also offers valuable clues to understanding those things that don’t work so well for us. In particular, the question: “What fascinated me when I was three years […]
Posted in Creative, Gifted adults, Personal development on Oct 18th, 2009
As I prepared to write this post I offered up to Google the search term: “silencing the outer critic”. Google responded with a question: “Did you mean: silencing the inner critic?” This shows how pervasive is the influence of the pop-psych world. So I intend to redress the balance by talking about the original type […]
Posted in Creative, Gifted adults, Personal development, Theory on Sep 2nd, 2009
A true story. Sam and Dave (that’s the only untruth because they’re not their real names) went to the same English private school. They had very similar, very high IQs. They were both recognized by their teachers as having outstanding potential. Sam went on to Cambridge University, became President of the Union, a Conservative MP […]