The importance and how to start practicing creative visualization daily. Choose the right creative visualization technique that works for you. Not all techniques are for all people and one technique may not always work for you everytime. If you feel that you are forcing yourself to use a technique then don't do it.

Penny Haynes of 1st Podcast Publishing published a podcast on March 2nd, 2008 on the Brain Storm! Business Podcast, discussing several topics based on the book Wikinomics, as well as the practical uses of outsourcing as partnering.

Click here to listen to the podcast.

The Human Calendar, created by Craig Giffen is an offshoot of the Human Clock project, that uses pictures of human beings to represent calendar date.

If you like using mind maps then you are certainly in for a treat. Mappio is a website that is set up to help you find the perfect mind map. The site features tools that let you create your own mind map and gives some of the best ones out there. The maps on Mappio range from things like “Systems Thinking Skills” and “Getting to Yes”.

A WHACK ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD: How You Can Be More Creative author: Roger von Oech asin: 0446674559

Creative Whack Pack author: Roger Von Oech asin: 0880793589

A Whack On the Side of the Head author: Roger Von Oech asin: 0911121005

Roger von Oech's Ball of Whacks: A Creativity Tool for Innovators author: Roger Von Oech asin: 0911121013

Innovative Whack Pack author: Roger Von Oech asin: 157281442X

Mark McGuinness of the Wishful Thinking blog has posted an interview with Roger von Oech - "25 Years of Creative Whacks - An Interview with Roger von Oech" - the author of A Whack on the Side of the Head, and other books on creativity.

Video demonstrating the Freemind mind mapping software.

Successfulness and happiness go hand in hand with regards to achieving your full potential. Once you have determined what will make you happy and have worked to achieve that, then success is a given and vice-versa. Keeping this in mind, it is important to point out that if you set unrealistic goals for yourself you are simply prolonging your unhappiness. The key in realizing your full potential is to be completely honest in your assessment of your potential.

Glyph Trash is a generative art experiment that takes user typed glyphs and blasts it off as projectiles. Over time these glyphs build up producing abstract images. It uses the fonts installed on your computer and was created by Ben Rhoades in 2006.

I did not find it very compelling. Here is a video demonstration of my session using glyph trash.

Drawing #1 of 12 Drawings That Will Change Your Life - a Calendar that Teaches by Ralph Perrine

Available from CafePress: 12 Drawings That Will Change Your Life, a 12 month executive wall calendar by Ralph Perrine.

In the 12 Drawings calendar, Ralph Perrine shares 12 drawings that he has used in over 16 years in business and technology, as well as in his own personal contemplation and planning of his life.

ScrnShots is a site to share screen captures of web and screen based design. The screen shots are supposed to generate discussion that designers could use to improve their work or as inspiration for new work.

Examples of screen shots on the site:

In order to achieve your full potential you need to understand what constitutes a high achiever. High achievers have a combination of talent, dedication and luck as well as intelligence, skill and the drive to be successful. You can probably think of several people who you consider to be highly successful in one area of their lives, work for example, but are lacking in other areas such as home or family life. Achieving your full potential will mean a good balance between all aspects of your life.

People who strive to maintain productivity know the importance of getting the most out of their workday. Those who spend countless hours constantly keeping busy know that productivity is the key to living a much simpler life. One way in which to maintain your productivity is to practice it even during your quieter times.

Mind maps are used as a way of coming up with creative ideas and concepts. By writing down a specific key idea and focusing on it, you can come up with creative and innovative ways to plan activities and projects. Mind maps are effectively used to gather knowledge in such a way as will help you to better understand and remember new information.

If you are in the process or thinking about learning a particular genre of art. The Art Instruction Video Showcase page has a fair selection of sample videos that you can look at. These are on oil painting.

Wordle creates a word cloud based on text that you submit. Paste in a poem, an article, a song,a URL or an RSS feed, your del.icio.us username, and watch the magic happen. etc. as it creates text based artwork.

These are wordles based on the Achieving Full Potential part 1 article, the site mission and a poem.

Bobby Chiu discusses self improvement, starting on new goals, and motivation, while giving a digital painting demonstration. He says to convince yourself to do or not do an action. Don't resist actions, come up with great reasons to want to do that action. Visualize what the end result will be if you take action. What would the successful version of you be doing?

ChangeThis manifesto: 10 Guidelines for Effective Brainstorming by Randah Taher.

"Brainstorming is a powerful tool, if used correctly, can enhance any decision a manager is ready to take. But just like any power tool, you must follow the instructions on how to put it together and use it, else you risk doing a bad job, or worse, harming yourself."

Drawing #1 - how to - from 12 Drawings That Will Change Your Life - a Calendar that Teaches

If you are in the process or thinking about learning a particular genre of art. The
Art Instruction Video Showcase page has a fair selection of sample videos that you can look at. These are on colored pencils.

Any creative person will tell you that ideas are the backbone of their existence. Letting your ideas flow freely may sound like an easy thing to do but often we stand in the way of our own ideas. Hindering our own creativity is something that we are all guilty of. In order to develop our ideas into the finished project that we ultimately want to see, we must stand back and let our thoughts and ideas take center stage for a bit.

Bobby Chiu discusses perspective and point of view as it applies to art and life. Look at situations from different points of view. Imagine how you look to other people; how do they see you? It will help you to communicate better in relationships and also in art.

Creativity is the ability to solve problems in imaginative ways.

Everyone can be creative: chefs, accountants, teachers, musicians, children, architects, inventors, scientists, business people, doctors, parents etc.

"One’s creative process is as unique as one’s fingerprints." - Suzanne Lipsett

SproutBuilder is a drag-and-drop Flash authoring tool built with Adobe's Flex. SproutBuilder lets you create "widgets, banners, mini-sites, mashups for your website, Myspace, Facebook and more for free." Its makers refer to the sprouts as 'living content'. In just a few minutes I was able to create a Potent Mind sprout by modifying one of the pre-built sprouts that you can use as a template. The sprout includes the site's twitter feed and two videos from the Youtube channel.