Connecting Dots and Other Things
A simple way to empower imaginations
Growing up with creative parents gives you an advantage in the creativity department, and I certainly go near the head of the class given my dad’s background. My mother was too, but that’s another story.
He was a charter member of the International Creative Leadership Council, and Advisory Board member at the Creative Education Foundation.
He wrote Earl Nightingale’s bestselling audio course, Creative Thinking: How To Win With Ideas. Thousands of companies and educational institutions trained their staff and students to use their imaginations.
Of his many pearls of wisdom, my favorite is, “Everything is related. The big problem is seeing the relationships.” He was fond of asking me to relate the seemingly unrelated, and to outsiders, it probably sounded crazy. We should have called it, Connect the Dots, Any Dots, game.
A memorable example happened one early mid-summer evening as we waited for a table at the Chautauqua Institution landmark Athenaeum Hotel’s restaurant.
