Creativity Q&A: What will it take for you to start living your dream?


Last Sunday morning my husband and I were walking along the seafront here on the island, and we came upon a little building neither of us had noticed before. With a half dozen tables on the grass around it, the place was painted a lovely shade of pink. All the windows were open, and the cakes on the windowsill were beautiful. We stopped, ordered coffee and a doughnut and sat down for a while. The longer we sat, the more inviting the little place became. When I returned our...

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When Passion Pays Your Paycheck: What Motivates You?


Interested in creating your own business? This creativity success story began 22 years ago after school in a Chicago suburb. In the late 80s, I lived for a few months with my cousins in Chicago. During that time, my cousin’s son Jon Kubricht was bitten by the bead bug and started making jewelry and selling to family and friends. Encouraged by his parents and small successes at bead shows and church bazaars, Jon started a little company he called Da Beads (after Chicago’s...

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