One of my secret passions is game design. I love watching YouTube videos about how games are made and why game developers made the decisions that they did. The topic for this episode was inspired by 2 YouTube channels that explain video game design really well. One is Adam Millard, who has the Architect of
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is one of the most groundbreaking theories of human psychology. It posits that human needs are hierarchical. We must satisfy the lower needs before we can satisfy the higher needs. There are 5 groups of humans needs. Listen to this episode of the Kaizen Creativity Podcast here: From the lowest to
How do you view yourself? What identity have you created for yourself? When you tell yourself the story of you, what do you say? What experiences have shaped you? What beliefs do you hold? What values guide you? Your answers to all of these questions make up your identity. They are what psychological researchers would
It might seem counter-intuitive, but habits and schedules can be incredibly beneficial to creativity. Creative people do the unexpected. They mix things up. They expose themselves to new ideas and incorporate them in fresh and interesting ways. On the other hand, schedule and habits invite the expected and mundane into our lives. They reject fresh