by Nicky Tillyer | Apr 2015 | Curious, Inspiration
As long as I can remember I had access to books. Story books – Little Golden Books, Ladybird Books, Dr Seuss books – my grandmother tried to convince people that I knew how to read at age 3 due to my ability to recite Dr Seuss’ ‘The Diggingest Dog’ and ‘The Cat in the...
by Nicky Tillyer | Mar 2015 | Creativity, Curious
For as long as I can remember I have been curious. My parents and grandparents did a fabulous job of facilitating this – I have vivid memories of both my grandfathers spending many afternoons with me sharing their own wisdom, answering my questions, showing me how...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jan 2015 | Brain Science, Curious
Had to quickly pop in and share this one from the American Express Business Room. 9 Ways to Instantly Strengthen Your Brain – there is no point summarising, go read for yourself, it won’t take long. Most of them are like ‘duh’ , but something...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jan 2014 | Creativity, Curious, Inspiration
There was an interesting article in ‘The Age’ on Saturday 11 January by Jane Sullivan. It was about creativity and the fears expressed by author Sam McNerny that the gung-ho unlock your creativity type of pop culture we are lambasted with almost daily [or...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jan 2014 | Curious, Power of New
Do you have habits that keep you on the same track all….the….time…? I do. Now there is a fab book called The Power of Habit (which I will talk about another time) by Charles Duhigg. In this instance though, I am talking about small habits that keep...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jan 2014 | Brain Science, Curious
Curiosity, in not just my humble opinion, is the cornerstone of all development. Development of the spirit, of the body, of the mind, of our world. It is curiosity that has lead humanity to every new frontier, it is curiosity that leads us to new adventures –...
