Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro

Tomorrow marks the eve of a New Year. A time when everyone sets resolutions — their goals for the next year. But 92% of resolutions fail. This year, instead of setting goal-based resolutions, set aspiration-based

A couple of new articles mentioning Goal-Free Living are in local newspapers — focused on New Year’s Resolutions: The Arizona Republic (article no longer on website) A book review on digital-women.com (article no longer on

Today’s topic addresses a question I get asked quite often. “How can the goal-free concepts be applied to business?” After 20 years of helping companies be more innovative and creative, I could (and may) write

A review of Goal-Free Living is currently featured on WomenHomeBusiness.com. Check it out!

“I thought so much of Stephen Shapiro’s Goal-Free Living that I incorporated his research into spots we are running for our ball clubs. Goals pick up where fun ends.” — Mike Veeck, Author of Fun

Yesterday afternoon I purchased Joe Vitale’s The Attractor Factor at a local bookstore. I decided to read a little bit before going to sleep. By 2AM I finished the book. Interesting stuff! Although our perspectives

A friend of mine, Jason Bates, mentioned that his approach to blogging is very goal-free. Here’s what he said: When I started blogging, it took real effort. I had set myself a goal of writing

Today, the December issue of The Costco Connection is out. I was asked to take part in a debate on whether people should make New Year’s Resolutions. Guess which side I took. If you guessed

Earlier this week I had a nice reunion with a friend of mine from high school, Mary. Mary was an excellent student and went to a top notch university. Everyone had high hopes for her.

In my “other” life, I work with large corporations to create cultures of innovation. My first book, 24/7 Innovation, has been out for over 4 years. But it still gets quoted. The latest quotes are

One of the Goal-Free Living secrets is “Want What You Have.” Therefore it is timely to share with you the true story of Thanksgiving as told by Ben Franklin. Mark Skousen granted me permission to

Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course Lie all the verities and realities of your existence: The bliss of growth The glory of action The

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