Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro
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“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 is Good. I am thrilled
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 are quite different (his book
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 a blog post a day,
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 “no” — the obvious answer
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. Medical school seemed like the
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 in Monday November, 28th’s Investors
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 reprint the following story from
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 splendour of beauty For yesterday
During my travels two years ago, I met some amazing people at Second Wind Dreams. This organization grants dreams to people in nursing homes. In the book I tell of the dreams granted to Mae Bailey. She wowed CNN and
I found some of the dialogue around Ben Bernanke, the potential replacement of Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, quite interesting. It felt like a debate about goal-setting. According to a recent Associated Press article by Rachel Beck: “If Bernanke is
There is a new article on kansascity.com about Goal-Free Living entitled: “Without a goal, we don’t have to keep score.” I really enjoyed the perspective of the author, Cindy Hoedel . Click here to read the article (free registration may
“I don’t know whether my life has been a success or a failure. But not having any anxiety about becoming one instead of the other, and just taking things as they come along, I’ve had a lot of extra time
Ok, riot is a bit of a strong word. No tables were tossed and no fires were set. However, new ideas did spread like wildfire. And a rebellion of sorts did take place. Let me explain. As I mentioned in
This past weekend I spoke at the Worldblu event in Washington DC. While there I met so many interesting people. One such person is Alexander Kjerulf from Denmark. His website has some good stuff. He also has an initiative called
In a recent goalfree.com survey, 1 in 7 Americans said that they either broke the law or did something immoral to help them achieve their goals. And that is only those that ADMIT to doing it. I find it interesting
I recently attended a workshop, where a large focus was on goal-setting. Given my contrarian perspective, I was asked to briefly speak to the group about Goal-Free Living. The next day, a woman came over to me and said, “My
Here is the first paragraph of another comment posted on my blog: “I stumbled across your web site today and succumbed to my curious state. Goal-Free Living, how contrary to the stuff forced down me since childhood. I have seldom
One of my favorite authors is Carl Hiaasen. He writes fun books where the bad guys are always land developers in Miami. In his book Sick Puppy, one of the characters is a dog. A Labrador retriever. A very goal-free
A recent New York Times article raises the question, “What is happiness. In the United States and in many other industrialized countries, it is often equated with money.” The article continues with an idea of the small Himalayan kingdom of
In Alan Alda’s new book, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (And Other Things I’ve Learned) , he tells a story about “The Apple Tree,” a mid-’60s Broadway play, which resulted in a Tony nomination. What he recalls in the book
I met someone this weekend who, after a major tragedy, decided to take the goal-free path. His life is now one of adventure and exploration, always trying new things. He says that he still makes plans. But the purpose of
From time to time, I will take comments buried deep within my blog, and include them here. Here is a recent comment that you may not have seen. “How our perspectives get elevated in accordance with our inflation in life
I just read a blog entry on CanOWorms that discusses the concept of 95% perfection. The general idea is that in sports, we achieve optimal performance when we put 95% effort into what we do. My own experiences — personal
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